Originally Posted by veganbikes

You aren't very knowledgeable in racks and it shows yet you seem to want to be involved with the conversation. The reason why Tubus costs more is not because you are buying three it is because you are buying one rack that weighs very little and can hold 80lbs and is highly unlikely to have issues and last and last and last and last some more. It is a well supported and engineered product. In fact my 3 Tubus racks (because the front rack is technically two separate racks) weighed less than my single Surly Nice Rack and carries the same amount of weight and I don't trust it any less. High quality things cost money initially but when they last for a long time the cost is quite low. My Cargo Evo rack probably cost me about $10 a year in the time I have had it at full retail price for the time. Not that expensive and have had zero issues with it granted no big expedition level touring but it has been on two different bikes.