Reviews

Ready to hear what people are saying about Chuck? Our customers are all about the adventure, and their stories speak for themselves! Check out the reviews below to see how Chuck is making life easier, more fun, and a whole lot more exciting for outdoor enthusiasts just like you!

Singletrack Sasquatch Full Video Review

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah

Utah is home to some of the world’s most popular skiing and mountain biking, but for years, people have been using imperfect – and sometimes unusual – means to get their gear to the mountains. University of Utah entrepreneurship student James Linton and co-founder Charles McNall, a professional engineer, believe they have the answer. Read More

Feed The Habit Review

Sometimes, life brings you to a place where you need to look outside of the box for gear hauling solutions. Maybe your car doesn’t have a roof rack on it. Maybe you’re a hipster who’s sick of the normies hauling their skis on their roofs. In our case, we bought a van! What do you do with skis on a van? Climb 10 feet in the air in your ski boots to your roof rack? Put them inside so they can melt and drip water? No chance! Enter, the Chuck Bucket, courtesy of Chuck out of Salt Lake City, UT. Read the Full Review Here.

Outdoor Retailer

Outdoor Retailer Magazine senior editor and resident gear head @offyonder picks the coolest products coming out of the industry to get in your radar. See post

New Atlas

To utilize the Chuck Bucket, users just open up the hinged front section of the ring; load their skis, snowboards, golf clubs or whatnot into the box; secure that cargo to the mast with a bungee cord or cam buckle strap; then close and latch the ring. According to the designers, the cargo will stay securely in place while the user is driving, and it won't bounce out of the box when the vehicle goes over bumps in the road. Read More

Unofficial Networks 

The Chuck Bucket was prototyped by engineer/dad who wasn’t satisfied with the struggle of storing his family’s gear on traditional roof mounted racks going to and from the mountain. He prototyped the design by bolting a 5 gallon bucket to a cheap bike rack and refined the design over a couple ski seasons before debuting it on Kickstarter where it was fully funded with $64,691 pledged. Read More

RV Magazine

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Such was the case for Charles McNall, who grew increasingly exasperated with loading and unloading his family’s skis and snowboards every time they hit the slopes. Using a roof rack on his vehicle to transport their gear provided more space inside their car, but it resulted in a lot of lost time in the ski resort's parking lot at the beginning and the end of the day. Time that could be better spent getting in more runs. Keep Reading

Trendhunter

The unit works by being installed onto the rear of a vehicle on the hitch and will provide drivers with a dedicated spot to stow skis or snowboards in an upright position. This will eliminate the need for a conventional roof rack, while also making ski or snowboard gear loading far easier for any age. See the full report

Johnathan Buckhouse

The Superboo 

Storing camping accessories on the car roof-mounted rack is one of the coolest ways to haul outdoor gear, But it’s not the easiest way. Not everyone can easily reach the roof of their giant SUV to load and unload outdoor equipment. Meet the ‘Chuck Bucket’, a simple hitch cargo carrier box to store all our camping and ski gear. Read the full article

Core77

Although it is a box, here's an outside-of-the-box alternative to a roof rack, for certain objects: The Chuck Bucket. It's a box and upper frame that attaches to your trailer hitch, and is designed to carry eight pairs of skis or four snowboards. See More

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