Car roof box reviews

03.Product profiles

Profiles - What to buy

Small car roof boxes

Rhino Rack Probox 310

Price: $319

Good points

Bad points

• Fairly difficult to load/unload the box.
• The lock/lid access is from the rear which is not as safe as passenger-side access.

Medium car roof boxes

Thule Pacific 200

Price: $649

Good points

• Very easy to fit it to the roof bars.
• The lock/lid access is from the passenger side which is a safe option.

Bad points

• Fairly difficult to load/unload the box.

Large car roof boxes

Thule Atlantis 780

Price: $895

Good points

• Very easy to fit it to the roof bars.
• The lock/lid access is from both the driver and passenger sides, which is the best alternative.

Bad points

•  Fairly difficult to load/unload the box.

Profiles - the rest 

Small car roof boxes

Rola Velocity VLB320

Price: $399

Good points

• Nothing in particular.

Bad points

• Very difficult to fit it to the roof bars.
• Fairly difficult to load/unload, and the bottom part of the box is too flimsy so it bends under the load.
• The lock/lid access is from the driver side which is the least safe option.

Thule Ocean 80

Price: $399

Good points

• Fairly easy to fit to the roof bars.

Bad points

• Fairly difficult to load/unload which is not helped by the presence of ribs on the bottom part of the tray.
• The lock/lid access from the rear which is not as safe as passenger-side access.

Medium car roof boxes

Rhino Rack Probox 420 (A)

Price: $460

Good points

• Easy to fit to the roof bars.
• Easy to load/unload which is helped by the width of the box.

Bad points

•  The lock/lid access from the rear which is not as safe as passenger-side access.
  

Rola Odyssey OLB450

Price: $499

Good points

• The lock/lid access is from the passenger side which is a safe option.

Bad points

• Very difficult to fit it to the roof bars and it needs two people.
• Fairly difficult to load/unload the box. 
  

Large car roof boxes

Rhino Rack Carver Carry All 8.4 (A)

Price: $840

Good points

• Nothing in particular.

Bad points

• Not particularly easy to fit to the roof bars and it needs two people.
• Fairly difficult to load/unload the box.
• The lock/lid access is from the driver side which is the least safe option.

(A) Discontinued, but may still be available in some stores.