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Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2024
Good product. Seems sturdy and strong. Very easy to install and feed rope through. Installed 1 week ago and so far so good.
David Scott
Reviewed in Australia on December 19, 2023
Had for two years now working well.The only minor issue is the the Mounting Screws have a larger head than the instructions indicate and you cannot slide pulleys along the rail past the screws. Need to position the pulleys before installing all the mounting screws.
Alpbachhuber
Reviewed in Germany on April 10, 2022
Beim dritten Mal benutzen um das E-bicke zu reinigen ist der Aufnahme Haken abgebrochen. Aluguss erweist sich als nicht geeignet.
Huw
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2021
The metal main metal parts are very good. Unfortunately the first time we used it the rope frayed. We replaced the rope with a higher quality sailing rope which we have routed over the pulleys without using the locking mechanism. We have fixed a more robust cleat to the garage wall and use this instead of the locking mechanism. The light weight cleat provided is used to hold the spare rope. We are also using a short bunge to connect one of the pulleys to the handlebars because the fitting provided is not big enough to attach to the handlebars securely. This arrangement seems to be working well for lifting up my wife’s electric mountain bike when I am servicing it etc.
Gadget Geek
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2021
This is a good device to get your bike up off the floor of your garage or workshop. If you want to hoist the bike so that it sits above your head, you’ll need at least 4½ feet of clearance between the top of your head and the ceiling above.The lift is very sturdy and easy to put together. The rail has five mounting holes: two on each end and one in the middle. Since you’ll be tugging on this to lift your bike (or equipment), you’ll need to ensure you securely mount the rail. If you can’t screw the rail along an overhead truss, I recommend using plastic toggle anchor if mounting it on a drywall surface that spans two trusses. Two of the end holes are 24” on-center, so you should be able to anchor at least two screws into trusses. If mounting to a bare overhead (exposed trusses), use a mounting board the same length of the rail. Also, if you’re mounting it to trusses that ascend, but the rail runs perpendicular to the ascent, cut a wedge the length/width of the rail to compensate for the angle, allowing the lift to sit parallel to the floor.The cam/catch mechanism seems a bit flimsy, but it works. Although it hangs up every once in a while, it keeps the load securely overhead. The kit comes with 50 feet of black rope, but it had too much stretch for my liking, and it didn’t finish well when cut and heat sealed. I replaced it with a 3/16” (5mm) static climbing accessory rope. For a 12-foot overhead, I needed 30 feet of rope.The double pulley system allows you to raise the bike and maintain the two lift points parallel to the floor (with a load). I mounted my tie-down cleat at about 3.5 feet off the ground, but if you have the room, I recommend mounting it just about shoulder height. This allows you to hang the coil of excess rope on the cleat without it getting in the way of items on the floor.Pros:- sturdy build- easy to assemble- frees up valuable floor spaceCons:- low-quality rope
Juan Manuel De Anda Romero
Reviewed in Mexico on January 24, 2016
El producto es bastante bueno para su precio. Las poleas son un poco chicas y la cuerda tiende a salirse mucho de ellas. Es facil armarlo pero no instalarlo. Los tornillos con los que viene no son tan de buena calidad (3 se me doblaron y uno se le rompio la cabeza). Tampoco trae taquetes. No trajo instructivo pero se puede encontrar el pdf si lees las reseñas en inglés.Fuera de eso. Es un excelente producto. Se monta muy faciles los ganchos y no se ve de mala calidad ningun componente.El servicio de entrega llego mas rápido de lo esperado.En general cumple con su cometido y su precio es ideal.
Tawmus
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2016
I purchased this specific product because I appreciated the rail which would allow me to adjust the pulley spacing (as opposed to absolute locations for mounting standalone pulleys).I know the instructions show to hoist the bicycle in a vertical hanging position (i.e., tires down attitude); however, I did not want the entire bike hanging down and wanted to leverage the space available above my car. I did some testing prior to installation and was able to identify secure mount points that provide proper balance when hanging horizontally (i.e., on its side). See pics.Pros: solid overall design and components, flexible hooks, easy lifting/lowering, well packaged, price/valueCons: screws need to be stronger (I broke 2 of the heads whilst screwing into studs - even after drilling holes), instructions could be clearer with regard to threading of rope through the 'locking' mechanism (trial and error as I've never seen this type of system before).Suggestions: use slots instead of absolute placement of mount points to allow greater flexibility of placement on studs (I would like to have mounted it a bit more closely to the cabinets but the screw holes would not allow it. Yes...I could have drilled new holes but was not that motivated for the extra effort).Overall: I recommend this product.
Laser Dude
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2015
Hung 4 in the garage last night. Looks nice so far and I was able to get the family bikes and strollers off of the garage floor. Will continue to monitor the reliability of these after several uses over the coming months.Pros:Easy to InstallGood FunctionalityEconomicalDurable, rubber-coated hoist hooksEven comes with the cleats to tie off the excess ropeCons - a verification of many other reviews(1) Cheap, chintzy rail mounting screws. For some reason the unit was designed with minimal clearance between the inside of the rail and the top of the pulley housings (~1/8") so you are limited to what type of screw to use to mount the rail to the ceiling joists. Even after reading all the warnings in the previous reviews, I did try using the screws supplied with the unit. But even with a pre-drilled pilot hole and my impact driver set low and being ever so careful to just slowly nudge the screws into my ceiling joists, I still spun off the heads on several of the screws. These cheap screws aren't even as rugged as deck or dry wall screws which themselves would not be the correct fasteners to use in this application. Unfortunately because there is such little clearance between the pulley housings and rail you cannot use hex-head lag bolts. I wound up using larger, stronger wood screws and they worked fine. About the only thing the included fasteners were good for was mounting the cleats to secure the excess rope.(2) Really cheap rope included. Frayed excessively when hoisting the bike for the first time. Cannot imagine what the rope would like after many hoists. I wound up using military grade paracord rated for the proper weight limit which seems about 100x stronger and more durable. $10 for 50' at my local hardware store.So the manufacturer, in an effort to reduce cost and squeeze every little fraction of a penny out of the unit cost, passes it on to the consumer. They could have saved even more money had they just not included the screws and given a recommendation in the assembly instructions for what type to use. I wasted my time trying to use them and had to rework the first unit as a result. For something that will be responsible for hanging up to 75lbs of expensive bikes and strollers above people's heads, I would have paid more for a safer product.
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