I live on my boat in Los Angeles. I am within a 10 minute bike ride to several grocery stores and wanted to use my bike for as much shopping as possible. The trip by bike is shorter (timewise) that using my car, parking is much easier, and closer to the stores and faster. Sometimes searching for a parking place takes longer than driving to the store. I mention my location because weather did not factor into my decision grid when selecting cargo carriers on my bike. If I still lived in Seattle I probably would have gone for a rainproof option. So when I bought my bike I immediately bought a Wald folding basket to attach to my rear rack. The design has several shortcomings but I was able to get it installed using wire ties, rather than the metal clips Wald provided, and it has served my purposes. The mounting hardware Wald provided did not fit the rack on my bike and was not the same color as the basket and my bike. . When I decided to add a second basket to the other side of the rear rack on my bike I decided to try the Sunlite model because it had a few features I now knew would be valuable (experience with the Wald basket taught me a lot and made me appreciate the reviewer's comments on both products). Here are the main reasons that I find the Sunlite product to be superior to the wald basket. I have uploaded three photographs that address my reasons for preferring the Sunlite product. The Sunlite basket is on the left on my bike and the Wald one is on the right. 1. The sunlite model is larger when open which benefits cargo capacity. 2. Sunlite thought out the attachment options better and even provided some beefy wire ties as an attachment option. I did not use the provided hose clamps because I thought they would scratch my bike and the black wire ties matched my bike. Sunlite provided a couple of really beefy wire ties but I had to use some of my own to finish the job. More wire ties would be nice. 3. The latch that keeps the sunlite basket closed is much more effective that the one on the Wald. One of the photos I uploaded shows the bungee cord work around I use to keep my wald basket closed when its not in use. In the photo you can see the damage to the finish on the wald basket that was a result of the latch scratching the paint. In the long run the Sunlite latch might not be any better but its starting out as way more effective that the one on the Wald Basket. One of the problems with the Wald latch is that it seems to have been designed for an unpainted basket and the layers of paint on the latch and basked wire makes the latch very difficult to rotate. 4. The mesh bottom on the Sunlite basket keeps my mail from falling through the bottom of the basket. That is a problem with the wald basket when I stop by our mailbox on the same trip to the grocery store. 5, The finish on the Sunlite basket is better than the one on the wald basket. Both of these baskets handle quite a bit of weight with no problem. I have put three 12 packs of soda in my Wald basket and it has held them secure. Reviewers for both products have mentioned the fact that you need to bend the outer wall of the basket outward to get the support for the bottom in place. This is mentioned as a disadvantage but I look at that as a feature that assures me that the bottom wont fall out of my basket when Im using it. The Wald basket is slightly cheaper than the Sunlite but, in my opinion, it is not enough cheaper to justify the Wald over the Sunlite. On the other hand the Wald basket is serviceable enough that I'm not going to replace it with a second Sunlite.