Provides plenty of radio antenna clearance on a 2019 Hyundai Tucson. Must clean the pads and window prior to each use and double check it is truly secure before use. Works really well.

The Malone channel loader works great on my SUV. I can get my kayak on my roof rack by myself by using this. Easy to use and stores easily in the vehicle.

Absolutely works as intended. 3 positions for the arms depending on the angle you need. You'll need to unscrew and re-screw to adjust so it's not something you can do on the fly. The roller does have strong chemical smell as mentioned in another review. Simply wipe it down with soap and water or a Clorox wipe and it should help reduce the smell.Note that if you buy this for a fishing kayak it may be too heavy. Weight capacity on this is around 70-75lbs. My kayak is 13ft and 77lbs. I can load the kayak just fine but can't use the loader to off load because of the weight. The suction cups simply won't hold the full load. However, it's a god send when I'm tired at the end of a trip and need to roof top my kayak.

We own a tandem Necky Manitou and have been happily using it on and off for over 17 years. But it is 70+ pounds (!) and getting heavier with each passing year, or so it seems to me. We considered a lot of different and pricier things to ease our lifting of our heavy kayak: rack changes, trailers, the works. Then we saw this roller and immediately bought it.We just returned from a long getaway, using it several times, and man did it make a difference! We drive a jeep grand cherokee and it worked PERFECTLY. Not only is it tons easier to lift the kayak, but the roller protects the back spoiler wing over the read window, too!!! Total win, from every standpoint.It is easily the best money on boating gear I have spent in a long time.

Very disappointed. It's impossible to use both suction cups at the same due to the suction cups being too close together preventing one of the suction cup levers working. How was this not corrected at the design stage?

Das gelieferte Produkt ist in der Ausführung unbrauchbar, da die Saugnäpfe zu nah beieinander und dadurch die Hebel beim Umlegen, um den Saugvorgang zu initiieren, sich gegenseitig "im Weg" sind.Ich habe neue Bohrungen vorgenommen, um die Saugnäpfe einige cm voneinander zu setzen, damit die hebel frei "umlegbar" sind.Damit ist aber eine Nutzung der anderen Stellungen ausgeschlossen.Vorschlag: Die Konstruktion etwas breiter machen, damit die Hebel der Saugnäpfe beim Umlegen sich nicht gegenseitig hindern.

MUCH cheaper alternative to other options. Rather buying a fancy-schmancy loader which drops down to the side of our car, this sturdy option enables us to limit the amount my wife's shoulder has to work to get our kayaks on top of the car. A little tricky getting the technique so it grabs the back window well, but once we (quickly) figured that out, we say 'highly recommended'.

I love this loading aid! Some people say these suction loaders don't stick well. But if you just quick wipe the dirt off and make sure you're using a relatively flat (not curved) part of the glass it sticks great. The loader is far better than having to lift the yaks up and overhead to the j-racks. There's definitely a little getting used to how to balance it when going into the j's but not bad at all. This Malone version is also nice because of the suction cups being faced to the center. This makes it easier to get toward the sides of the window (we sometimes load 3 boats on our car). On a wider loader the curved part if the glass tends to make the sides harder. I definitely recommend this one!

window had to be cleaned so suction cups would work.able to move cups around to find most advantage point to assist in loading.WORKS BETTER THAN LONG BAR WITH CUPS ON ENDS- could only put unit in centre of window - resulting in diagonal loading.The Malone is excellent, highly recommended

I bought this item thinking "I will give it a try".It turned out to be much better than expected.Holds very strongly to the rear hatch window of my SUV and is very useful and efficient to help rear loading my 13 foot kayak.I strongly recommend it

The idea of this product is great and seems to be useful....if the suction worked. Even when I get it to suction as soon as you put your kayak on it the roller slips. Unfortunate because this would be super handy if they could master the suction or figure out another way to attach it to your vehicle...I will say that once the window is cleaned off make sure the suction cups are a bit damp as it helps with the suction...

This review compares three competing brands of boat rollers that are similarly priced, these being Seattle Sports, Malone and Codinter. All use identical suction cups that no doubt were sourced from the same manufacturer. They all operate the same and hold equally tight, notwithstanding that one rates the maximum load at 70 pounds and the other two at 220. It seems that the holding power would be the same for all three.The suction cups being identical, the only difference between them is the design of the rollers, the material the rollers are made from, and the quality of the aluminum tubing that attaches the rollers to the suction cups. The Seattle Sports has a wide stance and a low, flat foam roller. Malone and Codinter use hourglass shaped rollers, which I think are better than a flat roller. The Malone roller is made from hard rubber and the Seattle Sports and Codinter rollers are made from the same sturdy foam.The aluminum tubing used by Seattle Sports is the thinnest gauge aluminum tube, the Codinter is intermediate weight/thickness, and the Malone uses a heavy gauge aluminum tubing. All three weights are adequate for the purpose, so I see no benefit to having a heavier gauge rather than a lighter one.The Malone unit is heavy all around, sturdily built. Their roller is hard rubber and it’s heavy and doesn't “give” under the weight of the boat. The Codinter foam roller works well without the heavy weight of the solid rubber, and the foam deforms somewhat under the weight of the boat, which might be a good thing. The hard rubber roller doesn't have as much rolling resistance as the foam, so the boat goes up easier than the foam equivalent, but it it also comes down quicker, which could pose a control issue with a heavy boat. I can't decide which is safer to use, especially if loading the boat in a stiff crosswind. I liked the “feel” of the foam roller and the lighter weight of the foam units as a whole.If you have a vehicle with a “shark fin” roof antenna, you want the roller that gives the best clearance, so the hull doesn't damage the antenna. The Malone gives the highest clearance, followed closely by the Codinter, and the Seattle Sports alffords the least clearance, but it's probably adequate for most vehicles.It’s difficult to get both suction cups securely attached simultaneously. You need two hands to attach each suction cup with all three models, so you need to attach one suction cup, then use both hands on the other. The Malone attached easiest, followed by Codinter (watch how you place the cups, so the charging handles don't hit the rear roof spoiler.) Seattle Sports was easy to attach because the suction cups levers out to the sides, but I don't understand what advantage is served by the wide space between the cups.The rubber roller on the Malone had a chemical smell, like the rubber wheels on new kayak carts. The other two had no offensive smell. If you had to carry the Malone roller inside the vehicle for any length of time, the rubber off-gassing smell might give you a headache.In an ideal world, I'd like the Malone design with the Codinter roller on it. The Malone design allows three positions to adjust to different style vehicles and the Codinter and Seattle Sports allow two adjustment positions. They’re all okay in this respect.With all three brands, the window must be absolutely clean so the suction cups get the best grip on the window. Codinter gives you a microfiber cleaning cloth as a reminder. All three brands leave suction cup marks on the rear window, but the marks are easily removed with window cleaner and leave no permanent marks.In the end, it came to a decision between the Malone and the Codinter, and I chose the Codinter because of the softer foam roller, and because the foam roller didn't smell bad like the rubber roller on the Malone. I returned the Seattle Sports and the Malone.Using any of these rollers didn't seem significantly better than side-loading the boat on an SUV using a simple, rubber-backed bathroom rug, however I kept the Codinter to give me an extra option to rear-load in circumstances where side-loading would be more difficult.