We realized, after assembling, the opening to step through was too narrow to accommodate a person carrying groceries or anything else. Also, it didnt seem especially easy to unlock to step through without freeing up a hand, unlike foot activated locks (although we didnt really try to unlock it once we realized how narrow the opening was!).

This is a sturdy, well built gate. The "door"opens and closes very easily. My only complaint is that the baby will be able to pull it down if it is simply pressure mounted to the doorframe. Because of the way it has to be built to allow the door part to open and close, it does not pressure mount tightly enough to keep a toddler from pulling it down. We will simply keep an eye on this. We purchased the gate for two reasons. One was to keep the cat out of a particular room without always having the door closed. The other was because we have a grandbaby that we will want to keep out of certain areas (like the top of the stairs) in the future. Grandchild will rarely be out of our sight, the gate is just an extra precaution, so we are not terribly worried about having it pulled down. If we do worry, we will install the included cups that will keep the gate secure, but at the moment, we do not want holes in our doorframe.

The gate is nice looking when you consider what it is. The opening to walk through is rather narrow. This was mentioned by other reviews, so I knew it ahead of time. The only negative was upon delivery, I noticed that the packing box appeared to have had something heavy placed/dropped on it. One vertical pole is bent. More than likely this happened in shipping and not manufacturing. To add the Extension was very simple. We did secure one side to the wall with the included screws.

I would never buy or recommend this gate to anyone. It's almost impossible to walk through because of how narrow the doorway is. It's definitely not for someone who has a little bit of weight to them. Maybe that's why there's a tall skinny person on the picture. And the bottom bar across the floor is a hazard. I can't keep track of how many times someone tripped over it. I took it down and bought a full open gate. No floor bar, and was very easy to install. A little bit more expensive, I think, but it is worth it.

It is a good gate for what you pay. Its a great height but the handle is a little chintzy. The the red locking button is a little monotonous and the size of the actual gate is quite narrow. Each side has about 6 inches of bar that could have been used as the gate to give it a wider walk through. Overall not a bad gate. Easy to set up and gets the job done.

We bought this gate to keep our dogs in their bedroom at night. Yes, they have their own bedroom because we didn't want them sleeping with us so we bought 2 gates. Easy to setup and operate. My neighbor found out that her dog peed in her guest room. She has trouble with smell but her guest didn't. She is going to buy one. Thanks CR

We actually got this to keep our 60lb. German Shepherd in her room while we are away. The height is perfect, as she is a "jumper." It is very sturdy, easy to install and use. We have not needed the extension provided, so we can't provide feedback with that part.

Its probably good for narrow straight doors but it is to unstable. I installed it the way the directions told me to but the little thin placement holders aren't that good and can easily be knocked down. Even when secured with the placement holders you screw to the wall.

I LOVE this thing. I dont use it for a baby though I have 3 dogs who I use it for. One is a shih Tzu and the other two are husky's. Theyre puppies so they cant get through it or over it. I will update when they are full grown but for now ABSOLUTELY YES !

So the height of the gate was what was important to me so that we could ensure our cats wouldn’t hop the gate. It’s advertised as 41” tall once assembled, we got the same gate but it’s assembled height is only 36”. We decided to try it anyways and have had a motion sensor camera on it since it’s been set up, so far it still has kept the cats away, they haven’t even attempted to jump over it, so it is working. But I was disappointed that it was 5” shorter than it was supposed to be. As far as the gate itself, it is fantastic. Just be aware that it’s not the height advertised.