KidCo 24.75-42.5" Safeway Walk Through Baby Gate for Stairs and Doorways | No-Trip Top of Stairs Baby Gate No Bottom Bar | Quick-Release Mounted Hardware for Security and Easy Removal (White)

We first used this gate at the top of stairs along with the kidco gate installation kit. Easy to set up and easy to use. We moved recently and none of our other pressure mount baby gates worked at the bottom of the stairs. The space was oddly sized and weirdly offset. After fighting with the other gates, we bought another one of these gates and we are now secure. I like this a lot at the bottom of the stairs. Others we've used in the past, pressure mount gates, have a tripping hazard bar across the bottom. Awkward coming down the stairs no matter how you position them. The Safeway 2000 works like a charm. Goes right up into a beam,adjusts to almost any size and it is solid. This a quite possibly the best gate I've ever owned. Installs either way - so upstairs we have the gate mounted to the railing (via the gate installation kit) and the latches are on the wall. Downstairs we have the gate mounted into a beam in the wall (right at the corner) and the latches are installed on the railing (via the gate installation kit). I will try to post pictures later. Make sure you review your space well prior to install and dry fit. The gate is very versatile so there are a number of different ways you can hang it.

My likes: no tension fit, no step over bar on the floor, secured to walls. This gate does take much more time to install, you need to put screws into the wall. They include a template to make mounting about as easy as they can, but it definitely takes more time to install than the tension fit gates. It’s a lot more stable, though. The 2 year old pulled a tension gate down. This one stays put. This one was a larger gate as well, our opening was the maximum width listed for other products. I was unable to use them, they wouldn’t quite span the opening. This one is wider. It works smoothly and shuts securely. One thing was that the open gate tends to swing out and come to rest partially blocking the hall. I put a “cow magnet” in a wooden block and attached that to the wall. A cow magnet is relatively large and not too strong. You do not want to use small or ultra strong magnets around children. Besides being choke hazards, 2 strong swallowed magnets can stick together inside a child pinching intestine. The strong magnets pinch off the blood supply to the trapped tissue and the pinched then perforates requiring emergent life saving surgery. The cow magnet is too big to swallow and it is strong enough to secure the gate open without exposing the child to the hazards of the strong magnets. Cow magnets are used for cattle, they sit in the stomach and then trap bits of swallowed iron/steel such as staples and nails.

This is a great gate. It stops the (tall, powerful, destructo) baby/ toddler right in her tracks. I work from home most days, in the basement, and this gate blocks off the top of the stairs. My baby girl will routinely come to the top of the stairs, grab the gate, shake and yell like a caged gorilla (it's really pretty cute). The gate rattles a little, but really doesn't budge. I have no concerns about her tossing herself down the stairs at all. Install was pretty straight forward, I'm a regular hand man, only took 20m. I used 3" wood screws to sink the hinge side into the door frame and studs. I did build a little block bump out for the latch side, so that it will swing across the jam (and not over the stairs). Pros: Easy to install Keeps it simple, no worries about fancy latches breaking Solid, not going anywhere Won't swing out over the stairs once installed properly Cons: A little noisy, because of the design the whole gate lifts up to open (that's good), but my daughter knows the sound and she'll wake up sometimes (from across the house) when she hears it First time user get confused on how to open it (this isn't a con so much as it is funny to watch)

A good, solid baby gate for the top of the stairs. Once installed, is easy to operate with one hand. Plan on doing a bit of carpentry on your own to install properly though. The gate must be installed to a solid surface (wall studs on hinge side), and most staircases do not have a flat surface to mount the latch surface to if they have a rail post there (as pictured!). I used a bit of scrap lumber that I had around to create a solid wood surface to mount the hinge side to, since the location I wanted to mount it in was in-between the wall studs. Also, if you are lucky enough to have a stud in the right place, you will need longer screws than those provided with the gate. Plan on making a good surface to mount the latch side to, unless you are lucky enough to have a flat wall to attach to with a stud in the right place, and/or if your rail post is square the entire length. If your rail post is round in the middle you may need to mount a board to the side of it to put the latches on. Installation instructions are only accurate for the best of mounting locations, but with some simple carpentry skills, you can mount this gate anywhere - just plan on having to do some extra work. Make your plan before starting - see exactly what you're up against so that you don't have to stop and go get things a million times in the middle! A quick trip to your local hardware store and you'll have all you need. I installed the gate in less than an hour, even with doing the 'extras' needed for the location I put it in.

