A brief look at some of our best selling car roofboxes. A car roof box is used for transporting items in your car that you dont have the room to fit in the boot. Roofboxes are most popular with families with young children - with buggies and extra clothes.

Arjes 480

The Arjes 480 was our best selling roof box this year, largely down to the extremely competitive price of €259 for what is a large roof box. The Arjes is an economy roof box, but it has the look of a more expensive box. With a nice black metallic finish and aerodynamic design, it looks really well on the vehicle. The Arjes opens / closes on one side only, so while it is possible to fit this box onto jeeps and MPVs, it is not as suitable for these vehicles as our double-side opening boxes such as the Hapro Carver 6.5 below.  

The Arjes is a great option for somebody with a saloon vehicle who is looking for a good size roof box which might be used a couple of times a year.

The Hapro Carver 6.5

The Hapro Carver 6.5 is the real deal in terms of a roof box. It comes with all the features that make it a premium quality roof box. The double-side opening makes it easy to fit on any vehicle, even jeeps and MPVs. It is also very useful when you need to access your items in the roof box and especially if you’re travelling on the continent, as you wont have to be standing out on the roadside when accessing the roof box. It also has an easy fit system which allows you to put it on and off the car in a matter of minutes without any nuts or washers.

The Carver 6.5 is as sturdy a roof box as you can get. The hinges are very strong and it incorporates twin full-length steel reinforcement rails for extra strength. This box comes with a five year warranty and the reason a five year warranty can be offered on this roof box is that things rarely go wrong with them. It’s a good size roof box with 430 litres of space and is very similar in size to the Arjes 480 roof box. It’s a great option for those who will be getting frequent use out of a roof box.

The Hapro Roady 311

The best selling of our smaller roof boxes, The Hapro Roady 311 roof box is a great small roof box ideally suited to hatchback vehicles. At €179 it is actually cheaper than many soft roof boxes on the market. The reason that it is so suitable for hatchback cars is that this box opens from the rear so the hatchback shape means that you can open and close the box easily. It doesn’t have the easy-fit system that the Hapro Carver range comes with, but it is still very easy to fit, with just two clamps on each bar to fit onto the box. This box comes with a two year warranty.