The First Years Hands Free Gate

We have had this gate for a few weeks and we have no complaints. It is in a hallway to a bathroom and the baby's room so guests must use it for the bathroom.
The overwhleming comment from guests is "phew, thank goodness it is not one of those annoying gates with buttons or handles." We agree - we love the hands-free!

We recently brought home a new puppy, and I wanted a gate that would be easy for my 5 year old to use to get into and out of her toy room, but keep the puppy safe from her toys. This gate has worked perfectly! My daughter can use it easily, and does, frequently, when she needs a break from the puppy. The puppy stays out and her toys don't get chewed, or swallowed causing huge vet bills. It is awesome because of the vertical bars, even when our dog gets older, it will be near impossible (only the future will tell) for her to get over it.

We have since moved the gate from her toy room, to the hallway that leads to both her bedroom and toy room. now all her things are safe from puppy teeth.

I find it easy to use to pass thru with laundry and whatever else. Once our newest baby gets here in November, it will definitely be even more appreciated!

It installed easy, my husband just used a level to ensure the gate was level vertically as we were tightening down the tension screws. Easy as pie! We have had it for about 3 weeks now. No complaint. An awesome product.

This is a terrific gate that is unobtrusive and easy to use. I would recommend this to anyone with children or pets.

We've used cheap collapsable barriers before, and they are fiddly and after time, damage the wall. We would put them on when the kids were crawling about. But now we have a new baby and the older kids can't hurdle the old barrier like we can, so we had to get one with a door. I like the fact that we aren't popping it on and off like the old one and it will just stay in place for the duration.
The older kids (twins) are 3 and a half and the lightest one (girl) weighs about 36 pounds. She can open it (with a little difficulty) by bouncing on the release, which is a relief to us since we didn't want to be lifting her over all the time. So it works well for keeping baby in, and letting little kids through.

We love this gate, it is so easy to install. I just got rid of our superyard gate. That was not very good to use because you have to climb in and out of the gate. If you have an active child like mine, you will have to go in and out a lot. Several times i trip over it and it's not fun when you bang your legs into the gate. It is plastic but still it hurts! Since we just change to this hands free gate, we are so relieved. It's worth every penny!