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I ordered two of these gates to keep our small dogs (weight range 8-20 pounds) in and out of certain areas of the house. For the past year or so we had been using the typical $10, 2-feet-tall, wood/plastic-lattice baby gates you can find at Walmart, Target, etc. We just left them up all the time and had to climb over them. In addition to being unattractive, I was really tired of having to climb over them. Plus, we recently got 2 kittens who can easily scamper up the lattice-style mesh of the other gates, so I wanted to find something that they couldn't climb. I spent an afternoon looking up just about every type of gate out there. What finally sold me on this one was the height, the price, and the color.

Once the gate arrived, I had it in place in about 10 minutes. I did not use the wall cups; I just have the tension "stoppers" up against the wall. This is working just fine. I am very happy that I chose the 36" high gate rather than the 30" high one, because 36" is kind of the perfect hand-height. I think at 30" I would have to bend down a little bit to reach the top of the gate.

The gate opens via a 2-part process. First, you use your finger to slide a piece backwards, then you lift up on the gate and swing it in either direction. Because we are using the gates for pets and not children, I slid the piece back and then wrapped a rubber band around it to keep it back. That way all we have to do to open the gate is just the lift-up step. This is perfect for us and makes the gate that much easier to use.

I love that it opens in both directions and that if you open it all the way it "stays open", or if you just open it part of the way it swings closed behind you. I really wanted one that was capable of staying open, since really, we need the gates open more often than closed. The color is called "bronze" by the manufacturer, but I think it's really just a shimmery, metallic chocolate brown. It is very tasteful. Everyone who has seen them has commented on how nice they look.

My husband frequently thinks my purchases are "unnecessary", so I didn't run this by him before I bought them. ;-) He just came home one day to see that two of the old baby gates had been replaced with these. His first comment was, "Wow, these look a heck of a lot nicer." Within a day, he was singing their praises and telling me to order enough of them to replace ALL of the old gates. So I think that's probably the best testament to how nice this gate is.

The one and only negative I can think of is that there is a "warning" sticker along the bottom of both sides of the gate that is REALLY stuck on there, and I can't get it off. So my pretty brown gate has an ugly white sticker along the bottom of both sides. Obviously I would prefer it not be there, or that they had used some sort of less-sticky adhesive so I could peel it off. But, it's not annoying enough for me to take off a star from this otherwise fantastic gate!

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I bought this gate to replace a plastic one that had broken. This is an excellent choice. There are a couple of notes that are of interest:

Pro:

1. The gate is all metal, which is nice. It is attractive if one can fit a bronze color into the decor.

2. The door opening will hold itself open if the door is swung past a certain point.

3. It comes with two extensions. They can be a bit difficult to install, but work well once in place.

4. It has triple locking. To open the gate, one has to pull a latch back, then lift the entire door of the gate. The third lock is that you can twist the section near the latch, and it will lock into place, making it impossible for any child to twist it back and unlock the gate. Very well done.

5. The gate automatically closes and locks if you let it swing shut.

6. This gate is 6 inches taller than most gates. This is great for those with larger dogs or older toddlers.

Con:

1. The door opening (the central part of the gate) is not very wide. It is smaller than our former gate, by about 6 inches. If one is a bit, well, super-sized, you might want to consider a different gate. I'm a pretty big man and I just fit (without turning sideways).

2. Our gate is installed in the opening to our kitchen. With one extension, it just barely fit. I actually had to remove the adjustable end screw on one side, to fit it in with the base boards. With sufficient pressure it works fine. So one should be prepared to be flexible when installing the gate.

3. The doggone extensions come with steel pegs that connect to the gate. They come out very easily. It was a bit of a hassle keeping them in place while I was fitting the door turn the gate even slightly off kilter, and the extensions come off.

Overall, we are very pleased with the gate. We comment almost daily how much we like the design. Highly recommended.

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I had up flimsy, wooden baby gates before that I got so sick of moving every day. This looks great, is much taller than the average gate, and was very easy to install. I am likely going to order one more for another doorway. It IS a narrow walk through and I'm pretty skinny. And I'll need to get used to the bottom bar so I don't trip over it. I haven't yet but I bet it's coming. Overall though, it looks SO much nicer in the rooms it divides than it did before.

OH, when you unpack it, the gate won't close and it looks like it's bent but it's so you can gauge how much to tighten it when you're installing it. I wish I had known that right off the bat because I thought it was damaged and I was going to have to return the big thing. It's supposed to be like that though. Just FYI.

It's very nice how it stays open when you swing it past a certain point.

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The gate is built solid, looks nice and assembles easy. The gate has a nice latching mechanism that should be hard for a child to open. One reason I bought this was to try and keep our cats out of a room that doesn't have a door... I should have known better, because in about 5 minutes after installing it my cat leaped right over. No fault of the gate, but I wish there was a gate on the market that was at least another foot taller.

The only negatives: The gate is noisy when it swings and slams shut. Narrow opening makes it hard for some bigger folks or a load of groceries to get through. Box was badly damaged at my doorstep (contents were fine), but they should definitely add a little more packing/foam to be safe.

All-in-all a nice solid product and I would recommend.

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I bought one of these after having purchased one of the Summer Infant Extra Tall Decorative gates. In comparison this gate is flimsier and the pins for the extensions are slightly undersized making the gate even more flimsy when they are installed. More importantly if your opening is 31.5-32.5" wide you will find that the gate isn't wide enough without an extension but too wide with one installed.

For about the same money the Summer Infant gate is far sturdier and heavy duty with a better opening and closing system. Usually when a product has great reviews on Amazon you can take it to the bank but not this time. Check your opening before you order because if you fall in this range you will be disappointed.