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Your cart is empty.The Harken Hoister is designed to shorten the distance between that piece of adventure gear stored in your garage rafters and the reason you bought it. Hoisters are carefully-designed lifting and storage solutions engineered to make the trip between rafters and roof racks a one-person, single line operation. Hoisters come with 100% low-friction Harken ball-bearing blocks and a patented auto cleat that ensures equipment doesn’t plummet even if the line is accidentally released. Because their mechanical advantage is carefully matched to the size and weight of whatever is being hoisted Hoisters make both raises and lowers safe and uneventful. Your load remains horizontal at all times too. There are versions available for dinghies, bikes, paddleboards, kayaks, Jeep and other vehicle hard tops. A version for general garage storage is also proving itself indispensible in garage rafters everywhere.
P. MSakamoto
2025-07-27 18:26:54
We recently purchased a Hobie Oasis twin (2016 model) kayak with Mirage drive. This is a wonderful kayak, but it is heavy and pretty big for a kayak. It weighs over 100 pounds and is about 14' long. Further, our main kayak carrying vehicle is a 2006 Honda Odyssey van, which is pretty tall in our modest two car garage. Because of the height of the cross beams in the garage (about 9') we needed to lift the heavy kayak as close to the beams as possible. After searching and sifting through the many options on Amazon and other places online, i settled on the Harken four point hoisters as the way to go. They work for my purpose in several ways:1. Sufficient weight capacity and pulley reduction to make lifting and storing over 110 pounds of kayak a safe and reasonable task.2. The four point pulley system gets the kayak as close to the beams in my garage as possible - I only lose a couple inches of space between the beams and the top of the kayak.3. The system comes in various sizes in both weight capacity and height from the floor.I did puzzle over the very high price relative to other hoist systems, but ended up deciding that the ready-to-use kit was the way to go, especially after seeing users with almost exactly my needs praising it. I have to say, it is worth it me since, although I am a pretty handy guy, I can't see myself gathering the hardware that goes into this kit. This is especially true of the "organizer" and the main pulley that has the locking cam in it. All the pieces are of high quality and the unit is well thought out. I have included a photo of the opened, but still boxed, kit.The unit is not for the un-handy to install. If you struggle with IKEA furniture, for instance, you are gonna fail with this even though the instructions are better. I found the instructions to be good enough for me, but even then, had to take a few minutes to make sure I understood them a couple of times.All that said, it installed fine, works well, and I have attached a photo with the kayak hoisted to the beams in our garage. We've used it several times and it's great.If you have an expensive, heavy kayak or canoe like ours, do to hesitate to get the Harken Hoister. It's the best.
S. J. Bollin
2025-07-20 17:15:30
I bought this utility lift to store a small 125-lb paddleboat in my barn. The barn currently does not have electricity available, and a chain hoist is impractical for this particular use. The most important feature was the weight capacity, as I don't want the lift straps or hardware breaking and falling onto someone or something. Some of the installation directions could have been more specific, but after reading it a few times, I was able to understand what to do for each step. How easy installation will be depends upon where you plan to install the lift. The directions are intended for installation in a garage so that you could drive your vehicle in, hook up the straps, and lift the boat off the vehicle. The lift is designed so that the next time you want to use the boat, you simply lower it back onto your vehicle, secure it, and go about your business. In my barn there is 8 feet between trusses, so I had to build a frame for it. I think that potential buyers should know that if you intend to use this in a location other than a garage, basic carpenter skills and tools will be needed. Overall quality is excellent, and it easily lifted the boat. I rated it excellent because overall it works as expected, and the hardware, ropes, and overall design quality are excellent.
Strand
2025-07-19 21:21:45
This lift does exactly what I had hoped for. Gives me a place to store the jeep hard top and makes removal and installation of the top a one person job. Installation is straight forward, and not difficult - assuming you have some degree of home improvement skills. I didn't have any issues, but for some less mechanically inclined people, you may wish to find some assistance with the install. The lift operates smoothly and feels very secure. With the hard top back on the Jeep, I now use the lift for a large roof top cargo basket we rarely use filled with all the pieces from the soft top. The only reason I gave it four stars is that the straps that support the hard top are a pain to adjust to level out the top, but once adjusted, they stay where they're supposed to.For the price this is a no-brainer. Typical Harken quality - if you've been around the sailing world, you know these guys make quality tackle.
P. Guerrini
2025-05-02 15:16:27
It takes some time to properly install this hoist. Plan to take significant time to install. It now works great. The "secret" is to very carefully follow the instructions and precise parts placement. I did call their tech support person for help with my non-standard installation. I got a prompt and detailed instructions. My goal was to keep my kayak attached to the car's roof rack carrier and hoist both it and the kayak directly on & off my car. With careful placement of the support pulleys, I can now do that. Just drive in, attach the hoist ropes and lift until the hull touches the ceiling. This gives me a few inches to spare with the boat sandwiched between the ceiling and open garage door. To put the kayak on my car roof, I installed a small fishing weight on a suspended fishing line for a plumb bob. I drive into the garage and stop when the weight touches the center of my windshield. The car is now precisely parked. Then, lower the kayak with attached roof rack and clamp it onto the car's roof. I then attached the hoist's lines to the plumb bob. Finally, pull the plumb bob line to lift the hoist lines up to the ceiling so they don't get tangled with the garage door. I attached kayak bow/stern stabilizer ropes to the car and I'm done.Before is installed this hoist, I installed my own rope & pulley system to save money. I should have bought this hoist in the first place. Its 6 to 1 mechanical advantage and precise placement makes a dream to use.
Customer
2025-02-11 16:24:13
Followed the instructions, and it all worked out as it should. Happy with this product.
wv ontario
2024-12-16 17:56:38
It seems like a lot of money for a relatively small box of materials but its worth it. The quality of the components and the design are superior. My install was a little easier than most because I was working with exposed beams and I did not need mounting boards but any install would be relatively easy. The instructions are excellent with one small exception. The diagram for tying the double figure eight knot is incomprehensible. I found a very good diagram on line and was then able to do it. The Harken folks should change the diagram. Other than that , instructions were good. Once I had everything ready to go , it hoisted my canoe perfectly first time. As it will hang for several months I didn't want to rely just on the hoist holding so I installed a secondary set of fixed straps but that may be an unnecessary precaution. Great product. Highly recommend.
Leslie
2024-12-09 11:55:39
How do you know if you got the correct product? One side says 90lbs capacity yet opposite side says 145#. I will be lifting an item taht is 130lbs and don't want to take the chance so this product is useless to me. Returned.
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