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Title: Design flaw; ties tear along the sharp cylinder edge
Review: This rack is sturdy as long as it worked. I bought this rack just about 4 months ago. I had it mounted on my car all this time. There is a thin hard plastic ring with a very thin lip that goes on the inside of the cylinder to protect the nylon ties from rubbing and tearing at the edge of the cylinder, which is very sharp. So today the plastic ring cracked (probably from temperature drop to 60s over the last few days from 90s the week before) and one of the two main nylon ties, which clips to the back of the trunk lid of the car, tore by cutting along the edge of the cylinder. So I think this is a design flaw - either the plastic ring could have been thicker or the edges of the ridged cylinder could be smoother and not so razor sharp.
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