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Thule Escape II Roof-Mounted Cargo Bag Review
Review of the Thule Escape II Roof-Mounted Cargo Bag
Today we are going to show you part number TH866 from Thule. This is the Thule Escape II roof-mounted cargo bag. This cargo bag is perfect for luggage, sports equipment, or anything else that you cannot fit into your vehicle. This is a soft-sided exterior cargo carrier bag that makes excellent use of your existing roof rack. It is also constructed of heavy-duty, weather-resistant material. It looks great on the top of any vehicle. The tie-downs and a handy, roll-up storage bag are also included with this part number.
We will go ahead and load this up on top of a typical truck with a factory roof rack and show you how it works. We will go ahead and install this on this roof rack here. Now when you set this up here, you want to make sure that the zippers are pointing out toward the back, not toward the front. As you can see here, the bag actually attaches to the roof rack with these buckles right here. It just wraps around the bars. And this bag is designed to sit directly on the roof between the two bars. At this point, we will go ahead and strap it down onto the vehicle and then we will show you how much room you have to work with. All right, we will go ahead and strap down this cargo bag to the roof. It simply uses these buckles here and goes straight to your roof rack, and strap them into place. Then take the excess and probably tuck it underneath there. And you have got two on each side. So we have got the one done over there, we have got this one, and we will do the two up front.
To get into the bag, you have got four buckles to undo. You have two on each side - this one and this one, and you have got two on the opposite side, too. And also what is nice about these buckles is that below them they actually have these easy-to-use panel straps, too, so you can carry the whole thing. And then you have this weather seal here, connected with the Velcro, which covers up your zipper, which makes the whole unit weather resistant. And you do that all the way around. And here are your zipper ends right here. Pull them up and around. And that is how the bag opens up. And also, the top part of the bag is also padded , too - a nice little feature - as well as the bottom part of the bag is also padded.
All right, once you have all your material placed into the bag and you have it all zipped up, make sure you take the time to pull this flap down. And it goes onto its Velcro seals, and this is the part that makes it weatherproof going down the road. You have that going all the way around. And you also have two buckles that secure the top to the sides. And with that your bag is ready to go on down the road. And there you have it, part number TH866 from Thule, the Escape II roof-mounted cargo bag.
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