The First Years Hands Free Gate
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Baby Products Reviews of The First Years Hands Free Gate
Customer Review: Great Gate!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely love this gate! We purchased two of them after visiting a friend who had one in their home. We have a custom built home with an extra wide hallway, so we bought 3 extentions for that space. The manufacturer doesn't recommend using more than 2, but we tried it out anyway and it's just as sturdy as the one we use without extentions.
One of the things I love about this gate is how simple it is to open and close. I have 7 and 8 year old sons and they were constantly battling with the expandible gates, or resisting closing them because of their difficulty. This way, they have no trouble at all opening or closing the gates after passing through them.
Additionally, because of the hands free feature I am easily able to carry our 15 month old through the gates, without having to bend down and struggle with opening or latching it one-handed. I just step on the pedal and bump it with my knee, and then kick it closed behind me.
Because they don't require hardware to mount them, we were able to take these gates with us when we visited an out-of-town relative, which helped tremendously. Fortunately, we have a mini-van so transporting them assembled was no problem at all.
To top it off, they are sleek and attractive. They are a little costly, but I figure we'll be using them for the next several years, so I would definitely recommend this gate to everyone. Make sure you keep the plastic wrench that comes with it... you may need it in the future!
Customer Review: Best Baby Gate available
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't say enough about this gate. It's incredibly easy to install; doesn't destroy your woodwork or your floor due to the rubber stoppers on the end of each pressure mount; the surface is very, very easy to clean; it's easy to operate; I love the little curved "step" at the bottom so you can't trip over the bottom of the gate and that the door opens BOTH ways; it's VERY stable (once it's in position tightly, that's it - you can't move it until you loosen the pressure mounts). Even if I have a load of laundry in my hands, coming upstairs blind and have to open the gate, a push with my foot and tap with my knee and it's open. Then push back with my foot and it's closed. It's WONDERFUL! We have two and they have been indespinsable. Not to mention the fact that there are no little parts to pinch my son's curious little fingers! That is a big plus in my book. It's also very easy to move to another room if you have to. My little "engineer" has tried and tried and tried his hardest to get the gate to work for him, using all manner of methods, even force, and to date has not successfully operated it. He hasn't been able to figure out a way to get it to open for him yet, though he tries and tries to "bounce" various things on the pedal to get it to open. I think he's finally given up.
This, in my humble opinion, is the best gate for the money going. Highly, highly recommended.
I love this gate - wouldn't have another one and have recommended it to all my friends.
Customer Review: for a standard size door opening... THE BEST GATE EVER!
Summary: 5 Stars
After buying 3 other gates and returning all of them I was delighted to find this gate. It looks more conservative than the ugly mesh plastic gates, so I am not embarassed by it when company comes over. The gate is VERY strong, nothing short of a person falling into it is going to budge it. My dogs can't even knock it over. It's HAND's free which is fantastic considering I usually have the baby, a baby bag, my bag all slung across me when I'm trying to get out of the house in the morning and all I have to do it press the pdeal with one foot and I'm out! We use the gate between our Kitchen/Mudroom entrance. The baby loved trying to escape to the mudroom and would head for the garage door stopping only to dip her hand in the dog's water/food bowls. This gate lets her watch the dog's and not get into things we don't want her in. We never attempt to step over the gate in a rush like the plastic gates that are a pain to open and re-set because you just push the pedal and your out! In just a second your through and can close it before the muchkin gets even a step closer to it. The gate says it fits 34"w opening but our width WAS 34"w so we had to purchase the gate extension becuase it was a little loose in the door frame. It's solid now and even though I had to get the extension it was well worth it. My only wish is that a gate extension for non-door oversized openings was available, like a 52"w gate for diningroom entrances. But I'm willing to wait!Customer Review: GREAT for little ones!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
We bought this gate about 2 1/2 years ago when our 3 year old started getting around. We had a huge gate blocking his way out of our family room and needed a more user friendly gate in the other other entrance into the familyroom/kitchen area. This gate was later moved to blocking our bedroom when he was old enough to move around more of the house.
I have LOVED this gate to this day. It was so nice to bring groceries in and not have to climb over the larger gate. I just stepped on the pedal and push the gate open with my knee and I never had to put a thing down to do it. My Three year old cannot get through it so our bedroom is where all the medicines etc are so he cannot get to them.
Now, here is the only things I have found wrong with it. When we took it down in the kitchen we did have to patch up the places where the gate squeezes against the doorway, it peeled paint and some plaster. Not a big deal since we had the paint to patch. The other more frustrating thing that we have discovered TODAY is that our 8 mo old is now crawling all over the place and so we have set up the old larger gate and have moved the pedal gate into the kitchen again. BUT again, our 3 year old cannot get through the gate. You can loosen the ends so it is a little easier to open but he still cannot open it himself. I am now desperately looking for a gate that will allow an older sibling to get through but keep the little guy in.
Customer Review: We love it... and the rugrat isn't even here yet
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I had heard good things about this gate, and decided to use them when our little one arrives. We bought 2 of them now (I'm 6 months pg) and set them up so we could restrict our dog (a big yellow lab) to certain areas of the house while we are out. (That, and separate the dog from the kids when our friends come over.)The gate was very easy to install - except in the circumstance where the bottom of the doorway had baseboard molding that made the opening less than 34", and the top of the gate had to be in a space of 35.5". So the top of the gate required the extension panel but the bottom did not. Once we figured out how to deal with that, it was easy. We did love that you can adjust the top & bottom pressure mounting separately to account for baseboards. We have it cranked in pretty tight, moved it from one doorway to the other after discovering some traffic issues, and it didn't hurt the walls a bit.
The manufacturer has redesigned the foot pedal that so many people had trouble with. This gate is easier for me to open than my friend's older one of the same model (bigger, sturdier pedal), but I still can't imagine a kid being able to open it up. We love it, the dog hasn't been able to hurt it, and you can actually leave it open if you want it open.
The only downfall is that you can't get this gate for larger spaces (over 44") and that you can't use it in a doorway with a door, because of the foot pedal.