Born and raised in South Lake Tahoe, David Wise received his Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering from MIT, where he worked on the Formula SAE racecar team, built underwater gliders with the marine robotics team, and created and taught interactive STEAM curriculum to local schools in the community with the MIT Edgerton Center. After graduation, David moved to the bay area to work for a company creating autonomous underwater vehicles used for exploring the deep ocean and mapping the terrain. Unable to resist the mountains' calling, he returned to Tahoe in 2016 to join OutdoorGearLab as a Senior Review Editor. When he's not working on the world’s most in-depth product reviews, David is usually mountain biking, nordic or alpine skiing, baking, building replica props or ultralight electric vehicles, and teaching at a science camp for kids that he helped found.
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David Wise
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Best Cargo Boxes of 2022
Have more cargo than your car can carry? We bought the 11 best cargo boxes available today and tested them head-to-head to see which one is truly the best of the best.
Editors' Choice
Yakima GrandTour 16
If you are looking for a top-tier cargo box for all sorts of gear, this is one of our all-time favorites.
Best Buy
Goplus Rooftop Carrier
If you are searching for a bargain cargo carrier and don't plan on carrying skis, then we think going with the GoPlus is a great choice.
Best Buy
SportRack Horizon Alpine
While this model is far from our favorite cargo box, it pairs acceptable performance with a price that is hard to beat. Get your stuff from A to B
Inno Racks Shadow 16
The Shadow is an easy-to-use, low-profile solution for getting your skis or boards from point A to B. Good looks accompany this
Thule Pulse
An easy-to-use basic cargo carrier that gets the job done. It doesn’t have the fancy features of the top-tier models but costs quite a bit less.
Thule Vector
This top-tier cargo carrier has all the features and functions you might want but comes at a hefty price. Throughout testing,
Top Pick
Thule Hyper XL
Searching for a high-performance cargo box with looks to match? The Hyper XL is incredibly easy to install, exceptionally convenient and easy to use, and looks great. The catch? It is by...Ad-free. Influence-free. Powered by Testing.
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