Brand · 5 products · Cycling, Outdoors & Fitness and Automotive
Yakima
Is Yakima worth buying?
Yakima earned a buy verdict on 3 of the 5 Yakima products we compared (60%), above the 50% average across every brand on the site. 1 of them won its comparison outright: Yakima FatCat EVO 6. 1 is an "it depends": right for a specific buyer, not for everyone. We would skip 1: Yakima RoadShower.
Verdicts synthesize independent testing and long-term owner reports; we do not run a lab and never take review units. Each product below links to the comparison it was judged in. How we review.
Buy it 3 products
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The Best Ski and Snowboard Roof Racks: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Outdoors & Fitness
Yakima FatCat EVO 6Won the comparison
A six-pair roof carrier with a hinge that handles fat skis and tall bindings, integrated locks, and a clamp that fits most crossbar shapes.
Best for: Families or groups with fat skis, tall bindings and mixed skis and boards who want one big locking carrier on a standard crossbar setup.
$$$ · premium
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The Best Car Bike Racks: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Cycling
Yakima HighRoad Upright Roof RackRunner-up
The cleanest roof mount going: a torque-limited wheel clamp that never touches your frame.
Best for: Riders who already run crossbars, keep bikes light, and want the hitch and trunk left clear.
$$$ · premium
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The Best Rooftop Cargo Boxes: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Automotive
Yakima SkyBox NX 16Runner-up
The smart-money pick: dual-side opening and metal locking handles for meaningfully less than the flagship.
Best for: Most buyers who want premium features and dual-side opening without stretching to flagship money.
$$$ · premium
It depends 1 product
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The Best Hitch Bike Racks: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Cycling
Yakima StageTwo
Tiered trays and a 70 pound per bike road rating on 2 inch make it the family e-bike hauler, if your vehicle can live with 59 inches of rack.
Best for: A household hauling three or four bikes, at least one of them electric, behind a full-size SUV or truck.
$$$ · premium
Skip it 1 product
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The Best Camp Showers: 4 Compared (and One to Skip) · Outdoors & Fitness
Yakima RoadShower
A rigid pressurised tank that bolts to a roof rack and heats in the sun, which is an excellent overlanding fixture and the wrong answer to most camp shower questions.
Why we skip it: Yakima lists 20.3 pounds (about 9.2 kilograms) for the 4 gallon tank, and 53 pounds once it is full.
$$$$ · flagship
Yakima in our categories: Cycling (2) · Outdoors & Fitness (2) · Automotive (1)