Best Safety Gates

Essential! – The Dream Baby extra-tall swing closed baby safety gates are a must have. They’re so easy to install and are perfect for containing children and pets. We have two in our home and they still keep my 3yo out of too much mischief.

Easy to use and adjustable – The gate was very easy to fit and quite secure. Our two little ones are not shy about trying to get where they shouldn't but could not work this gate… Read more

at all. It was easy to fit to the door frame and it was easy to adjust as well, with the easy to use sliders helping it and holding very tightly in the door frame. easy to use, strong not the cheapest

Can’t buy extra gate extensions if needed!!! – Thought this would be great. Figured I could move it. Turns out every other brand sell extra extensions for this reason except target! They wouldn’t… Read more

even refund me on same day purchase due to box being opened. I’d wish a spent a bit extra and bought somewhere else. Also for something so simple, the instructions were terrible.

Well thought out product – Bought this to help contain our puppy within a section of the house. We previously tried a retractable gate, but she was able to squeeze under the… Read more

flexible material and escape. This gate also has transparent windows which allow her to see through; we think this helps her feel less anxious about sounds coming from the other side of the gate.

We have it hinged on one end and pressure-fit on the other, as it was cumbersome to manually place/remove the gate every time when using pressure-fit on both ends. It's easy to remove from the hinge mounts though should it be temporarily needed in a doorway.

Adjusting the width of the gate requires a bit of practice, but holds the chosen width setting very securely.

The only shortcoming I've found is that there can be quite a gap when the latch-side pressure pads are fully extended. This gap (between the upper and lower pads) is wide enough for a puppy to escape, but as this is a product designed for babies, it can't be considered a design flaw.

Lindam Numi Gate – I am writing this review because we think this gate is brilliant. (In our case for the dog) and several toddlers. My husband really liked the… Read more

design and the table showing set-ups for different opening widths was very helpful. When installing, remember in Plan View, the mounting brackets are offset (10mm approx).

Unlike the pressure mounted gates, it is so good NOT having a bar to trip on, on the first step. We really like the quality and ease of use. Unlike most OTHER gates, where you have to push the stiff button at the top, while you lift the gate - (I have a sore shoulder, so this hard to do), by comparsion, this gate is sooooo easy to use. Easily squeeze the top and underneath trigger button with one hand and open gate. To close, pull firmly behind you to automatically close (you will see 2 yellow latches in pic below). Because we constantly use both levels of our house, we are up and down the stairs numerous times per day, so we wanted the simplest and easiest gate to use and we found it.

Highly recommend this gate for ease of use and quality.

HINT: Also, we found a cheaper price for this gate, yet Baby Bunting matched the price and then beat it by 5%.

Awesome Product – I bought these to use for our Granddaughter, my only complaint is not knowing about them for our children. You can leave them open when they aren't… Read more

in use and if the child falls they don't get the bumps and bruises they do with other gates. Hands down the best idea :-)

Good – Excellent gate for a wide opening, would buy it over again if I had to. Would be 5 stars if the locking mechanism didn't stick out. Very sturdy to… Read more

go across wide opening. No unsafe foot holds like some other options on the market. Screws into wall so not relying on wind out pins. Simple white colour that doesn't have lots of kiddy designs or logos all over it (just our preference). Very good adjustable length. Can open the whole thing up or just the small gate. Opens in both directions. has withstood lots of shaking and now climbing from our toddler. Difficult to fit right if you have skirting boards in the way - needs a bit of a work around and it should make this fitting issue clear on the box. Toddlers palm skin got trapped in the hinge when it was opened one day when hand on top of gate. Screw thing that is the locking mechanism sticks out when the gate is open and is just the right (wrong) size and height to poke a toddler in the eye (although because the locking mechanism is so simple there is nothing to break). We have other Baby dan safety gates with better closing mechanisms.

Take caution – This was our 3rd gate of this kind (this one being the 1m high version). Our two older kids (5 & 3.5) can open it easily, and because it’s meant to… Read more

close itself, it often slams shut. Unless you have the most well behaved children that aren’t careless and remember to close it gently, this quickly becomes an issue. For us, it loosened the pressure rods over time and no matter how many times we adjusted it, it happened over and over again. The final straw has now been that the gate has fallen upon me opening and walking through it which resulted is a trip to the hospital for me. I’m just glad it was me and not one of my kids who it happened to. While this gate is great for low traffic areas or if you have extremely well-behaved children who won’t open and close it, for someone with a crawler and/or small baby, OR just to use as a general deterrent, I wouldn’t recommend it for areas you will be using more often. The design just isn’t safe enough for my liking to justify continued use.

