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Saris Sentinel 3-Bike Trunk Mount Rack

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Saris Sentinel 3-Bike Trunk Mount Rack

(23 customer reviews)

List Price:	$74.99
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Features

Designed for hatchbacks, sedans and passenger vans
Mounts over most spoilers or lighting arrays
Can carry up to three bikes
Adjustable mounting arms
Features wrap around hold-downs and coated hooks

Description

The Saris Sentinel Rear Racks take all the things you love about roof mounted systems and put them where you can actually get at them. Like convenience. Simplicity. Peach of mind. Whether you need temporary bike transport that gets you through a weeked,

Product Details

Product Length:	29.0 inches
Product Width:	17.0 inches
Product Height:	9.0 inches
Product Weight:	9.6 pounds
Package Length:	29.0 inches
Package Width:	16.2 inches
Package Height:	8.8 inches
Package Weight:	9.8 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 23 reviews

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 4.0

( 23 customer reviews )
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18 of 19 found the following review helpful:

Great value Dec 09, 2007 By C. Ross
This rack works great! I was not ready to invest in a hitch for my car and tried a few different trunk racks before getting this one. The six straps really help to keep the rack secure...make sure you tighten them before AND after you load the bikes. There is plenty of room for three bikes with the adjustable length arms and the individual straps to secure the bikes are much more secure than I thought they would be after my first glance. I did not feel the need to use bungee cords in addition to the straps...but might for longer car trips. This rack also fits very well over my spoiler. Great value for a trunk rack!

9 of 10 found the following review helpful:

Simple strap hardware solves problems Jun 12, 2009 By D. Kim "bummster"
Pros: Cheap! Holds 3 bikes, but more like 2 on my 2000 Sentra w/ spoiler. Fits over most car spoilers. Folds and is easy to store.
Cons: The six straps are a pain to adjust. Bottom support rests on my license plate. Bike hold downs move around.

I bought this because it was the cheapest three bike trunk rack I could find. Over all, I'm happy. Unfortunately, like another reviewer here, the straps kept coming loose, even after I did as the manual said and tie things off in knots. This is most likely due to the foam compressing under load or the knots tightening and creating slack.

After a trip to REI, I fit two triglide rings to each of the top straps and one of the side straps. After adjusted to my car's trunk, I looped the straps through each triglide buckle twice. So that's three layers of webbing in each buckle. This also means I looped the webbing through the hooks, and the ladder locks bolted to the rack. The result is nice, dense, non adjusting, triple 1" webbing straps. This also means that I now have 3 straps less to worry about. I added two triglide buckle to each of the remaining three straps. Unlike the other straps, I didn't go through the triglides twice. Spacing them widely apart and going through them just once keeps the straps snug and secure, though a bit of a pain to adjust. If I had to do it again, I'd probably buy six or three 1" ratcheting or metal cam buckle straps. This of course would put me close to the price range of higher end racks. But for a few dollars, triglides can do the job. It also looks very tidy as there are no extra bits flapping in the wind.

Sadly, on my car, the bottom foam bar rests directly on my license plate. So it is slowly rubbing the paint away underneath it. A total bummer. I plan on adding a closed cell foam pad underneath it to put that to an end.

The bike hold downs do move about. Once I figure out what the best distances are for our bikes, a few inches of PVC pipe and or zip ties are probably in my future. I also picked up some 60" side release buckle straps to loop through the bike wheels to prevent spinning. A small patch of grip tape to the bottom support tube prevents scratching from chain rings and denting of seat tubes.

In the end, it's three stars. It's the little things that make a rack easy to use. This one lacks very much so the little things. But, a little thought and very inexpensive bits will make things right for existing owners. For the tinkerers, here's your canvas. :)

6 of 6 found the following review helpful:

Fits my hard to fit SUV Jun 28, 2008 By SuleNYC "sulenyc"
I purchased the more expensive Yakima Super Joe 3 rack but was disappointed when I learned that it didn't fit my Chrysler Pacifica. I checked bike stores and they only had the high end Saris Bones and Thelma racks--which weren't recommend for my car either. I was very happy to find the Saris Sentinel. At $70, it was only half the price of the racks sold in stores and, including shipping, was less than the Yakima rack that I initially purchased. I took one star away because getting the straps situated the first few times was pretty challenging.

4 of 4 found the following review helpful:

Pleased with my purchase Dec 22, 2010 By Ethan Turk
Pros: Inexpensive, solid bike rack. The "hold downs" will make you think twice before you back out of your bike with two 1" straps holding your bike to this. However, our first trip with this was a 60 mile trip over bumpy and horribly maintained Louisiana roads. The bikes arrived and nothing was out of order.

Cons: For those less mechanically inclined, it could be easy to make a mistake and not secure everything properly. This is partly due to instructions which are not the best in world and partly due to difficult to tighten straps.

This bike rack is a great purchase. It is lightweight, secure and fairly easy to install (compared to other bike racks). It also fits on a wide variety of vehicles (my wife's car with a spoiler and mine without). If the instructions had been a bit better, I would have given this 5 starts easily.

That being said, the value in this rack is IMMENSE. Don't pass it up!

4 of 4 found the following review helpful:

Good for the money Mar 02, 2009 By G. Macy
I used this rack on my Nissan Sentra to carry 2 bikes about 2,500 miles. It was very easy to put on and take off of the car, and the bikes were very sturdy. The only thing that I didn't like was that the bottom straps couldn't seem to stay tight, so everytime I stopped I would have to go out and tighten them again. I would recommend using extra ropes to tie the bike tires together so they don't spin while you're driving. Overall I was very satisfied with this rack and am glad I purchased it. It held up very well throughout the drive, just remember to check on it every once in a while, especially if it is very windy because the bikes tend to slide back on the bars a bit.

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