Press Release: Fovno-Tech N-PowerThe Fovno-Tech N-Power sucker roof rack features an electrically powered, automated air pump. A wireless alarm system ensures that the rack is securely fastened to your roof at all times. Compared to other suction cup roof rack systems, the Fovno-Tech has two distinct advantages: you don’t have to manually pump it up and you don’t have to worry about it disconnecting from your roof. With the N-Powerbox’s automated pump, securing the rack to your roof takes less than a minute. The Fovno-Tech N-Power gives you peace of mind and the low-profile design that suction cup racks offer.
N-PowerboxThe N-Powerbox is the brain of the Fovno-Tech rack. It has an automatic pump which detects the air pressure in each suction cup. When a suction cup's air pressure falls below normal levels or sustains a leak, the N-Powerbox will get to work, automatically refilling the air pressure until a safe level is reached. Each suction cup has a measured carrying capacity of up to 90 Kg. There is also an air check valve inside each suction cup, which effectively prevents air infiltration. Even if the control box is temporarily unable to function, or the air hose disconnects, the suction cup will remain firmly attached for at least 3 to 4 hours.
The N-Powerbox is powered by a 3400mAH lithium battery and features a USB-C port, allowing for fast and convenient charging. Charging from the car’s own battery or a power bank are both supported. Connected to the rear suction cups by an air hose, installation is as easy as pressing the control box’s power button, which will instantly and securely vacuum seal all cups to the roof of the vehicle. The battery health check button, located to the left of the power button, displays the battery level through a series of six LED lights. This product can be used continuously for up to 360 hours on a single charge.
Leak Detection Alarm SystemFovno-Tech’s alarm system is what sets it apart from anything else on the market. The N-Power rack is equipped with a wireless safety alarm that will immediately alert you if any of the suction cups lose air pressure. The alarm module (pictured above) is fitted with a standard USB and can be placed inside your vehicle, where it will wirelessly pair with the N-Powerbox. In the event of a leak or other problems, the alarm will sound and the N-Powerbox will reseal the cups using its built-in automated pump. The alarm system allows users to monitor the current operating status of the rack; you no longer have to worry about whether your bike is safe.
MaterialsThe Fovno-Tech N-Power's main frame and fork mounts are manufactured from 6063 CNC machined aluminum. The external surface is anodized and undergoes a laser coating process. The suction cups and air hoses are made of a polymer-specific rubber material. They have been rigorously tested at temperature extremes of both 100 degrees Celsius and -100 degrees Celius. They also have strong sun protection and anti-oxidation properties.
The control box has a water and dust proof IP65 rating. It is made to sustain whatever weather conditions you are driving through.
The Fovno-Tech N-Power will be released on May, 5th at the Shanghai International Bike Show. It will be available for purchase worldwide for $398.
Opposite of acoustic guitar = electric guitar
Opposite of analog = digital
therefore I have an acoustic rack.
Acoustic is related to sound, and means the guitar uses the acoustics of a hollow body to produce sound.
Yes analogue is the opposite of digital so that's irrelevant.
There is no opposite of electric or electricity because it is situation dependent.
Example “hello mate, who are you?”
We use this on a regular basis on the UK and as you know, even when you don’t actually know someone, never Mind see them as a friend.
Don’t get caught in the semantics of a comment and just enjoy the light hearted content and what they are trying to portray. Remember, the vast majority of us have hit our heads HARD multiple times and we’ll, no one remembers secondary English.
Whoever gave you instruction to use batteries to hold things together really steered you in the wrong direction...
Imagine still living in a world with hand operated drills, pay phones and flash lights powered by coal burning generators....
I jest, just can’t find the sarcasm font on this damn typewriter
Be Good To One Another Out There!
Really I just object to the unnecessary electrification and radio-ification of things such as this rack.
Battery powered hand drills arguably offer a huge mobility advantage over corded ones, which offer enormous power and utility advantages over hand drills. Cell phones? Awesome, well worth the expense. Battery powered flash lights? Incredible. Bluetooth headsets? Great, I'll take two. AXS wireless shifting? Probably buy that someday... What do all of these nice inventions have in common once they mature? The benefits drastically outweigh the drawbacks.
With this electric suction cup rack the only advantages seemingly offered the customer vs. a manual version are automatic inflation plus some fairly small setup time savings. (Re-inflation might be questionable, given that pressure loss will likely be due to a bad seal, requiring reinstall) Drawbacks? The removal of additional cash from the customer's wallet. And multiple additional failure/maintenance modes via the addition of a pump, valves, electronics, radio comm's, and interior wiring/button.
But for world-roaming dentists attaching bikes to rental cars, this could be an attractive gadget.
Let's see if this rack stands the test of time and becomes more prevalent than say a Kuat or 1Up. I doubt though, I'll ever see one at the trailhead.