Brilliant gates for both standard & wide doorways – The Tolo Safety Gates we have are just perfect for making our home safe and secure for our baby and toddler. We have used it on larger French door… Read more

openings as well as in a standard doorway and hallway. We actually have 3 of these gates and extra extenders to ensure we could keep the kids contained to their bedrooms and the main living area. They are strong enough that the kids can hang on them without risk of them opening or coming away from the doorway. We thoroughly recommend these gates. Everything about them is fantastic - easy to clean, erect, keep in place, lock (when required), operate, they're light weight, taller than others, handles wider openings. Can't think of any.

The only one – I needed a gate to stop my toddler going into my kitchen, the gap is around 3 metres and this is pretty much the only one that goes that far. It is a… Read more

screw-into-wall gate, and I had it attached on my kitchen wall cupboard instead (PVC boards?). I could do it with a normal screw driver, no need to get a drill or anything. The gate is quite sturdy, eventhough I don't think I did a very good job at screwing it onto the wall.

My son would push and pull on the gate and it would sway where the joints are (the bit where the panels meet, not the bit where it attaches to the wall). The door isn't spring-hinged, so you have to open and close it shut. Great thing about not-self-closed door is that when the kids are sleeping, you can just leave the gate door open!

I can open/close gate with one hand (thumb to slide button to unlock while lifting the door to open/close), and sometimes use my foot to move the frame so that the door would line up at the right place. My son is 2.5yo and he has seen me open and shut the gate so many times, he still doesn't know how to do it since the unlock mechanism is quite subtle!

I wouldn't say it's a bad thing, just that it's an observation: Have to be careful when crossing the door since there is a bar across the frame on the bottom of the door which can get tripped over. But that's just the design to make the gate strong. The door and that bottom bar has a small space, so the fingers can't get pinched when the door closes (which is a pro). Since I didn't have the gate in a straight line (I used two panels, a door and a normal panel; they do provide 2 normal panel plus the door, which adds up to cover a gap up to approx 3 metres), the angle can change if I just push the pivot point forward and backwards. I was afraid that's going to break the gate or break the joints at the wall, but it seems to be still pretty solid after nearly 2 years of maneuvering. Looks good, I don't like the prison-bar looking gates. Can leave door open when not in use. Adjustable length, no need to buy extensions. No need to use two hands to open door. Can withstand a child shaking the gate vigorously.

Great Baby Gate – We have both the normal and extra wide versions of this gate. They were easy to install and the black looks a lot more stylish than standard white… Read more

ones. They are easy to open and we like that there is the stay open feature for instances where we are carrying something through or coming back through quickly. Very happy.

Very happy – I was really happy with this gate. I know and trust dream baby products and they never let us down. Easy to install and use giving you a piece of… Read more

mind that the toddler won't be snooping in the kitchen. I too also had issues with the closing sometimes. I liked how sturdy it was holding up to a toddler shaking it. Quality and was to install

Garbage – Our one year old figured these gates out and can escape. He worked out that standing on the gate while pressing the button was just enough pressure to open. Do not recommend, not safe or secure. Show details

OK – I found this gate was great to keep my little one safe. I have it on the front door as i need to keep it open because it is so hot and dont have a… Read more

screen. It would be impossible for little ones to get this gate open as sometimes i had trouble myself. Very sturdy, dont have to drill holes in the walls which means it can be moved around the house. i would reccommend this gate as it does the job quite well This gate was quite easy to put up, can add extra extenders for wider doors, A strong gate, very simple.

brackets not as pictured – i bought mine new online same place as a friend we received 2 different products. my baby's hand got caught under the gate as it moves around a lot!… Read more

And i had to lift the whole thing up to get her hand out. it is a flimsy piece of junk! $150 down the drain!

my friends has the wall hardware as pictured and it still moves around but not as much as mine. Do not buy! keeps baby out of an area hurts the baby, doesnt latch properly, moves around on the floor heaps.

Very happy – I have been using this gate at the top of my stairs for over two years and I love it. I hardware mounted it & haven't had a problem. My 3 year old… Read more

still can't open it herself but adults have no problem with the locking mechanism. Looks fantastic & does the job keeping my family safe. Reliable, easy install