This rack is very sturdy and well built. I have a new (used) 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid, and the battery is beneath the floor of the cargo area. (First hybrid, been 13 years since I bought a car. Car is an engineering marvel…but you have to learn how to operate the thing, lol!) I bought this rack to put in the cargo area, so I could place things on it and not directly on cargo floor and thus on top of the battery. I’ve been told not to worry about it, but there have also been cautions online about allowing the battery to get too hot, which it could if too much was piled on top of it. I’d rather error on the safe side. I talked to a friend who is a retired firefighter, and he thought it was a great idea. The car is parked in the driveway all the time…in the wretched heat of Florida. Added plus, it helps better organize all the stuff I cram into my cargo area! Unlike a normal person who usually has a clean and fairly open cargo area, I usually just stuff it full with all things for outside activities; that’s how life is here. Instead of always taking things in and out, or forgetting something, there it all is (plus storage here is very hard to come by). I wanted some “air flow” between it all. I also have a yard, am an avid gardener and use the cargo area for mulch, dirt, plants, etc. I thought it wise to keep the mulch elevated. A few pointers on assembly: - Be careful handling the aluminum parts. They are sharp! I cut myself without even realizing it when I was done, even though I tried to be careful. - You might want certain things handy to assemble: a scissors (to cut packaging materials like zip ties and such); a mallet to tap parts together, especially for the legs; and pliers (specifically for long screws…I found I could not hand screw bolts on very far for about half of them). - Assembly…much like most stuff you have to assemble these days…is mostly intuitive. Instructions…are pretty useless. Fortunately screws were machined pretty well, unlike some other things I
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