Retract-A-Gate 52" Café: The Original and only Made in USA Retractable Baby, Dog, & Cat Gate

Absolutely worth the price! We are very impressed with the quality and functionality and ended up buying 4 more after this! I love that it just rolls away when you want to keep the stairs open. This is much better than a wooden or metal gate that leaves the door hanging open.

I have used this gate for 3 kids and it’s by far the best one made . I tried cheaper knock offs because I needed more gates and it was no where near the same quality. They are pricey but worth it for the kids safety and ease of use.

We are grandparents with several grandchildren under two who are at our house regularly. We have two staircases and these have given us an easy way to close off the bottom of the stairs but not have a gate in our way when the grandchildren are not at our house. These are super easy to install and use.

This gate works very nicely at the top of our stairs! We have thick trim on the banisters, but we were able to use spacers and didn't need to use any additional adapter. It looks nice and works well for our 1 year old grandson. The only complaint I have is that the locking mechanism gets stuck sometimes when you go to turn it into the lock position. Wiggling it back and forth has worked to get it un-stuck, but this could become an issue if it continues or becomes worse. Aside from that, it is a great gate!Edit: We purchased a second gate for the bottom of the stairs (the smaller one). Works great and love that you can pop them off when you don’t need them. Looks so much better than other gates.

This is so much better than the stupid baby gate we've had up for the puppy. Everyone tripped over the baby gate and it was a pain to move it. This is better, you can unlatch it with one hand and relatch it in one swoop. My 8 year old hates it--she's too short to step over it, and it's a little strong of a pull for her to unlatch it. She CAN do it, but it's harder for her than the rest of us, and it's into the kitchen, so she has to do it a lot. The rest of us just step over it--and as a result, there is a slight sag in the top from the shorter ones of us pressing it down to step over. I'm not recommending stepping over this by any means. I think it's a terrible idea, and we all try to take the time to just unhook it most of the times, but sometimes we forget something real quick and just step over. Needless to say, it has taken a lot of abuse. Not sure how well it will do after a year, but if we get more than a year out of it for as much as we use it, I will be a very happy customer--I am so far. Btw, we have a 60 pound bernedoodle puppy--she can't figure it out, so doesn't challenge it at all. Our adult pyreneese however, learned the first day to pound into the latch area and it comes undone. He's the smart one, but we didn't get it for him--he has a bigger metal gate. Just want buyers to know their limitations on this and know the expectation--but for our purpose and type of dog, it's working awesome!!! A little expensive, but it looks so nice, and hides away neatly for if guests come over and you need to 'hide' it. We had a 73 inch opening, and added 3 inch little wood pieces between the hardware and the wall, and it works fine for that. Btw, I tried the screws it came with with an electric drill (I'm pretty sure it said not to use an electric drill, but did anyway), and I broke 2 screws it came with. I just used some other ones I found in the garage, and it was fine. I'm not that handy, or strong and I did it myself.

I have two dogs, one is a 30 lb dachshund/doberman mix and a 12 lb chihuahua/poodle mix. I have purchased about 4 baby gates overall. Overall review of the 4 gates I have including this one:Baby metal games that has a door that swings open.2 of them were the metal gates where you open the door. I had the gates at the bottom of our stairs to prevent the dogs from coming up. However, my 30 lb dog gets really anxious and figured out how to jump the gate. If he can't jump the gate, he will inflict self harm until he can get past it. So we decided to put the baby gates on top of the stairs. The dogs won't dare to jump it at the top of the stairs. We had to buy a taller one to prevent him from jumping. The metal gates are not safe on top of the stairs because the walk through entry is narrow and it has a bar at the bottom that's a hazard for someone to trip over and have a horrible accident down the stairs.Fencing gate that stands upright on its own.This one we had "hoped" that the dog wouldn't just push over. But it's easy to knudge to the side and walk through.Mesh retractable baby gate (this one for purchase).I don't like drilling holes on the walls or the stair banisters. Instead, I used tons of 16 lb command strips to hold up the hooks on the wall (Make sure the command strips is placed on the wall and unused for at least 24-48 hours before attempting to attach the gate on it). I used velcro ties to hold up the baby gate on the stair banister. So far, it has worked great!- It's been over 6 months now. The dogs haven't attempted to go under or over the gate.- It retracts easily so that you don't lose any walkway space while going up or down that stairs.- The white mesh sort of camouflages with the white stair banister so you barely notice it's there.- Doesn't easily get dirty (actually haven't had any issues with dirt or dust on it)- The only small issue I have is when we first started using it, it's a bit tricky to align the baby gate to the bars, but once you get the hang of it, it's easy to use.- When putting the baby gate up, make sure you lock it so that the mesh doesn't auto retract. It's also good to prevent the dogs from pushing it (if they do) because it doesn't give any slack to allow them to crawl underneath.I haven't tried it on any kids yet, but that will be soon!