Kidco Safeway Wall Mount Top of Stairs Gate
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Baby Products Reviews of Kidco Safeway Wall Mount Top of Stairs Gate
Customer Review: Excellent - But like everything else, install it properly
Summary: 5 Stars
I've installed three of these in our home; two at the top of stairs and one for the kitchen. By far the best design I could find.
I recommend mounting the hardware directly into the banister, not only for strength but also for aesthetics. Those plastic tie / hockey stick adapters to "protect" the banister are ugly and who's going to notice four tiny holes when you patch them properly later? And of course, get butterfly bolts for the drywall side.
The installation is tricky, especially if you have short baseboards as we do, but the innovative design of the gate bolts allow a lot of flexibility for ensuring a good fit. You can even adjust them in such a way that the gate will fall open, fall closed, or be perfectly balanced. My first installation took about an hour, the second about 40 minutes and the last only 15 minutes.
About the gate bolts, I've read some reviews here that kids are poking their eyes on them. Come on!?! If your kid is walking into them, that's your own fault for leaving the gate open. Be glad the kid didn't fall down the stairs.
Customer Review: A great safe gate when installed and used correctly!
Summary: 5 Stars
We've used this gate for over 3 years and I have just purchased 2 more. It is the only gate I trust for top of stair use. The gate is heavy and proper installation is an absolute must. With attention to the directions and some adjustment our gate has never come loose or fallen of it's hinges. It has held up under three years of hard use - and I still find my 4 year old hanging from it on occasion. The dogs bang it open and shut when the gate is not latched and the noise of it banging shut serves as a secondary alarm that someone left the gate unlatched.
I must concede that adult visitors seem to be the hardest on the gate - some people just can't seem to latch the gate correctly and that seems to wear the latching mechanism and hardware - but, again no trouble with broken hardware.
My advice - don't bother with the other gates on the market. Take the time to install this gate correctly and you'll never need to buy another. (Unless, as in my case, you move to a different home and find yourself needing more gates. Then in that case you'll know what to buy.)
Customer Review: Good for top of stairs
Summary: 4 Stars
Of the gates out there that are suitable for the top of stairways, this one is the best.Yes, it could use some improvements (such as the top and bottom locking pin/bolts being redesigned so as not to be eye- and shin-knockers for little ones). However, it's adjustable for a fairly wide range of stairway widths and it's easy to use once it's installed.
If you're mounting it into a stud wall, the trickiest part is finding the stud. (Turns out our stud wasn't right on the corner of the wall as we would have thought but was a few inches over from the corner.)
If you're mounting either the hinge side or the closure side into a banister post, you may want to consider this: rather than screwing into the wood of your banister and having holes there someday when you go to remove the gate, try "zip-tying" a vertical 2x4 to the vertical banister post. (Use foam rubber or something under the zip ties so they don't cut into your banister and so there's some extra grab.) Then mount either the hinges or the closure pieces onto the 2x4.
Customer Review: Award Winning Gate!
Summary: 5 Stars
I researched top-of-stair gates for months and the thing I realized was that every gate got mixed reviews at best. Just when I thought I had made a decision, I would come across a review that slammed the product for one reason or another. Because of all of the mixed reviews that I came across, I purchased a membership to Consumer Reports. This gate was ranked # 2 gate for top of stairs. From reviews I read on-line, the gate that they gave the top award to had problems with the knob breaking in the locked position. In the end, I decided to go with this gate and I am so glad that I did! We purchased 2, 1 for the top and 1 for the bottom of our stairs. They've been installed for about a month and we are extremely pleased. We have metal railings so my Dad, who is a wood-worker, made some wooden surrounds for the balisters. The gates are super easy to open & close, even when I'm carrying my 1 year old daughter. No one in town had this gate, so we bought it site unseen. It is so refreshing to find a product that lived up to our high expectations.Customer Review: DOn't SETTLE! Buy this gate from the start!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have gone through different gates with each kids. Now with my fourth kid, I bought this gate (the other gates didn't hold up, flimsy, didn't work well). THis gate is WONDERFUL! I wish I bought it with my first. It's easy to install, easy to open and close. With out the lock my 4 year old is totally fine opening/closing it. It's not bad looking. I have black wrought iron and wood stair case that is long and big, and it looks just fine. I bought the BLACK colored one instead of the white. They also have silver color. What makes this product even better is that you can buy extensions, and on one side of the gate instead of putting it against the wall, you can buy Y brackets to brace it against the spindles. I bought those at globalpets.com. This gate is also perfect different widths due to trim. I have thick wood molding that makes other gates uneven. THis gate you can just adjust them.
Anyways. I am raving about this gate, because it's fantastic. Well worth every penny!