Safety 1st Lift, Lock & Swing Dual-Mode Gate

I live this child gate. I used one when my daughter was little. Inow use them for my business. I own a dog daycare. I especially love that it doesn't have to be attached to one place, you can move it wherever you need it. I find this gate to be the easiest and most convenient baby gate on the market.

Got this for grandchild visits. We wanted a safety gate that could easily be removed when grandchild isn’t here. This is PERFECT. The hinges are installed on one side, and the catches on the opposite, but these are small parts and hardly noticeable. The gate itself drops into the hinges, and easily lifts out. When the little one leaves, we can remove the gate in about 15 seconds. The installation template is included and really helpful. The gate itself is adjustable but as it’s just one piece, it wasn’t hard to figure out. This is not the first gate we bought but it’s definitely the last. We got a second one and love that they are so sturdy and still easy to use.

Seems like a solid gate. The bad thing is the instructions are locked between the two panels. The unlock position is only for quick removal from a doorway. To slide the gate open: pull the handle up to the unlock position. Hold the side button in and pull the handle up to the double arrows. It should now slide.

I was worried when purchasing that it would be hard to install but it was alright. My only complaint is that the pack with the screws and instructions was placed inbetween the 2 panels of the gate, and without the instructions being accessible i had a hard time figuring out how to open the gate enough to retrieve the pack. Took me a good 10 minutes of fiddling with it before I finally got the handle to release enough to allow me to slide them apart and get the packet out. Im not sure why sealing the instructions and hardware inside the gate was implemented, but it was a bit frustrating. I was worried i might damage the gate trying to get it open since i wasn't sure exactly how to work it yet. Other than that its installed easily and works fine in keeping my special needs 4yr old out of trouble. Overall good product, just a bit of an annoyance while trying to unpack everything.

Just what I needed! It's easy to adjust so it fits most any door way. I also find it easy to take it in and out, but a lot of times I just step over it. And added bonus was I was able to close the door while keeping the baby gate installed. It's also very secure as my baby likes to pull up on it. I wanted something that was flexible that I could move to different rooms as needed (most of the baby gates now are permanent installation). The flexibility makes this a great travel gate as well.

Absolute trash. Gets stuck when trying to adjust. Annoying to operate. No way you would want this as the top of stairs. I bought 3 of these, fell for the marketing. Never again

The Safety 1st Baby Gates is excellent and easy to install keeping your dogs/pups safe in a room while you are gone. The gate is sturdy and open/swing both ways. It also has a lock.

I have an old FisherPrice pressure gate (30+ years old) that I used with my kids and have now gotten out for my grandkids. I do put it at the top of the stairs; I always supervise the kids there but the placement is pretty reliable unless a kid tries to intentionally shake it with some force. I could lift the gate out and replace it with one hand and the gate width is locked in place, so it would be ready to go the next time you need it. Of course that item is no longer available for purchase. We have since built an outdoor deck and I needed an additional gate out there. I don't want to permanently install one, and this was the closest to my old gate. This product has been, on balance, a disappointment. It is a pressure gate, but you have to use both hands to place it in an opening, and the procedure is, IMO, awkward to do. You also cannot lock the width of the gate in place. And, I don't know why, but the pressure pads do not grip side walls or posts as well as my old gate. It does not take much pushing to displace the installed gate. I can forgive everything else, but this last point makes the gate very unreliable. I do use it as it visually keeps toddlers from heading to the stairs, and prevents a child from tripping and falling down the stairs accidentally. But, if a child intentionally heads over to it, I feel compelled to go over and "spot" until they move away from the area. I will say, we used it for one of the "granddogs" this last weekend, and that worked fine.