I have three touring bikes. On my medium and heavy duty touring bikes, for touring I use the Tubus Logo EVO.
When I built up my Lynskey, a titanium touring bike, I made the mistake of assuming that an aluminum rack would be lighter than steel, I ordered a Racktime Addit for that bike and later realized that the aluminum one weighed more, but the difference was small enough that I use the Racktime on that bike for touring.
Addit rack below:
For around home I use a Nitto rack (below) that is actually much heavier than it looks, has a slightly wider platform. This one has a much lower weight capacity but I would never use this rack for touring. The black thing in the middle of the rack is a velcro strap.
This is the Tubus Logo with a very narrow platform on my medium duty touring bike, below:
This has more info on the shape of the Tubus Logo EVO.
https://www.tubus.com/fileadmin/user...Evo_TZ_2.0.pdf
I think the Logo EVO is a fantastic rack for carrying panniers, but a very poor rack if you just want to have a pack or bag strapped on top of the platform, which is why I only use it for touring. And that is why I use different racks for around home than for touring.
Near home, I use a much lower cost rack because the weight capacity can be much less. (The Nitto rack shown above is an expensive rack, but I got it used at a swap meet for a cheap price.) But for around home, I often put a racktop bag or a dry bag on top, need a wider platform for that.
Another photo of my Tubus Logo, this is on my heavy duty touring bike, shows how an Ortlieb Backroller hangs on the rack, only one pannier on the rack for the photo. I am storing some short velcro straps on the rack platform, they are not part of the rack. I added some clear plastic hose from a hardware store over the rack to prevent chaffing. This photo shows the advantage of those lower rails for hanging a pannier lower to lower the center of gravity.
