For the price I thought this would be better. I actually prefer the regalo gate - it also swings in both directions and and is easier to open and close. I bought both and wish I had had bought 2 of the regalo instead. That said. There is nothing wrong with the safety first gate. Just for the price you are not getting anything better.

The latch mechanism broke. Its past the one-year warranty, which I don't feel is good enough (who wants to replace a baby gate every year?) I took the four screws out of the latch and saw a tennie tiny gray plastic thing about the width of a pencil lead that broke off from its spot. Then figured that has what stopped the gate from working. And now I'll have to look for another but not one that is put together with tiny little plastic holders.

I've tried a few of these gates in the hopes of finding something easy and reasonably priced that suits my family. Both of these have failed miserably, just with very basic limited use. They locking mechanism sticks and causes the door to either be incredibly difficult to open or causes the door to not close at all. I hate this gate, do yourself a huge favor and buy a nicer one.

I've got a large household, the oldest kids in the house are 13-year-old twins, my middle child is 8, and my youngest is two. My two-year-old is a trouble maker, in the middle of his terrible two's. The second you turn around to do something, he's into something. Some of his favorite things to do are make a hard dash up the stairs or get into the kitchen into the dog's water dish. This makes it difficult for me to work on anything before my fiance is home from work or the older kids are done with school and can help keep an eye on him. Other gates work but are difficult to use, even for me. This gate however was easy to install, can be left open when the youngest is in bed, and best of all, I'm not fighting to open it. It also looks really nice, not like those ugly bulky plastic ones that I can never figure out how to work.

handle broke the next day. and not sturdy.

Easy to install and works perfectly! Baby can't get past it cats can. Everyone is delighted

Works well and my toddler doesn’t know how to open it. Easy to install with no drilling.

Its built good and strong but the button to open it is alittle hard to push to unlock and open.

Easy to install, looks and works great.

A lot better than I thought they would be. Very satisfied