After doing much research, I decided to go with this gate, even though it's described as being strictly for use on stairways. Quite simply, you install the hinge points on one wall, and the catch points on the other wall, and you've got a gate you can use for any purposes. It's easy to open and close, and sturdy as hell (assuming you use very good drywall anchors), but doesn't really come with any directions, so you've got to be a little handy and be able to figure out how it goes. For one thing, as I said, use heavy-duty drywall anchors (as in the spirally self-drilling ones). Otherwise, the hinge side will eventually work itself free. Also, use drywall/deck/wood screws to mount the wall pieces instead of the wimpy screws it comes with. The 'directions' it comes with are a couple of long strips of paper with drawings of the wall-mounting pieces on them. So ... you line the papers up on the wall where you want the gate, and use them as a guide. Pretty crude, but works with skill. I just used a screw to poke holes through the drawing's screw-points, then folded up the paper to use in the future if I ever move the gate. A gate mounted to the wall like this is FAR superior to any of those pressure gates (which don't permanently attach), which are finnicky, hard to open and close, have a bar on the floor you have to step over, and get all out-of-whack if you have to take it down. Great gate. I'm sure it works well for stairs, too.

Seems like it is well made: steel construction, good welds. Note when the one-way stops need to be installed - BEFORE the latches are mounted. Installation is straightforward. Seems very secure when installed on solid surfaces. I bought a separate kit from Home Depot for attaching one side to a banister without drilling into the banister. However, do NOT use the included mounting screws under any circumstances. They are really poor quality and the either the phillips head will strip (making them impossible to remove) or the head will snap off (leaving the remainder embedded in the wood and very difficult to remove). This happened even after drilling pilot holes. Get some good quality screws before beginning the install (practically anything at the hardware store). The included screw sizes are good, just not the quality of the screws. Do not make the same mistake I did.

I bought this item after reading ratings for it. There were some one star reviews but it seems those problems have been resolved. Previous complaints stated the clips to hold the two pieces of the gate together were plastic, but the ones I received are metal screws. Also there were many complaints about the hassle of installation. Many people said the diagrams were hard to follow and it took hours to install. I never bothered looking at the diagrams because the written directions were very clear. I laid the pieces out as they were in the book and just read along. "screw (k) into (m)" Seemed pretty simple. The angle mount is only on the hinge side so I did have to adjust the mounting for the latch side. Took me less than 20 minutes including making adjustments for my particular opening. The gate is sturdy and easy to open and close. Some people complained that the gate was cumbersome to close, I do not find this to be a problem. It does not auto close, so if thats a feature important to you, you should keep looking. You do have to shut the gate and press down to lock. It is VERY simple and if installed correctly it is very smooth. Some people complained about the latches being plastic and giving out over time. I can see that as a potential issue, but the company will provide replacements if that is a problem. (I called them to ask). I dont see the plastic breaking except under misuse circumstances or years of heavy use. opens quietly and smoothly, looks good, and is sturdy and safe. What more could you want from a baby gate? kudos to the company for addressing previous issues. Thats a company practice I can get behind. Update: after a year and three months, the bottom hinge broke. This was due to my husband falling into it while carrying a box. Called the company who are sending a free replacement. This gate is opened and closed probably 30+ times a day as it is a main walkway in the house. I have absolutely no complaints and as this gate has lasted a year with some abuse, and the broken piece was totally our fault, I am really impressed. We went through 3 gates in a month before finding this one. Still a five star product in my book!

This gate was perfect for what we wanted!! We needed a gate that could keep a 1 yr. old out but that a 3, 5, and 6 year old could operate. Finally we found it. The KidCo Safeway Gate is easy enough for a 3 yr. old to open and close which saves me having to run across the house to let him in or out of the stairway 100 times a day. We had an Easy step gate before which is anything but "easy step." It takes a lot of force to get the latch to pop and only my 6 yr. old could do it successfully. We also had the wooden removable gates which also, only the 6 yr. old could take down and only sometimes get back in place. We put our KidCo gate up high enough where our 1 yr. old can't reach the button but low enough that she couldn't get her head under it. By the time she can reach the button and have the leverage to lift the gate out of its latch she'll be old enough to safely navigate our steep stairs. (I would say maybe an average 2 1/2 year old could open the gate.) If you are looking for a gate that is super safe and also is operable by a young child but inoperable for a toddler, the KidCo Safeway Gate is the gate for you!!!