"I love my high ground clearance hitch from EcoHitch! I love the fact that it replaces your factory [cross member], essentially reenforcing the rear end of the car and the rear of the frame as well as proving you a hitch! For me I do alot of offroading and camping so most of the time the hitch has a D shackle in it in case I need to use it as a recovery point off road.
Because I go offroad alot it is very important that I dont have alot of stuff hanging down far under my Forester so I get maximum ground clearance. No other hitch on the market that I have seen offers that for my Forester except EcoHitch! I also use it to hold my bike rack to haul our bikes to the near by bike trail for family rides, and occasionally to pull a small trailer to bring yard waste to the near by town landfill.
All and all I am very impressed with the hitch, as well as how easy it was to install. Ecohitch provides a very detailed set of instructions with actual pictures taken on a camera of your car, and not hard to understand generic diagrams that where made on the computer. I definitely give them a 10 out of 10 rating for the product and back my option 100%! I will never recommend any other brand of hitch again to anyone! Definitely a 10 out of 10 experience!"