Ingenuity Ingenuity Thruway 60XW Series Extra Wide Safety Pet&Baby Gate,30″-60″ Wide,26″ Tall,Pressure or Hardware Mounted,Install Wall to Wall in Doorway or Stairway–Honey Oak Stained Wood&Metal

Something even baby Houdini can’t break out of.
Our baby seems to be the Houdini of babies. When we put her on our bed, no matter how many barricades of pillows and blankets I put in her way, she seems to manage to get by them in order to practice her platform diving skills. Her first day in her playpen she seems to have figured out how the door works perfectly, and from time to time when I’m in there with her she’ll leave it and then lock me in :)Lately, she’s been fascinated with the kitchen. When her mom and I are in there cooking, she seems to love crawling in there. Our kitchen, like most kitchens, is filled with all kinds of dangerous things–scalding pots and pans, knives, fresh trash, and giant heavy containers of stuff. In other words, baby’s favorite “toys”. We tried barricading her with boxes, heavy water bottles, and anything else we could think of. She’d be on the one end crying, there’d be a few seconds of silence, and then she’d be on the other side smiling.A friend gave us an old baby gate to use, but our kitchen is an open doorway that measures 43 inches, much larger than that gate could handle. Also, we’re looking to sell our apartment and don’t want to be drilling any holes.I turned to Amazon to look for wide gates that didn’t require drilling holes and came across this one and a few cheaper-looking ones.We first had our misgivings. In the pictures, the gate looks pretty strange. The colors don’t seem to match (dark grey and wood?) and for some reason both my wife and I thought the wood door was going to be really thick. But we threw caution to the wind and ordered it anyway.The shipment came in one box that was really thin and really, really big lengthwise and widthwise. Inside slipped out the big gate (with wooden door attached already), three metal expanders joined together, and four giant screws with round cap on the end, which I’ll explain below. At first glance the gate also appears to be broken–the door does not appear to fit into the gate properly. I assume there were a lot of complaints about this, so Summer Infant provided a notice in big letters tied to the door that assures you that this is normal and that it will all look perfect once you install it.The first thing I noticed is that the gate looks a lot different in person. I had imagined a thick, unwieldy gate, but the actual width of the gate looks quite elegant at about half an inch thick. The colors were also surprisingly attractive–the grey has a brushed slate feel, and the wood door is a lovely oak stain that coordinates well with our hardwood floors.As often is the case the instructions weren’t the clearest in the world, so I had to figure out assembly on my own. The “metal expanders” help you elongate the gate to be appropriate for your doorway…it accommodates anything from 36 inches to 60 inches. The manual will tell you which of the three “expanders” to use (the other two you can save if you ever want to install your gate in another opening in the future).I had to use the medium expander, so I slipped it into the side of the main gate, no problem. Note that while the extenders are specific lengths (10″, 7″ and 4″) they can accommodate any size opening from 36 inches to 60 inches without a problem, down the the millimeter.The next step is to place the four large bolts into four holes at each corner of the gate so that the “cap” (which are actually two pieces, a knob to tighten the tension, plus the actual pad that holds the gate to the wall) is facing outward. At first I was confused because the large bolts just slipped into the hole loosely, but I’ll explain that below :)Your next step is to position the gate so that it’s center to your doorway. They have a cheap metal wrench that doubles as a cheap metal ruler for you to measure. And then this is where the magic happens. You don’t screw the bolts into the gate, but rather by turning the tension knob you literally expand the distance between the gate and the pad at the wall, using pressure to “squeeze” the gate, the bolt, and the wall together. (P = F/A for you physics types). You don’t want your pressure to be so soft that the gate doesn’t stand up, and you don’t want it to be too hard that you end up gashing a hole in your wall. But find that happy medium, and you have a gate that’ll withstand baby’s best efforts to knock it over, and you never had to drill a hole in the wall.The installation took me about 10 minutes. The result? Baby did her usual crawling into the kitchen and then realized the gate was there. She tried all her tricks and the gate stood strong. After a few minutes she sat back and started crying. My wife couldn’t help but let out an evil laugh–the culmination of weeks of her trying rescue baby from sure disaster in the kitchen over and over again. We walked over to her and gave her a big hug, and set out a few brand new toys on the outside of the gate. That, plus mom’s reassuring voice to her every few minutes, seems to have satisfied baby…for now.Definitely recommend this one.

I use this gate to block off my stairway for my little dog. It works perfectly. Has an automatic spring so the gate easily opens and stays open until you close it. Perfect for when you are carrying stuff up and down the stairs. It looks great. Quality product! Easy to install too.

Funciona muy bien ya no hay destrozos en la habitacion mientras estamos ausentes

Strong, sturdy, easy to install, looks good, has additional locking option, so a lovely Gate altogether, despite the high asking price. Definitely worth it!