Exterior Accessories

Imagine this in yellow and you can see it’s related to the Wolf.

An obvious alternative to the Vax package, thanks to its similar price and equally generous smattering of extras

If money is no object, this is the machine to have.

No nonsense seems to be Makita’s mantra here.

They say you can tell the quality of a power tool by its weight.

A phenomenal package for the price, considering that glut of accessories is backed up by impressive performance stats

The latest K4 is fitted with Karcher’s innovative Full Control feature, which is a lance-mounted pressure display

Inno’s effort has supports for both wheels that splay to place the bike in the rack

With its inverted clamps, the Forklift can attach to either style of roof bar, like Yakima’s Freeloader tyre holder.

This rack locks to the roof bars like our winner.

This frame-holding rack scores on price, but the construction is confusing and the pictorial instructions are hard to follow.

Placing on to the channel of the bars, rather than sliding in, the WhispBar has securing levers at opposite corners.

As with most Thule products, this cycle rack is so convenient that you want to use it time and again

Farecla’s Paste Wax has a chequered history in our tests, but it thrived in the wet conditions, making the top five for the first time

Another former winner, Shield is the only liquid wax in our top 10