Yes, you read that right they chose to use a piece of plastic literally millimeters thick to secure the clamps down. Here’s why: Yakima has cheaped out on the design by using a plastic ladder as the securing mechanism. This isn’t a huge deal, and ultimately, I would have just taken them off if had kept the rack. First of all, there is a minor cosmetic issue with the Yakima stickers on it beginning to peel off the moment you take the racks out of the box. Why only three out of five stars then? Well, I wasn’t impressed with the build quality at all. That is actually why I bought it! Very sleek and virtually no wind noise at all cruising at 55 mph. No doubt, the FatCat EVO 6 is the best-looking ski/snowboard rack on the market.
