Cardinal GatesOutdoor Child Safety Gate, Brown

Perfect on our deck to protect the kiddies and puppies!!

I was looking for a good-quality, sturdy gate for the top of our deck steps. This one is perfect for the job! It was important to me that the gate swing 180 degrees so it can be positioned flat against the deck railing when we don't need it to be closed. It is also rated to be OK to use at the top of stairs which is essential for safety for this application. The mechanism to latch the gate is unusual and a touch counter-intuitive - you need to push the two latch tabs down and then lift the gate up while holding the tabs. It's really easy to do with one hand though, once you know how it works. This will be great when my little grandson starts walking - he won't easily be able to figure out how it opens. The photos show the gate closed, and then open against the deck railing. The gate is hardly noticeable when it's open. I installed it by myself (mechanically inclined 61-year-old woman) with no problem. I just followed the installation instructions exactly as written.

This gate I have a love hate relationship with. I love it because it is cheap and works to keep animals and children in their proper place. I hate it because it is not easy to latch and unlatch. I’ll give over the pros and cons to try to order my thoughts better for you.Pros:Cost. This think is very cheap compared to other outdoor gates. Sometimes significantly so.It functions well. Once you have it latches, it works well and does the job.Cons:You have to drill a hole on your post or the side of your house to get it to install. I would have preferred tension like the indoor kinds.The latch. The latch itself is weird. You have to press down on two little flaps to release the hooks that hold the gate in place. It’s very hard to do with one hand!Sturdiness: this is part the gate and part what you screwed it in to. For me, there was no easy solution to install it.Instructions. The instructions were not very clear overall. For that, I was a bit frustrated.So overall I think this gate is a good solution if you don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on an outdoor gate. This does work, but I think you also get to see why this gate is cheaper. In the end you get what you pay for with this.

This is a very good gate. Heavy duty, with stainless hardware. I just installed it last week, so time will tell if it holds up to the test of weather and time. When closed, I'm surprised at how rock-solid it is. I can't even shake it with my hand.The instructions should add the pointer to install the hinge in the center of the door jamb on one side, and then to offset the latch on the other door jamb by the width of the gate sections, because the adjustable nature of the gate makes one side of the gate ride alongside the other, and it can look a little "off" to the OCD-esque when the gate sort of angles across the span.If the gate were straight, it would look like =========================But the offset nature of the gate looks like =============== ================

We needed a gate for our two story gate. The posts aren't quite lined up, so we were able to mount this on an angle. It's holding up well in the weather and blends with our stain. The latch is a bit tricky, but hopefully that means it will take years for the baby to figure it out.