Dreambaby Pressure Mount Hallway Gate with Extensions, White Review
I looked for a gate for a hallway spanning 50". As you will see in your research there are not a lot of choices, and each of those available had design drawbacks. I needed to keep a new puppy from full access to the house (at least until house-broken). I wanted a temporary solution that could hold-in a puppy, allow a cat to get over, and had a gate. I did not want to drill or put any permanent attachments into the walls.
This gate does the trick! Solidly built. Attractive white finish. Small puppy can't get though. Teenagers can't forget to close the gate as it is self-closing/locking. With a simple push of a button and a light lift the gate easily opens in either direction. The adjustment dials that secure the gate to the walls (2 on top, 2 on bottom) adjust to different lengths, especially handy design for walls with protruding baseboards. There are two additional gate sections that are included to increase the size of the span; I used the larger one and stored the smaller. Gate is secure and effective. The fit has to be tight to have the door secure to its jam (this is a design feature explained in the instructions).
My only small gripe, and one that is more with teenagers who sometimes step over the gate (and in the process bump it out of alignment) rather than going through the door, is that the gate has needed adjustment to properly align the door with the jam so that the locking mechanism self-secures. I have had the gate 3 weeks and adjusted it once so far (loosening the dials, adjusting the frame, and re-tightening the dials). Avoid the stepping-over issue and I think that the gate would be fine after the initial install. We (3 adults, 3 teenagers and a pre-teen) go through the gate dozens of times a day and it has worked fine. Took the cat a week or so to learn that he could jump onto and over it. We will save this gate after the puppy grows for grandkids (no rush). I looked at every other temporary gate and this is hands-down the best. I highly recommend this product.
Dreambaby Pressure Mount Hallway Gate with Extensions, White Feature
- Fit an opening of 38"-53" using the included extensions
- Larger extensions are available
- Each gate will accept a maximum of two extensions
- Easy to install
- One 3.5" extension and one 7.0" extension
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Missing size between 49"-59" - California Surf Boy - Austin, TX
The gate states it can fit between sizes 38-53" and uses extensions. Unfortunately you open the gate and find it does not fit the gap between 49"-59" which my measurement was 53" leaving me high and dry. This was a common problem on some of the other baby gates / pet gates. Also the end pieces were missing the rubber stopper on 3 of the 4 ends and the frame was bent inwards so the door was having issues which was more of a shipping issue then the product itself.
Great, buy it, search ends here - Starchild 65 - Rockford, mi United States
Spent hours grueling over which gate to get for our new puppy. Spent a little more money than we wanted too, but we are glad we did! This gate is sturdy and strong, holds our little 30 pound puppy back with no problems even when runs full throttle and jumps up on it. Very easy to install, and the opening gate swings both ways and is a fantastic feature that a lot of gates do not have.
Basically stop searching, pony up the extra cash for this gate, you will be happy with your purchase.
Aug 07, 2010 23:01:11
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