Black Post Latch

Latch is good. I expect many years of service. Drilled a hole in the 4x4 post for a locking pin. Unable to use a padlock

This was easy to install, it looks nice, and provides a smooth latch to the gate. This is so much easier to use than the latch it replaced! (I used bolts from the old latch because they fit existing holes in all but one spot & the bolts provided were a lot longer.)

Very easy to install. Due to my style gate I had to do very little wood trimming. Wish I could lock it from the inside

Easy to install and works really well on the new gate.

Easy to install and use ! Well made good quality product !

Works both ways in and out and by far the easiest gate latch to install

Work very well and will be the only latch that I purchase!

The bar on this product is soft and bends easily after just a few closings of the door. I've bent it back to standard position a few times with pliers. Whole bar finally snapped in half on a cold day. So far have not found a replacement bar only, have to buy the whole latch kit.

I was building a new gate from a kit and this latch (or one like it) was mentioned in one of the reviews. I did some research and found this one and a couple of others. (Full disclosure, I purchased this one rather than any of the others only because this one was in stock at my local Home Depot and the reviews were decent.) Since I was building the gate I could tweak the tolerances to fit the latch; I left 3/4” gap between the gate and the jamb to accommodate the latch – too much less than that and the gate would bind on the latch. My gate is wood with a steel frame; I attached the keeper bar to the metal frame using two 5/16” x 2” carriage bolts that fit the square holes in the keeper bar rather than using the lag screws that were included; the latch itself was attached with the provided screws. As far as a review goes here are the bullet points: - This latch does what a latch is supposed to do, it keeps a gate closed. - It self-latches very smoothly. - It was very easy to install in new construction. - It can be opened from the outside using a handle rather than by pulling on a piece of string that has been fished through a hole in the jamb or post. - It can be padlocked on either side in SOME installations – if the latch is attached to “four by” stock (2x4, 4x4, 4x6) or similar the post interferes with the exterior side padlock hole and it cannot be used; only the inside padlock hole can be used. - It can be configured to fit either right or left swinging gates (but the package instructions do not tell you how and it’s not particularly obvious). Alternatively the latch can be mounted upside down. - The package instructions do not list the minimum gap the latch requires. - The tabs on the front of the latch take the guesswork out of how far back to mount the latch. - The keeper bar may be bolted on using 5/16” carriage bolts through its square holes if you prefer to mount it with bolts instead of screws. - The price seems reasonable. I’d definitely buy this again.

The latch is good quality and very easy to install.