VIVOHOME Kayak Fishing Height Adjustable Carrier Stand

I’d been storing my 10.5’ kayak on edge, in the bark dust on the side of the house. After buying my wife the same model, I didn’t want to store her pristine kayak on the dirty gravel ground. Researched numerous racks before deciding on this one. PROS: large padded hooks, perfect height, very sturdy/adjustable feet, assembles well with good hardware, looks nice. This holds the last 2’ of kayak on each end, securely & all the way into the hook loops. No straps needed. I’m 6’3” and can easily hoist the 50 lb kayak into the upper hooks. I unscrewed the adjustable feet in the front of the bases, to help avoid leaning forward-which works good. I’m very pleased. Watch out for the yellow model with straps that doesn’t have a cross brace. I almost bought it accidentally.

This is exactly what I need to get my paddle board and kayak off the garage floor. I misread when I ordered and thought it was on wheels, but that was my mistake. I went and bought wheels at home depot, which wasnt cheap, but was totally worth it. I wanted the ability to move it around easier. It's very well built and was easy to build. Adding solid wheels didn't make it less sturdy. I was concerned at first, but it is very stable.

Sturdy, well-constructed and easy to put together. Fits nicely in our sideyard against the fence to store our kayaks. The height is perfect so we don't have to lift them up to store them as we did with our previous hanging storage straps.

Overall is a good product and works for our purposes. The welding for the bolts are cheaply made - one welded bolt arrived broken, and during the assembly two other bolts came loose. Instructions are poorly written, but you can make that a puzzle game.

I put this together by myself and it wasn't hard to assemble. You do need some space to put this together, so do it outdoors. Came with an extra foam cover for one of the hooks. As you can see in my photo, it holds two Pelican recreation kayaks with ease. Strong, and even though I have it on uneven ground, it doesn't wobble. Would recommend.

I was waffling between the VivoHome Rack and the 1006 RAD Sportz Deluxe Rack. There were no reviews for the VivoHome so I wasn't sure to take the plunge. I tried to look carefully at the pictures and I couldn't tell if there was a verifying difference. I decided to go with the VivoHome Rack because the VivoHome Rack had a heavier shipping weight and so I hoped it might be built beefier. I was not disappointed when the shipment arrived. This is a heavy duty rack. The welds are well done and the steel is nice and thick. I particularly liked the inset connections for the cross-beam. It gives confidence for the stability and long wear of the product. The product was boxed up nice and all the pieces were present. I was impressed with the supplied bolts and self-sealing nuts as well as having washers supplied. In addition, I was thoroughly impressed with the extra supporting iron plates to strengthen the connections of the main upright stand. I was definitely not expecting extra stability plates from this price-range. The rack was easy to assemble although I admit that I used a ratchet socket wrench along with one of the supplied wrenches and this made it much easier. I was able to assemble the rack by myself in about 30 minutes. I took my time making sure I understood the instructions. If you have done any assembling of structures before you will find that everything makes sense and the construction is straight forward. There was a small dent in one of the intersecting sections of the main upright stand yet a few medium taps from a rubber mallet and the connection was complete and firm. I was not concerned about the dent compromising the integrity of the main upright stand. I like that they added extra metal feet with a hole through which the rack could be permanently mounted to the floor. I have my rack outside on pavers so I didn't add the extra metal feet. The rack is quite stable without the extra metal feet and the supplied rubber feet work well without need for extra support. I mounted my two person sit-on top kayak with the hull facing away from the rack to prevent pooling of water when it rains (I still covered the kayak & rack with a tarp). A little bit of maneuvering is required to fit this kayak under the top U-carriers of this rack in order to set it on the bottom holders yet it is not too bad. I have a VERY HEAVY two person sit-on-top kayak from Costco. This kayak is quite the beast but is very stable in the water (this has nothing to do with this rack but I wanted to give you an idea of the stability and strength of the rack). I am very pleased with this rack. I don't have any other kayak rack to compare it to yet this rack is heavy duty and stable and seems like it will last a long time. I was happy to move my kayak out of my garage along the outside of my house in my side yard. For $150 I thought it was a reasonable buy. I would purchase this rack again.

I really like this. I have had my kayak on it all summer. It has held up well and seems very stable.

Rack only took about 20 minutes to assemble by myself. It is very sturdy and does not move. It came with an extra foam arm pad. Bottom kayak in picture is 10 Feet.

Super happy with this! So easy to put together and very sturdy. These are now up off the ground and it looks so much neater out back.

LOVED IT! JUST GOT IT SO WONT BE OUTSIDE UNTIL SPRING , VERY STURDY EASY TO ASSEMBLE WATCH THE VIDEO AS INSTRUCTIONS ARE SO SMALL TO READ BESIDES THAT EVERYTHING WENT TOGETHER GREAT!

After reading all the bad reviews I was a little weary to order but it came in excellent shape. The box was not damaged, instructions were clear enough for me. I took my time and it assembled quite nicely. I would recommend this unit to problem.

Definitely the best product I have purchased in a very long time! Absolutely recommend this product! A1!!!