![]() ![]() ![]() This makes it possible to install, or remove, without needing the assistance of an extra set of hands. Whilst the box appears massive and therefore heavy, it is surprisingly light, weighing just 16 kilos. It looks cool and it evidently helps reduce wind drag and air noise. Anyways, our SkyBox features a ‘carbonite’ textured lid, which is quite similar to the dimples on a golf ball. The largest model (SkyBox 21) fits an insane 595 litre capacity! I’ve lived in apartments with less space than that. This makes it kind of scary to think that our size ‘16’ Box is in fact the second smallest in the range. It looks pretty massive and it’s crazy how much gear we’ve been managing to carry around in it. Offered 4 different sizes, the model we’ve been using is a SkyBox 16 which has a capacity of 453 litres. Yakima have named their cargo carrier ‘SkyBox’ which sounds pretty badass and they also look hella sweet, sleek and aerodynamic too we reckon. And, if you can take a heap of extra stuff without having to wedge it all into your car, and instead carry it on the roof ‘out of sight and out of mind’ then that is even better! If you can take more stuff when you head off on a MTB trip, or go racing for a weekend, you’d be silly not too. However, having now used one for the past few months, I’ve totally changed my tune on roof mounted cargo boxes. Right? For this reason I wasn’t exactly jumping out of my skin with excitement when we were offered one to test. Like, if you can’t fit your gear inside your car then pack less, or, get a bigger bloody car. I’d never really seen the point of those big cargo storage boxes that outdoorsy types drive around bolted to the roofs of their cars. ![]()
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