Offers a secure and sturdy barrier to keep children safe
Sturdy wood construction offers lasting use
Use at the top or bottom of stairs and between rooms
Product Details
The ultra-versatile Summer Infant Banister and Stair Gate with Dual Installation Kit helps provide parents of mobile toddlers with peace of mind. This sleek gate accommodates banister-to-banister installation, single banister installation at the top or bottom of stairs, as well as installation in doorways and other openings.
No drilling required on square banisters
Multiple options for installation
Quick release mechanism allows for easy removal and re-installation
Honey oak wood with chocolate accents complement home decor
The locking mechanism is sufficiently difficult to defeat a 3 year old. The lock must be squeeze...
The locking mechanism is sufficiently difficult to defeat a 3 year old. The lock must be squeezed up and down.
It does the job and works where there is a banister on one side. Other stair gates must be screwed in on both sides. We bought this because it was available in the store. A better gate constructed of steel was available online but would have required 7 - 10 business days to arrive, which was too slow.
The wood in the gate itself is a cheap, foreign wood. It is not oak or a similar strong wood. The hinge is drilled into the ends of the horizontal members of the gate. The thickness of the horizontal members are only about 1/8" on each side thicker than the diameter of the hinge component. In the photo I supplied, this weakness if the portion between my thumb and forefinger. This means that with a strong shove on the hinge side, this horizontal gate member will likely shatter.
The straps work but the stiff material is not the best material and prevents a really snug fit around the banister. Wrapping a stiff strap around a square banister does not maximize the surface area contact between the strap and the banister, so the brackets are prone to slipping.
The attachment brackets for the banister are supplied with adhesive pads. These pads are the type that probably would tear the paint off the banister. A better quality pad would be a high quality rubber like neoprene. The pad is thin, too. I kept the waxy paper on the pad because I anticipate adjusting the installation after a few days of use and do not want the pad to tear off the paint or tear apart and remain on the banister. This entire gate should have been designed so as to be removable without wrecking the banister finish. The adhesive pads make it impossible to adjust the height of the gate without destroying the pad. Once those pads are stuck you must tear them apart to move the gate up or down even a fraction of an inch.
We have a wall on one side and a banister on the other, so I screwed the latch side to the wall and used all four provided straps on the hinge side. Again, the stiff straps do not fit well around the square top nor square bottom portion of our banister. The other two straps do not fit well around the round portions either.
Overall, the construction is cheap. It works but it is cheaply built and needs improvement in the banister attachment brackets and straps. I am hoping this gate lasts for 2 years.
For $89 we purchased a gate worth no more than $40. If the online gate also made for a bannister installation was available faster then we would not have purchased this one. I doubt this gate will last one year.
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3 found this review helpful
Jun 7, 2017
All installation supplies included, easy instructions and goes up in minutes and the quality is g...
All installation supplies included, easy instructions and goes up in minutes and the quality is great.
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Apr 11, 2017
If you need a gate to go between two banisters, this is the one. The bottom of my stairs is 46" ...
If you need a gate to go between two banisters, this is the one. The bottom of my stairs is 46" wide and this worked. I didn't use the little foot on the bottom of it because of my setup, and it works just fine.
I have a relatively new home with big square stair banisters. This hooked up well.
When you open the gate, you slide the gate back away, then swing the gate away. It stuck a bit at first, so I oiled the gate with WD-40 and then wood polish oil - that helped - and the gates seems to be opening easier and easier as we use it.
The gate has safely kept my 1 year old son from climbing the stairs.
I really like this gate.
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9 found this review helpful
Jan 6, 2023
this gate is horrible dont buy it
This gate does not function. Im surprised they even try to sell it. The locking mechanism requires you to slide the gate in and out and the sliding funtion of thr gate is terrible. Theres no way this will last. Returning it immediately
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Dec 23, 2022
Do not buy! The latch is a pain in the neck!
In order to open or close, every time you must:
* Squeeze the latch (in a non-natural direction, non-intuitive), while
* Pushing down on the latch with your hand,
* Wiggle it to line up correctly,
* Slide the inner-gate sideways!, and only then can you
* Open the gate.
Every. Single. Time. Coming up the stairs the angle on is even more unnatural; really awkward.
I wall-mounted so that part was easy. But that means that most of the parts I paid for I don't need.
Just make your own!
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Dec 7, 2022
Steady and good quality. We are happy...
Steady and good quality. We are happy
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Nov 29, 2022
Easy to install, no damage done to the railing. Very...
Easy to install, no damage done to the railing. Very strong
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Nov 17, 2022
the box was not clear that this gate slides rather...
the box was not clear that this gate slides rather than swings.
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Oct 19, 2022
Doesn’t fit my banister. Needs heavy duty jerryriggjng to work....
Doesn’t fit my banister. Needs heavy duty jerryriggjng to work. Probably have to return.
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Oct 13, 2022
Easy to put together. Really nice design. Looks good too,...
Easy to put together. Really nice design. Looks good too, really happy overall.
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