Evenflo Easy Walk Thru Top Of Stairs Gate

La manija de la puerta no funciona. Aprietas el botón y no se mueve el seguro. Vino rota o es un error de fábrica. No la recomiendo y quiero el cambio de producto no la devolución

Within 15 minutes of installing another gate purchased at Lowe's I knew I'd be starting over from scratch. The first gate I tried spanned to 42" width at the top of our staircase, but was nearly impossible to open one handed and it's adjustable width lost its setting so you had to fiddle with it to get a secure closure after passing through.After reading several reviews online I picked up two evenflo secure step gates - one each for the top and bottom of the stairs. I found these easy to install, and very well designed. For example, the wall fittings give clearance to go over base boards (see pictures) and the offset hinges give clearance for driving the anchor screws. Compared to the first gate I tried, I was very impressed. The bottom of the stairs gate took me about an hour to install, mostly because I wanted to avoid drilling holes in my banister. (I used a banister adapter instead, and took some time deciding how they should work together.) The top of stair installation was my second go round and took just 20 minutes.About the only negative to mention is the tiny hex screws that are used to set the gate length. I found these to be tough to handle with my real size hex wrench (2mm), but nearly impossible with the provided wrench.Overall, I'm very pleased with how sturdy these feel and how easily they open with a toddler in one arm.

I don’t know how anyone can say this is difficult to install. All it takes is screwing in 4 screws to the wall, screwing in one screw on the stopper (that keeps gate from swinging out over the stairs), and adjusting the tiny screws with the included wrench for the width of the gate ...and there you go! I modified mine a tiny bit with re-drilling one hole to move a mounting screw down so that it would fit the height of the tiny half wall at the top of my stairs. This was the only gate I could find that would work with my set up, with just a tiny bit of modification. The only other thing I added was anchors into the wall for the screws. Many people complained about how the screws rip out of the drywall, which is true with any screw unless you use an anchor. No anchors are included (which they should be) but you can easily add them on your own for way less than $1 cost. With the anchors, this gate is solid! Completely silent when it swings open and shut (which is perfect for not waking baby). I love it!

UPDATE 2018:All 3 of my gates are still working perfectly. There have been no issues whatsoever with the lock / unlock mechanism of the handles and they still hold tight. I have 2 young boys at home who give these gates a run for their money. They love to swing my front entry door open to hear it bang into the gate....nice right?! Even with being abused, these gates are unstoppable after the nut-and-bolt modification.This is an additional review after having used these gates for well over a year. I still highly recommend them but read on for very important info. I have 3 of these gates and I noticed on all 3 that the plastic hardware used to lock the two gate pieces together will eventually loosen over time with repeated opening and closing of the handle. The plastic parts I am referring to can be seen in the photos and they are on the top and bottom of each gate. The main purpose of them is to "lock" the gates in the desired width for your hallway. The problem is that the plastic parts cannot withstand the screw torque necessary to hold the gates together firmly. This leads to the parts loosening and allows the gate to "slide" left or right when opening and closing the gate. This can be a dangerous problem because it could lead to a failure of the gate to lock and someone could "push" through it.I tightened and retightened the screws in the plastic hardware however the hardware is not durable and the plastic pieces eventually cracked. These parts should be metal and not plastic. I do love the gates so I decided to fix this issue permanently. I went to the local home improvement store and bought some 1 3/4" screws and nylon lock nuts to prevent it from coming off. I drilled holes through the gates and bolted them together (see photos). This will lock the gates in place and prevent any unwanted "sliding" left or right. You can rest easy that the gates will never fail after doing this simple fix. I still highly recommend the gates but be aware that you should check and recheck the gates every so often for loosening of the plastic retaining pieces if you choose not to bolt these together.ORIGINAL REVIEW:Very sturdy gates and they look great. Be warned, these MUST be drilled into a STUD in the wall. Do not mount these into Sheetrock only as they are heavy and can easily rip out of the wall. If you don't have a stud near your stairs, you can use a piece of wood to extend out and give a proper base to mount the gate to. See photos for examples.

We've been practically killing ourselves trying to step over the traditional doorway gates and finally decided to upgrade to something more logical. After spending some time perusing the Amazon I came across this gate. Looked good at first glance, seemed to get good reviews, so I figured we might as well give it a try. After being chauffeured to my doorstep I unboxed it rather easily and surveyed the situation. (Buyer Beware: the empty box has a way of attracting other smaller, empty feral boxes due to its cavernous interior. BE CAREFUL as the smaller boxes can be rather aggressive and might jump out and BITE you!!)But I digress, after a quick skim through the instructions it was time to figure out where to mount it on the stairs. We decided on the landing that we have at the bottom of the stairs since we're trying to keep the furbabies from getting upstairs. Of course this presented me with a couple of hurdles.First, the base trim on the stairs is pretty pronounced. So the vertical support that the gate swings from wasn't going to be able to be flush against the wall, while also keeping the gate close enough to the floor. After doin' a think, I decided the best thing to do was fill the void between the wall and the edge of the trim with wood. I set off into the woods(hop) to fetch some options out of the off-cut bin. After trying a few things out I settled on (2) pieces of 1"x3" pine, sistered together will glue and screws. Not only did the "post" fill the void, but it was the perfect width for the mounting doohickeys to grab on to. I cut the post to just above the mounting doohickey, lined everything up, and screwed the whole thing to the wall with some of those self tapping, heavy duty drywall anchors (I <3 those things!).Next I had to deal with a decorative, wooden railing post on the other side. I decided, why not go back to the same well! I used (1) piece of the 1"x3" (cut to size). I screwed that into the bottom of the railing post where it was squared off. Then, I cut a spacer to bridge the gap between the top of the post and the curved part of the railing support. Once I got the spacer in just right I put a screw through the metal post, the wood post, the spacer, and into the railing support. Suffice it so say she's solid..The product itself seems sturdy and well built. I ended up getting a second gate for a different part of the house, which I think speaks for the product in it of itself.