Elevate Outdoor 60" Waterproof Hitch Cargo Carrier Rack Bag with Expandable Height

I have had this bag for 7 years and it has been on many trips including one that was over 5,500 miles. It has never leaked or failed us once. With of family of four we have had it packed so full it was a struggle to get it zipped at times. After 7 years it is starting to wear on the bottom but just minor at this point. I will gladly purchase another one because I can’t say enough good things about this bag.

We drove from Indiana to Florida and did drive through some pretty heavy rain. Unloaded as soon as we arrived and were so pleased everything was dry. We stored the bag in trunk until time to head home, when we took it out there were a couple scuff marks, we are guessing between the heavy rain and extreme wind on drive down caused this. We did not encounter rain on our way home so at this point don’t know if it will be a problem next trip. We were able to fit 3 suitcases, boogie boards, bag filled with bathroom necessities, and a few other odd and end things.

Update: just returned from a 1900 mile trip. Used the expansion. Through 90~ heat to freezing and torrential downpours thus held up beautifully and kept everything dry!We used it for the first time this weekend on our small Class B Motorhome. We traveled to the NC Mountains where the temps dropped to freezing. We did not even use the expansion option but were able to store our 10x10 gazebo, the side screens, two umbrella chairs, a small folding aluminum table, a 6' X 8' rug, three plastic bins and a cooler. This is in a Northern Tool cargo carrier that has sides. See pix. We used the six straps to secure it. You can padlock the zippers together which we did. We also used two bike type cable locks to keep the sides together on the cargo carrier because these are held only by small cotter pins which are easily removed. We're not paranoid but cautious when traveling.The top closes over the zipper and is secured down with Velcro. There's no way moisture is going to get inside. The material is the toughest most rugged material which leads to the bad news:i gave it five stars anyway because I wouldn't have it any other way but when the temp dropped we had a tough time accessing this because of how tough the bag is. We're 65 and 75 and somewhat arthritic but at 32 degrees, we ended up leaving it unzipped and just closing it over at the campground. It was just that hard to zip. Now the weather is warm so it's much more pliable but keep in mind it becomes rigid in the cold.We considered buying a $700 hard plastic lockable hitch carrier as we're traveling to the NASCAR Championship races in So Fla next month but so glad we bought this instead as this bag and cargo rack combo is much more flexible for us at less than 1/2 the price for both.Update: It's now $70 and we paid $90 (Prime/Smile); you can't go wrong for a hitch carrier bag.

This bag held 4 large suitcases easily with enough gap to fill in with other travel items. We hit some rain along the way and nothing was wet. Traveling in Florida sun and heat in the summer did make the bag very hot to handle at times.

Liked first so much so bought a second one for our son. Use it on our hitch cargo rack. Heavy duty and water tight.

I recently purchased this Bag to fit into my Harbor Freight aluminum cargo rack which measures roughly 22" by 48". I wanted a cargo carrier bag to protect suitcases from road dirt and rain. This bag was a perfect match in size and capacity to the rack. I was able to place 6 smaller suitcases on end into the bag with even more room on top for some towels and extra items. The bag has a second zipper which can be unzipped to allow the bag to expand even further. After an 800 mile trip with rain, my bags arrived clean and dry. I did three extra things to improve the overall rack and bag system. The first was to add some bolts between the aluminum sleeve of the cargo rack and the steel support tube to prevent wiggle and wabble. The second was to fabricate some sheet metal "L" shims about 1.75" wide by 3" long to slide in between the steel support tube and the receiver sleeve on the car - I used one shim on the top, one on the bottom and one on the side of the support tube - this made the rack a very solid platform with no wiggle or wabble when I hit dips in the road or made turns. The third thing was to cut and place a thin piece of plywood on the bottom of the carrier rack so the bag could be supported across its entire bottom - this allowed the suitcase feet and wheels to rest firmly on the bag bottom supported by the plywood. The bag also came with 6 straps to attach it firmly to the cargo rack along the forward and rearward edges. My daughter liked the system so much, I bought a second rack and bag for her car.

My wife and I drove from Central Missouri round trip to Alaska and rain never got to our cargo under this cover! And we hit quite a bit of rain!

Very happy with this purchase. Took it on a multi state trip through rain and everything stayed dry. Convenient expandable zipper to help fit your load. Straps aren’t the best but I picked up a pair of 8’ heavy duty straps (probably not necessary but hey).