KidCo Elongate Review
This gate is sturdy feeling once it is set up, is easy to put together, and opens in both directions. There is one problem with the gate which is easily fixed. This gate, like many others, has an approximately one inch bar across the bottom of the opening of the gate which you must step over whenever you go through the gate. This is a trip hazard, and the fix is a small plastic ramp that attaches to the bar. If you are using the gate to go in both directions, you have to order two of them, one for each side. I ordered one, expecting it to be two sided, but the company doesn't sell it that way. Also, I have found no easy way of ordering this extremely important "extra" other than calling the company (KidCo) directly.
KidCo Elongate Feature
- Hardware mounted metal gate
- For any room in the house
- Gate is not recommended for top of stairs
- One hand operation
- Swings either direction
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BEWARE -- Gate has serious flaws - Daddy of Twins - Simi Valley, CA
To whomever might be considering purchasing this gate, beware it has several fairly significant design flaws.
We originally purchased this gate because it was one of the few that had approved extensions that could span the top of our staircase.
However, after taking the time to unpack and install it, it has several serious flaws.
1) The device assumes you have no moulding at the baseboards (except potentially 1/4" shoe moulding. To be stable, it requires the use of a plastic 'foot' stablizer, that helps anchor the hinge side of the gate. If you have moulding, you'd either have to screw the mounts directly through the moulding (which ruins the moulding), or attempt to level the gate above the moulding. Unfortunately, this results in the gate not being able to use the stablizer foot, and results in a gate that sways excessively (again, I needed something with multiple extensions).
2) The opening for the gate is very, very small.
3) 1 side of the gate (the side that swings) mounts directly to the wall. This is a problem if you're even a fraction of an inch off with the included paper templates to guide where to mount the brackets.
I don't know how the merchant is going to be when I attempt to return this useless gate...so my comments (for
Great gate- bad packaging - Norman Clark - New York
This is a great product and well made. Unfortunately it arrived without instructions. So I printed them from the KidCo website. That's when I realized pieces were missing. I returned the gate and received another one within a week. This time the template for aligning the screws was not included. Fortunately I figured it out. The gate works well and looks clean and functional.
I would suggest that KidCo pay more attention to what is in the box.
Jul 11, 2010 05:47:26
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