Kayak Hoist - Overhead Garage Storage - Pulley System with 125lb Capacity for Kayak, Canoe, or Bicycle by Bike Lane

This hoist checks all the boxes for me. Simple installation with good illustrated instructions. Solid components. Easy to use. Nice simple brake feature that works well. Straps supporting the boat are wide, strong and have several built in loops to facilitate length adjustment.One tiny nit is that the instructions were perhaps too descriptive and make the installation sound more complicated than it is. Fortunately the illustrations are good and the process is straightforward.

Great rack for my kayak. I wanted to store my kayak inside for the winter and I have very limited space in a one car garage. This is the perfect solution for my situation. Installation was a breeze even though my garage celling is drywalled. I cut two pieces of 2 x 4 about 10 inches in length. Found the studs in the celling and used 8 inch long screws to attach to the celling. Supports the entire weight of a 16 ft. kayak with rudder. The lift works great just like described. easy to lift the kayak with all the supplied hardware. If you are on the fence about this and have limited space this should work for you.

I have a Hobie Outback and this lift works pretty good. Of note it doesn't hoist it right up against the ceiling, there is a good space between the top of the kayak and the ceiling but the back of the kayak is lower than the garage door so no interference and allows me to walk freely underneath. The hoist rope is probably going to need to be replaced with time since it is already fraying due to rubbing on the integrated brake. Brake works pretty well and if manipulated correctly the kayak won't come down during lifting up. My kayak is around 100 pounds and I would not say it is easy to lift. Very doable but you do have to exert some effort. For the price though good deal.

Easy set up, and supports my 14 foot Kayak well

This product does a great job of storing your kayak at an exceptional value. The only issue I found was mediocre installation instructions. Step 4 says "Attach the hoist to the mounting board". Step 5 says "mount the board pulley assembly....... on the ceiling". Step 7 says "Before attaching the hook/pulley part to the bracket that is attached to the ceiling mounting board you must thread the rope (see Drawing 9)" (steps 4, 5, 6, & 7 are on page 2). The instructions for threading the rope, along with Drawing 9, are found on page 4. The order of the illustrations (in order from top to bottom on page 3) are Drawing 4, 2, 6, 3, 5, 7, & 8.If you are a reasonably competent DIYer you won't have much problem and you are probably used to mediocre (or missing) instructions. But really, how much trouble would it take for the manufacturer to do a better job?

Does the job - barely- I had to replace or augment some of the fixings.To install the hoist as per their recommendations you will need a long piece of 2*4 and lag bolts and washers to mount this to the ceiling. The supplied bolts are only for use if you mount the pulleys into joists directly which is not recommended,can be tricky to do if your ceiling is already drywalled and will only work if the joists are exactly the right width apart to mount the pulleys in the correct location for the kayak. I ended up with getting 4" lag bolts, some 1 or 1.5" washers and then ensured that I drilled the main hole and a slightly bigger hole for the end of the shank. This gave me a secure fitting as opposed to just drilling one sized hole and using the smaller bolts that were supplied.The rope supplied also showed signs of fraying by the time I had rigged the device up - let alone the weekly use of getting the kayak in and out of the hoist.I followed the instructions to space the straps apart but found that the straps would just slide off the end of the kayak as I started to lift it up. This would have rendered the hoist system useless and/or dropped the kayak onto the ground. I was able to resolve this by hooking a bungee cord over the edge of the cockpit around the outside of the straps and then back into the cockpit. This stops the straps from sliding down to the end of the kayak.(See photos). I did like that the straps themselves were adjustable with the hooks and loops.I attached a couple of photos of the end result - the small t piece was used to help brace the wood against the ceiling as I screwed the other end into the joists and I left it there just in case I ever needed to adjust the bolts again.Kayak used is the 45lb Old Town Canoe Trip 10 Deluxe Angler Kayak

I have a garage with a high ceiling and this work great for storing my canoe. Installation was fairly easy, but try to make the lines drop as straight as possible, otherwise the lifting gets progressively harder as you near the top.

Looking for a basic hoist for a fishing kayak, 85lb unloaded, probably about 115 fully decked out. This hoist comes with 4 short lag bolts, sufficient to secure it to a 2"X 4" directly (as suggested by instructions), but not long enough to secure through drywall into joists. Had to purchase my own lag bolts and washers to secure the 2"X4". Instructions are decent, but not great on routing the line. Despite claiming it has 10' of "extra" line to optionally tie between hooks, the lines were still too short to secure to the wall working with a 12' ceiling. Had to tie extra line to the included line. the line brake is simple, but not always convenient, may just take practice.Even with a 2:1 mechanical advantage of the hoist, it still takes enormous effort to raise a 100lb kayak. I'm going to look into connecting a simple 12v hoist to the line to raise and lower.Not sure any similarly priced alternatives offer greater mechanical advantage, but consider one with better mounting hardware.

Excellent produit et facile à installer