Dakine Baja Surf Tie Down Straps 12Ft

There are lots of less-good tie-down straps on the market. The wide web and simple buckle makes this the best.

Everything is great about this system if you like pull throughs. The quality and durability are there. The neoprene padding works extremely well. However, its one piece pull through, so you have to fish 12 of strap through your roof racks and up over your board while keeping the locking part straight and in one place. Translation: youre running around your vehicle trying to get this thing latched up. Since its a pull through and not a ratchet strap system, you can only get it so tight. I have a Yukon so there is a lot of reaching, stretching, pulling, and jumping on and off my bumper half a dozen times. Lol Its totally my fault for not paying closer attention when buying this, but I would have much rathered a 2 piece ratchet strap system that joins in the middle and ratchets really tight with minimal effort.

Too short for my needs.

great straps! The protection around the cam buckle works well to keep it from dinging or scratching paint on my car.

I was using straps I got at the hardware store. These are just a little wider and thicker strap. I like the padding around the buckle but would like the padding to completely cover buckle for when Im sliding the buckle across my SUP boards to the other side. They often clink on the roof of my car. Maybe I will try a wash cloth and rubber band. These are long enough to strap 1 or 2 SUP boards to my cars roof bars. Too short to do 3 boards I think. Over all I am quite happy with these straps.

Nice product works well as advertised!

trying to feed the straps in the buckles is horrible, the neoprene blocks the opening and you can not do it in a timely manner leaving you very frustrated after trying to tie down your boards on top of the vehicle. They also seemed to loosen resulting in possible disaster of your boards flying off into another car on the road!!!!! Poor design. Just get regular tie downs

All was well

Excellent tie down straps, I have used several times by now.

No problems with surfboard moving around on top of the car and the fun color is a bonus