Product Description

The Escape cargo back offers box like protection with the convenience of a compact storage.

Product Details

• Size: 866
• Color: Black
• Brand: Thule
• Model: 866
• Released on: 2007-08-04
• Dimensions: 41.00" h x 34.00" w x 18.00" l,

Features

• Maximum water resistance with taped seam construction keeps contents dry
• Internal foam insert construction helps maintain bag shape for easier packing and cleaner look
• Packaged in its own roll top bag
• Heavy duty tarpaulin construction
• 15 cu ft., 41"l x 34" w x 18" h 12lbs

Customer Reviews

For the 4-5 times a year I'll use it, the bag os perfect.
I used this bag on a trip from NH to NJ and back.

Feedback on said bag, after roughly 600 miles = A-

It held a baby stroller, Four decent sized gym bags, and my sneakers. I had a LOT of room to spare. I really could have gotten away with a smaller bag for this particular trip, but once I fill it up with camping junk, the larger size will definately come in handy.

I attached it via the factory rack on a 2005 Subaru Outback. I attached two front strap to the front, and the to rear straps were in the "holes" at the way back of the OB side rails.

I had to pull over a couple of times as the excess on the straps worked they way loose and would slap around in the wind. I am going to work out a better system for securing the excess on future trips.

Wind noise was minimal. MPG only suffered about 1 mpg (on board computer based calculations).

I can't speak for it's ability to repel water as it never rained on the trip. I had brought trash bags to put stuff in just in case.

Pros:
- Cost- a HUGE bonus for me over the black boxes
- Easy to use
- VERY easy to store vs the black boxes
- Fairly quiet
- No significant (IMO) gas mileage loss.

Cons:
- Not that secure from theft as you can just cut the bag to steal stuff. Not an issue for us, because since we had the dog with us, we never left the car alone anyway.
- Had to remove the bag once I got to the destination as it was empty and had no weight in it to hold it down. The install/ removal, once I got used to the bag, was about 5 minutes each. Really not that big of a deal.
- Straps and the factory rails were not a good match imo, as I couldn't get everything REALLY tight, but the bag never moved at all during the trip, so it did work. I need to work on a better way of securing the excess. The straps that were tucked under the heavier gym bags stayed, but the lighter gym bags and the wind resistance made the straps come loose. I had to tie them around themselves to get them to stay.

All in all, I'd buy the bag again.

Thule escape a great product
We took this bag crosss country (4000 miles) and lived to my expectations. We encountered snow storms, 14 plus continuous hours of pouring rain and the results were excellent. I had two North Face base camp duffles inside and everything was pretty dry (some minor dampness occured due to the extreme weather encountered). The pros definitely outweighed the cons and I highly recommend this product.

Great Rooftop bag, however...
I have two small complaints. My family and I took a trip to Colorado a couple of weeks ago. This was the reason I purchased this bag. I found the bag to hold lots of cargo...no complaints there. The 2 issues I had were the following: 1) We ran into rain storms on our trip and I found the bag to leak. Our doufe bags got wet and our clothes got wet. To be fair, the clothes were not "dripping wet" however they were more than damp. The only other small issue was I found was 2)that the front flap of the bag would not stay velcro'd down. Because of this, it made noise from the air drag when traveling down the highway. If I had some duct tape, I could have remedy this problem. It could of been the reason why the bag leaked???)
Sooooo, overall this bag met my needs. (I am giving it 3 stars only because my bag leaked...I would really give it 3 3/4 stars if I could). It held lots of luggage (soft sided duffel bags is what I suggest to use pack your Thule bag...you can push and conform them to the shape of the Thule bag, plus I found them easy to throw on top of my Ford Escape's rooftop without fear of damaging the top of the car). I would suggest to you to put your luggage in large hefty trash bags and then store and them into your Thule bag when traveling. Thats what we did after we found out the bag was not 100% waterproof. I hope you find this review to be helpful.