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This is my 2007 Chevy Tahoe LTZ and it has a storage problem
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And this is my Rhino-Rack X-Tray Large that Realtruck had gifted to me about a year ago
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and I want to tell you guys all about it. Now the 2007 Chevy Tahoe is pretty well known for having pretty lousy cargo area
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So let's go ahead and open up this. As you can see it is a decent sized area
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However, I have personally found that our 2013 Ford Explorer actually has better cargo
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area even though it's a smaller vehicle. So I was on the hunt to be able to get a little bit better storage in this vehicle which is
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why I got the X-Tray. And so I have had it about a year now and in this video I'm going to tell you guys everything
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that you need to know about it. I'm going to tell you the upsides, the downsides, and if I would recommend it for you guys and
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who it is actually for. So I'm going to start off this review of the $713 X-Tray with talking about what I do like
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about it. And honestly I really like the styling of this thing
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It obviously is really, really high quality. It looks nice, a lot nicer than the other baskets out there
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I really do like this little X logo here and I like how it kind of like tilts up like this
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Whenever you see somebody with a Rhino-Rack X-Tray you know it is one of those just because
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it looks just quite a bit different than the other ones on the market. Of course it does have things like this windshield right here which basically pushes wind up
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and over to kind of give you hopefully a little bit better gas mileage
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And being the large version of this it has a pretty good capacity as well
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As you can see this is a Tahoe which is a rather large vehicle and it does extend pretty
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far along the rear of the vehicle. So another thing that I really do like about this really does come down to the quality
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of build and how long it has lasted. So this has been sitting in snow, sun, all of that kind of stuff and you would never
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actually know it. It has held up really, really, really well. The only thing I have seen that didn't hold up super well is this logo right here
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So this Rhino-Rack sticker it is starting to kind of peel off. But that is after sitting in two different winters and then of course in a ton of different sun
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So when it comes down to longevity and something that's going to last I really do think this
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is probably going to be up there with that. And then the final upside to this is going to be its capacity
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So this is again the large version and when it comes to a lot of these different baskets
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most of them are actually pretty small. So when you have a big vehicle like this you want to get something that can fit a lot and
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this X-Tray being so large is just a really great thing to have and just kind of future
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proofs it as well. The downside is don't buy a large one if you have smaller vehicles because it's going to
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kind of overtake your vehicle. And with that we're going to talk about the things that I don't like and hint I'll be
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honest I probably am not going to be hanging on to this because of these downsides
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Now it really isn't a downside to the X-Tray specifically but it really comes down to the
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usability of these baskets which is why you see a lot of people starting to use rooftop
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boxes instead of these baskets even though these baskets do look cool they just really
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aren't all that crazy functional because it is all open and you have to be able to keep
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things down by using a net or straps or that kind of stuff. And so I have found that I really don't use it all that often and I have no doubt that
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it's affecting the gas mileage of my car. So I don't know that I would keep something on my car that's hurting my gas mileage costing
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me money for something that I think I've only used once to transport a Christmas tree which
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let's be honest it would fit on the roof anyways. And then something that is specific to the X-Tray and when I put this together is that
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it actually didn't line up perfectly when I was building it up
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Behind this little X thing is basically where the two bars right here so it actually comes
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in two pieces. So you have this bar and you have this bar and then you line them up and behind there
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is actually a little grommet and inside of that grommet is some screws to be able to
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connect the two pieces together and I forget which side it is but one side one of the screws
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one of the two screws on one side didn't fit perfectly. But with that said with something that's seven hundred and what did I say $13 I would expect
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all the screws and everything to line up perfectly. And then the final downside to this as I mentioned earlier this is over $700 for a roof basket
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and when you're comparing it to much less expensive roof baskets that do pretty much
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the same thing and also look pretty good forking out that much money for a roof basket is a lot
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Now of course this was gifted to me by RealTruck but let's be honest that is a huge budget
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for a roof basket and you can spend that on a lot of other different mods probably a little
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bit better than you could with this roof basket. And I will also say that things like fads and that kind of stuff have changed I think
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these roof baskets are starting to lose out on popularity to other things that are just
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more like roof rails that go all the way across. I think the overlanding scene is kind of brought those in and that's something I actually would
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recommend a little bit better I think would actually work a little bit better for most people
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So then who is this roof basket for I don't totally know I think it's a little bit too
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expensive for most people being over $700. It does look cool but I'll be honest I think you can have better spent money elsewhere
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Now this isn't against Rhino at all and Rhino racks products they make amazing products
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and I think they actually make one of those roof rail systems I would probably recommend getting that I think it's called the Rhino rack go or something like that
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I would probably recommend getting something like that and that is actually something I would love to put on this Tahoe because I think they're a little bit more usable
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They have a little bit lower profile they don't stick up as much and I doubt they affect
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the gas mileage quite as much as those roof baskets. So I don't really know who these are for in this day and age I think a lot of things have
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changed in the past year and the fad is kind of moved more towards those racks instead
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of these baskets. So I think for me I I have a hard time recommending this unfortunately but it does look cool on
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here and I really do like the style of it. If you are somebody that likes the style and just kind of wants to do it more for the aesthetic
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styling hey this is a great version it's really high quality it'll last you a long time but
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I think the usability just isn't quite there anymore and there's better options out there
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I'm going to go ahead and leave a link to this roof basket down in the description and the top comment if you guys are interested in it is a paid link and helps me out with
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getting a commission if you want to go that direction. I'm also going to go ahead and leave a link to the better option that I think is a better
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option for you guys so that you can compare and decide which is the best for you
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Now as always guys make sure to subscribe if you found this video helpful if you like
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product reviews like this in the automotive sector I am going to be doing a ton of them
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I do also review vehicles up here is a little card to where I reviewed this Tahoe in its
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entirety of course has terrible storage but there's a lot of redeeming qualities on it
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which is why I like it so much and also make sure to like this video as it makes it so
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