Yakima SkyBox NX 16 nano-texture roof box, no. 8007369

What's not to like about Yakima's SkyBox NX roof boxes! They are exceptionally well made, good looking, aerodynamic boxes, thoughtfully designed and engineered, with a number of excellent innovations including their locking and mounting systems.

They have a "Just pull the lid down to lock the box" system, as also found in the best KAMEI and INNO boxes; Yakima call their system 'SuperLatch’. "Close lid to lock" systems get around the main problem of many other central locking systems which is "How do you shut and lock a fully laden box, especially on a tall vehicle?" Inferior central locking systems require you to somehow keep both the front and the back of the box tightly closed - which needs two hands, held wide apart - while at the same time using a third hand to turn the centrally located key and lock the box. It shouldn't take two people to lock a roof box, which is why sprung loaded systems are so useful.

Yakima boast that you can open and close these boxes with one hand, which is particularly useful on tall vehicles when you might need to grip the vehicle with your other hand. The visible parts of the SuperLatch system are the two solid external handles - one on each side because all SkyBox NX boxes are dual-side opening. These handles include Yakima's SKS locks; you'll need the key to open the box, and you can't lock the box and remove the key if the lid is not properly closed. The lid includes a moulded handle for easy opening, and a pull-down ridge for easy closing.

A lot of technical work was done on the aerodynamics to minimise wind noise and drag. The result is a range of boxes with very clean lines. The base includes a spoiler to push air under the roof bars, and air diffusers at the back of the box - which is shaped with the aim of accommodating tailgate-mounted spoilers.

The roof bar fittings are as low profile as any that we've seen, because the tensioning tool is separate from the fittings, a clever idea which helps to increase the usable space inside the box. This tensioning tool includes a torque limiter - it clicks to let you know when the roof bar fittings are tight enough. There's a location to store the tensioning tool on the inside of the box - so it's to hand when you need it, not e.g left at home by mistake.

Yakima is, with Thule, one of the two biggest worldwide car rack brands. Yakima is based in near Portland in Oregon, USA, and is named after the city in Washington state where it was founded in 1973.

Other features and general information:

• The SkyBox NX 16 is 192 x 89 x 41cm, with a capacity of 450 litres (approximately 16 cubic feet). It's known by Yakima as the SkyBox NX LG. See also the Specifications tab.
• Box weight 21.2kg, loading weight 75kg. As always, note that the maximum load that may be carried is your vehicle's maximum permitted roof load, less the weight of the box and the weight of the roof bars.
• The dual side opening on this wide box makes it very easy to fit to the roof bars.
• The box to bar fittings are very easy to use and take up minimal space in the box.
• The lid opens very wide, making for easier loading and unloading.
• Three-point central locking on both sides of the box.
• The rear of the box is shaped to accommodate hatchback and estate car tailgates. If your tailgate includes a large spoiler, it would be particularly sensible to look at Yakima's "hatch clearance guidelines" - see tab.

Do you need roof bars as well? If so, check out our amazing box and bars package deal which provides everything you need, including this box, and locking roof bars, all for a fixed price! Click here for more details.

Please click on the pdf symbol below to view Yakima's "tailgate clash guidelines":

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.

These are our standard charges; there are usually surcharges for all offshore destinations and some remote postcodes - for details please see our delivery information page.

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Delivery times

Delivery times are calculated in working days (Monday to Friday, excluding Bank holidays).

Cut-off times for Express Delivery orders
Express Delivery orders placed before before the cut-off times shown below will usually be desptached on the date of order. Express Delivery orders placed after these cut-off times will be despatched the next working day.

Delivery FAQs

When will my order arrive?
There are no deliveries on Saturdays, Sundays or Bank Holidays, except for postable items where Royal Mail has a Saturday delivery. Express Delivery orders placed on a Friday (before 1pm) should be delivered on the Monday or Tuesday, Express Delivery orders placed on a Saturday or Sunday should be delivered on the Tuesday or Wednesday. The arrangements for Very Heavy Items are different and are shown above.

What about Next Working Day delivery?
Most Express delivery orders will arrive on the next working day, if the order is placed before the cut-off time (see above). Some will arrive on the second working day if there has been a "split-delivery". So-called “split deliveries” happen when the couriers do not have enough trailer space for everything that should be moved around the UK, so they will load what they can and leave the rest for the next trailer.

Is my delivery day guaranteed?
No retailer or courier company can ever "guarantee" a Next Working Day delivery. As well as split deliveries, 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.

Do I need to be at home?
We are very flexible with our deliveries and will aim to deliver to an address which suits you – this does not need to be your home address. 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.

Payment options:

We take the following cards, and also PayPal. Please note that the entry on your card statement will be from "The Roof Box Company".

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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, only paying a contribution to our carriage costs. 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. Not just an alternative colour.
• 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 carriage charges, and a charge for any packaging needed for the return of the original.
• If you want us to collect the original box, there will be a £50 carriage charge (please note that regional surcharges may apply).
• We arrange the collection, if requested.
• 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".

Please note: we can only collect roof boxes from mainland UK.