Karrite 'Odyssey' 325 litre roof box

Karrite's Odyssey 325 is a decent quality rear opening box, made of "Duotek", with a single rear lock and a 5 year guarantee. One of the advantages of rear opening, i.e. hinged from the front, is that you can access the box from both sides, making it easier to fit to the roof bars, and easier to load.

These are the features which help it score so highly:

• it's a useful size
• rear opening, with one central lock
• decent quality - it's made of a composite plastic called 'Duotek' especially developed for Kar Rite
• spring struts (one to help the lid up, and one to make sure it closes easily)
• it looks good
• 5 year guarantee
• 80mm wide U bolts supplied as standard
• Weight 13kg
• Maximum permitted load 50kg

Technical Specifications at a glance:

External dimensions: 130 (l) x 85 (w) x 39 (h) cm

Internal dimensions: TBA (l) x TBA (w) cm

Volume: 325 litres

Weight: 13kg

Max load capacity: 50kg

Opens from: rear

Type of struts: spring struts

Fits bars up to: 80 x 35mm, aerobar adapters available (see below)

Distance between roof bar fittings: 52 – 76cm*

Length of guarantee: 5 years

Colour: silver grey

Useful information:

* If you have fixing points on your vehicle or existing bars that are cannot be moved please check these measurements carefully before ordering. If your bars are further apart than 76cm we would recommend a longer box, if you would like to check before ordering please contact us and let us know how far apart your roof bars are positioned.

Very few customers know much about the roof box market before they visit our site. We have a lot of information about the things to think about before buying, and the “real world usefulness" of various roof box features, but you’ll be buying sight unseen, and you probably won’t have used a roof box before, so there is inevitably some luck in getting a box that you’ll be happy with.

We want to remove the risks of buying these large and often expensive items, perhaps from brands which almost every other roof box retailer doesn’t stock, and so we have a unique “90 day Exchange Scheme” for roof boxes.

This allows you to use a roof box and, with the benefit of experience, to exchange it for a new one within 90 days of invoice date. Most exchanges are from a shorter box to a longer one, or from a wider box to a narrower one.

These are the rules of the Exchange Scheme:

• You are allowed one exchange only.
• The original box must be in "as new" condition, subject only to fair wear and tear.
• The replacement box must be a different model.
• The replacement box must not be part of a package deal or be from our Bargains section.
• Roof bars are never part of the Exchange Scheme.

This is how the exchange scheme works:

• We charge in full for the replacement box, including the appropriate carriage charge and a charge for any packaging needed for the return of the original.
• We arrange the collection and pay the return carriage costs.
• When the original box arrives back here we refund you for the invoice value of the original box, but you won't get back more than the invoice value of the replacement box. In other words, if the replacement is cheaper than the original we won't be giving you "extra cash back".

Delivery charges and arrangements:

We charge a contribution towards delivery costs, depending on what you order, where you live, and how quickly you want the goods.

For most UK addresses, the charge for our two to three day service is £5.50 (£9.50 for orders including a roof box) and our charge for Next Working Day deliveries is £8.50 (£12.50 for orders involving a roof box). AutoSock, and small spare parts, are charged £3.95 (1st Class post) or £5.50 (express courier, usually Next Working Day).

There are different charges for any delivery including a sea crossing, and deliveries to Skye - we will contact you with a quote on receipt of order.

Orders for Next Working Day delivery need to be received by 4.00pm.

There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays. Next Working Day orders placed on a Friday will be delivered on the Monday, Next Working Day orders placed on a Saturday will be delivered on the Tuesday.

We are very flexible with our deliveries and will aim to deliver on a day and at an address which suits you. Goods can usually be left without signature - we prefer this with roof boxes. There's a "Special Delivery Instructions" box in the checkout area where we'll ask you to choose a typical instruction and then amend it to suit your particular requirements.

No retailer or courier company can ever "guarantee" a Next Working Day delivery. All courier companies occasionally have the same transport problems as can happen to everyone else, including snow blocked roads, closed roads, traffic jams, mechanical breakdown, an inability to find the delivery address, or to gain access to it if, for example, it's in a block of flats. We work with some of the best couriers in the business, and overall they provide an outstanding service.