Ah the Thule Racks vs Yakima Racks debate lives on! I'd have to say this gives coke vs pepsi a real run for the $$$. Personally I think it's up to the individual's sense of style. Yakima has their round bars and Thule has their square bars. But both have car rack systems that otherwise are very similar, and both now offer a lifetime warranty on their stuff so how can you go wrong with either one??? The one legitimate point I'd have to give Yakima Racks is that you can tilt down most of their roof mount gear attachments because of the round bar design. You can't do that on the square Thule bars. So if you have a carriers like the Yakima Stacker kayak rack, spare wheel holder, any ski racks etc you can tilt them down when not using them for better aerodynamics.

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