I have the light and heavy duty JB’s. Sometimes I don’t have anything up top and sometimes I have a kayak, a solar panel and a basket on the Yakima rack. Being able to switch struts is great advantage. I’ve only had the JB's installed for a week but I’ve tried both sets with all the load variations and they work great.
Dake ‘Ian'
86 Westy
> On Jul 2, 2015, at 8:23 PM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jeff,
> 
>        I used the lightest duty because I didn’t want the top to be difficult to pull down.  My girlfriend is short and light and if she had to lower the top with stronger struts she would end up dangling from the bar with no effect!  I’ve heard past light weight posters mention this problem.  So mine don’t immediately raise or lower but I can easily raise or lower the top with minimal effort.  It also stays at whatever position I want while I pull in the tent or arrange things.  Nice not to have to settle it on my head like the old days.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 85 GL Auto 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 2, 2015, at 7:43 PM, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET> wrote:
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>> Which ones did you settle on? And what do you use them for? I carry nothing up top so I guess the most light duty version would do me. 
>> 
>> Jeff
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jul 2, 2015, at 4:57 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>> RE: Which Struts?
>>> The Jack Bombay with no hesitation.  I and every one I know using them are
>>> very happy.  And the install is far easier (and in my opinion a far better
>>> design) then the competing products.
>>> And an additional plus is the support.  I ordered what I thought was the
>>> right strength but they were way to strong for my needs,  There was no
>>> question about exchanging them for the right ones.