I also love my porteur rack. I have dual folding Wald baskets on my rear rack for groceries and the like, but there are some things that just don't fit into the Walds -- pizza, a watermelon, or any of a number of large and bulky objects I might need to carry. I got the Soma porteur, which also has the ability to support front panniers when I tour. One other very nice feature of a good solid front rack is that you can balance heavy cargo loads between the front and back of the bike, which makes for a much smoother ride.