Thule Top Deck Kayak Saddle for Sale, Reviews, Deals and Guides

For the price, I expected more than flimsy plastic. You can easily bend the pieces with your own hand strength. The bolts do not fit the rack for a gen2 Xterra. I don't really care too much about that because it's easy to buy longer bolts at a hardware store. Overall, they do a good job, but not for how much they cost.

Great addition that holds and protects the kayaks during travel.

Kayak transport made easy. No complaints. Fits on stock Subaru aero bars, easy to install, and includes everything you need to haul your boat.

I was very pleased with the ease in which these racks installed. I have a 16 foot sit on top and I am able to slide it on to the racks by myself. The time downs were good but I upgraded to a ratchet system ($20 for 4 at Home Depot) to feel more secure. For the money, you can't beat these racks.

I have a Jeep Grand Cherokee with factory bars. The saddles were incredibly easy to install. I totally trust that my kayak isn't going anywhere, those saddle pads work very well! I'm a 5'8" woman and I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to tie down the straps tight enough - but it really isn't a problem and I have taken it out many times. Something I might invest in soon would be the rollers for the back saddles. Right now, when I'm loading and unloading by myself, I have to put a cloth under my kayak on the back saddles so that it slides off easily. For my 14' kayak, I use one tie down on the stern to my hitch for extra support, but it's not really needed - just for an extra piece of mind. Great buy and I would recommend these saddles to anyone - especially us girls that don't want to have to ask for help loading and unloading!

These are great. I have them on my Cherokee and I carry my boat when its not in the water, you never know when you'll find a good place to go. Very Convenient.

These saddles work just fine for either my 10' or 14' kayaks (one at a time of course) on my Saab wagon. The saddles are solid and rubberized to keep things put and the tie downs work fine. This is a bare bones systems that works very well for the price.

Instead of putting your boats right onto your rack bars, get these Thule saddles. I've used these for all sorts of different kayaks and they work great. They are really adjustable and provide a great spot for the kayaks to rest. They are bombproof when paired with their Thule tie downs. I felt comfy driving 8 hours with 2 boats on top with this set up.