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Roof bag or roof box? which one should i get? any advice please.

hi and welcome

afraid your asking alot here as it depends on what you want to do with them?as they both have good and bad point.size,sercurity,waterproofness(if such a word)storage when not in use and so on and so on.

We have a handirack with the roofbag and the bag does hold alot but it pigging leaks when it rains :(

Arriving on site with soggy sleeping bags etc is not amusing. I would go for the box just to keep stuff dry.

Angie

I made my own roof bag out of waterproof nylon with a zipper at the back end.  Use it to stuff duvets and pillows into, and when we just had two surfboards it was very good 'splinted' with the windbreak.

Trouble was, I forgot that sewing would cause holes at the leading edge, which would let water in, and our first night was spent drying out the bedding!

Now we use it wrapped in plastic and well-anchored with elastic and hooks to the roof rack.  It's not very smart, nor brilliantly aerodynamic, but it's cheap - cost about a tenner to make, and it does the job.

FoO