roof sacks

I'd reckon a heavy duty vinyl..about 450gsm or a tad heavier.

hey big fella....

we have a bushranger one and its great!! no leaking no dust no nothin - just our gear!!!

had to seal the seams and got a roaring headache from the potent glue but its worth it.....its canvas and really heavy duty!!

Laura B

Mines made out of rip stop and seems to be bloody good so far. Halls Canvas at Lonsdale in SA do a top job.

I have an older model busranger and it is shocking.
I did hear they have revised the material though so the new model may be better.
Mine has a course weave polyester'ish material with a plastic liner fused to it, sort of like what all the old sports bags were made of. After a few trips noticed that the lining was cracking and then peeling ( list like my old school bags used to do )

Still use it as a bag and for the price it has done a reasonable job really , but it's never been waterproof, even when new.

I have a mate who had one made up using the same heavy duty tarp material that you see on the sides of trucks. VERY WATERPROOF and almost indestructible.

Cheers,

Dale

Check this guy out,we have one of their canvas rubbish bags,top quality! Will be getting one of their roof sacks soon too. www.infrontcampinggear.com.au

The heat sealed PVC bags are 100% waterproof in the material but have found that condensation often led to some of the gear being damp even when it didn't rain due to the bag not breathing at all. The true canvas bags don't have the condensation problem but things will get damp that are touching the top when it rains. The plastic coated canvas Bushranger make don't breath either & the one I had tore far too easy brushing under trees, the zip packing up after less than 10 trips. They do however have a fairly good storm flap with velcro & tie down straps. Almost all types suffer from rain being blown up under the flaps & in through the zip in certain circumstances.
I doubt any rack bag is 100% dust & waterproof unless it's made of Goretex with seam seal tape so you should always allow for this by packing key items in sailing or garbage bags.
After trying all 3 types I'm currently using a Southern Cross canvas bag. Very tuff, quality zip & custom made to fit the rack.
Cheers Craig...............

When we bought our new Kimberley Kamper last year, we also got one of their Rack Sacks....$250 from memory and its fabulous...It's made of the same very heavy canvas that the Kamper tent is made from. The full length zip is covered by a velcro flap and has a sewn on lift handle at each end as well as 2 velcro tie down straps at each end for securing to the roof rack. We have all our annexe in there and it has endured lots rain and everything is dry inside.

We also had an upholsterer make a rip stop vinyl bag for our mesh floor and spare table and it works a treat too....didn't use a zip, but a big fold over flap velcroed down., so it still breathes a little.

Both work well...no wet gear inside.

6 days to go and we're having 2 months in Central OZ.....who's a happy camper???

Cheers all
Rick & Julie

Bought mine about a year ago from Big W for $80, it's canvas with some sort of synthetic base. Have used it three times and once where it withstood two days of almost continuous heavy rain - everything inside was (to my surprise) bone dry.

Mike Harding

thanks for all the prompt replys let you all know what i decide

Regards BigFella