Rare that a product is as good as its video promotion but this is! My wife recently retired and we have been thinking about how we wanted to do some month long trips in the future. Friends have bought larger vans and enjoyed tricking them out impressively. But that was beyond my skill or desire. And it would have been heavy, inconvenient and awkward. We wanted motorized backpacking in a Kia Carnival mini-van. These fit perfectly in the back and we can use a full size mattress topper and bed clothes, have plenty of storage underneath and sitting headroom above.
The racks were pretty straight forward to assemble. I needed to do a bit of fiddling to get the leg heights correct, which was easy to do! We intended to do a shake down trip before being gone for the planned month trip but it was not to be. The racks rode around in the back of the van for a couple of months before the trip. The trip was actually only 3 weeks and we slept on the racks 12-14 times. They were prefect. and needed no adjustment during the trip. Being light, if I needed something buried in the center, it was easy to move the rack out of the way to get to it. So nice!. On our trip we saw many different rigs to admire, but none that I would want instead, thanks to the Hele racks. We really enjoyed using the cases for clothes and personal items. Instead of loading them down the length of the rack from the back we loaded them cross ways under the front of the racks. It was a bit tight but very convenient to not have to move the bike rack on the back to access from there.
I had some questions and Murray was always prompt and helpful. Great product from a great company!
The Hele Box is exactly what I have been looking for, they thought of everything when designing and creating this system. I received excellent customer service and shipment was fast.
Easy setup, and the bag it comes in is over size so there is no hassle to stow it when not in use. upon receiving mine, I put it together by myself, it was very easy..... the mattress is very comfortable, and the amount of storage I have to put all of my things, everything has a place. Purchasing the Hele Box is a game changer.
If you’re on the fence…buy it! I have a 2023 RAV4 and I got the solo. Fits well on the passenger side. Comfy and easy to level. On top of that I had a special request and can’t say enough good things about this company’s customer service! Thank you so much Hele! My summer adventures just got better!
Love my Hele Box for my 2006 Honda Element. Perfect, easy set up! The shortening kit works out great for me as I travel with 2 Pomeranians who have a designated car seat in the passenger seat so all fits perfectly. Great design as you can move legs to get around the wheel weeks so you are not wasting precious inches. Adjust height to fit your needs. Murray was super helpful to make sure the Hele Box arrived in time for my Elements on the Dragon trip. Highly recommend! Lisa & the Poms.
I purchased the Hele Box Solo for my 1997 Honda Acty Street van. It fits nicely using all the same size legs. I could easily fit a second Solo if I needed it. Thanks for the quick customer support when I had a question about my order.