I used a seersucker talon rack with vacuum cups to haul a 31 pound trail bike for two years and never had a single vacuum cup failure or paint scratch. I read the directions and used the velcro strap to secure the crank before I put the bike on the car. This technology works really well and $100 more for automatic vacuum seals seems awfully good to me.
I know this is pinkbike and we have to choose between the allowed reactions to new ideas: hate, downvote, or both. But I really like this it looks like a reasonable upgrade to an existing product.
I’d always have a bike rack with me,
could use it on pretty much all vehicles,
stores small in the trunk, back seat, job box
Transfer from one car to the next without a tonne of faffing about
Working in mechanical engineering I'm also glad to see a company like Fovno-Tech pushing design boundaries and integrating new features. Failure can often lead to progress. I can think of no personal use case for their rack, but there exists a smaller share of the market who is looking for something like this. I wish them the best in solving any engineering challenges associated with this rack system.
If you look at roof rack mounts the car manufacturers provide, the structural support is usually tied into the longitudinal frame support just inboard of the roof/door transition. Which makes sense - there's a boatload of strength built into that space (rollover protection and such), and it's easy to weld a bunch of nuts into those places and attach all sorts of roof rack or roof rail mounts to them and be really confident that they won't just rip out from loads getting lifted at high speeds, or roofs being crushed by too much weight (like you would often see in the 90s when US OEMs started putting roof rails and "racks" on their SUVs that were basically just tracks attached to the sheet metal with plusnuts/rivnuts).
With the Seasuckers or any other suction cup attachment, if you're attaching to a part of the roof sheet metal that's solidly connected to a bunch of those reinforcing structures (the longitudinal pieces close to the doors, and/or the crossmembers connecting them every so often over the length of the roof), then you're probably OK. But people who put those thigns on their cars don't necessarily know where to put them. So you could have someone use one of those things for years, and it's great, and then one day maybe they put it a few inches further fore or aft, and it might just cause so much flex in the sheetmetal that it buckles and the suction seal fails. Something to think about - I'd want to know what's under the sheetmetal that I'm suctioning a bunch of bikes to...
The suction guys don't do that - they just tell you to suction the things to the sheet metal (or glass, if applicable), and they don't document where, on what type of car, the structures can support that. It's likely to be OK most of the time (otherwise we'd not just hear the occasional anecdote of problems here or there on the forums), but there's no fool proof recipe to follow for a consumer short of understanding the structure of their car's roof. And while you're right that failure can often lead to progress, I'd hate to be the guy who's rack's failure leads not only to good failure data for the manufacturer to consider in improving their product but also to death or injury to people behind me on the freeway.
Then again, the number of uber-sketchy setups I've seen on the roads, especially in the pandemic MTB boom, suggests that perhaps I'm overthinking this. Like those strap-on-the-tailgate Thule racks loaded up with three or four 30+ pound trail bikes that seem to be all over I5 these days.
A few winters (before covid), my wife and I would take our road bikes to Florida for a few weeks at a time. Always renting big SUV's. and only buying 1 tank of gas in 3 weeks.
Get Vaccinated, buy a rack, and we're set. Thanks
I guys if you have the Tesla in the photos you have to charge that too;-)
Damn!
"you don’t have to manually pump it up "
No, because that's not how suction works.
"... a wireless safety alarm that will immediately alert you if any of the suction cups lose air pressure."
Err, shouldn't that be "... if any of the suction cups *gains* air pressure." ?
"When a suction cup's air pressure falls below normal levels or sustains a leak, the N-Powerbox will get to work, automatically refilling the air pressure until a safe level is reached."
Refilling? As in, adding more vacuum?
"Could have been because it was too cumbersome to activate the suction cups by hand..."
"Let's make them electric!"
"Doesn't really solve the fundamental problem everyone worries about... what if the cups lose air pressure?"
"Let's add wireless pressure warning sensors!"
"What if the warning sensors lose signal?"
"Ship it!"
We design it so that green light good, red light bad, no light check the battery.
Ok...
I like the idea, however will not buy car without 2' hitch;
Also regular railings allow's u to carry not only bikes however ski/board/sup/surf/wtf
those racks are more like workaround for cars that not designed for 'active/outdoor' people in mind;
No. No it does not
Also, I don’t see a way to lock a bike to the rack. I don’t use the locks on my rack every ride, but I’m very thankful they’re there when I do.
I have company cars which are replaced every 2-3 years. buying a hitch mount is expensive. My new car which arrives in ten days has a glass pano roof and the hitch would have been £1000 (1400USD) this is money I'd never get back.
If I use a standard roof rack I have to change the foot pack each time I change car type/brand. More cost, I also can't put the car through most auto car washes locally as they are worried about the racks killing their washers. Thought I'd start putting the bike in the boot and when I need more space stick it on the roof.
Lots of first world problems
They'll also have a Santa Cruz skateboard in the back too.
No, I didn't read the article.
Trybo Bike tech made a review:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXLVzxEKsnQ
They also have oil slick parts.