Review on Summer Infant Decorative Pressure Mounted by Cindy Foster

Looks like our little Houdini of babies. As we lay her on our bed, no matter how many pillow and blanket barricades I put in her way, she seems to manage to get past them to practice her platform diving skills. On her first day in her playpen she seems to have noticed how great the door works and every now and then when I'm there with her she leaves it and then locks me in :) Lately she's fascinated by the kitchen . When her mom and I cook there, she seems to enjoy crawling there. Our kitchen, like most kitchens, is filled with all sorts of dangerous things — hot pots and pans, knives, fresh garbage, and huge, heavy dumpsters. In other words, baby's favorite "toy". We tried barricading them with crates, heavy water bottles, and whatever else we could think of. She cried on one end, a few seconds of silence, and then smiled on the other end. A friend provided us with an old children's gate, but our kitchen is an open door. Its height is 43 inches, which is way more than this gate can support. Also, we are going to sell our apartment and don't want to drill any holes. I turned to Revane for a wide gate that didn't require drilling and came across this and a few cheaper looking ones. At first we had concerns. In the photos the gate looks quite strange. The colors don't go together (dark gray and wood?) and for some reason my wife and I thought the wooden door was very thick. But we threw caution to the wind and ordered it anyway. The package came in a cardboard box, very thin and very, very large in length and width. Inside, a large gate slid out (with a wooden door already attached), three metal expanders connected together, and four giant screws with a round cap on the end, which I'll discuss below. At first glance, the gate also appears to be broken - it seems that the door does not enter the gate properly. I suspect there have been many complaints about this so Summer Infant put a sign on the door in large letters assuring you that this is normal and that once installed everything will look perfect. The first thing I noticed was that the gates look very different live. I envisioned a thick, bulky gate, but the actual width of the gate looks pretty dainty at about half an inch thick. The colors were surprisingly inviting too - the gray has a matte slate feel and the wooden door is a beautiful oak stain that goes well with our hardwood floors. As is often the case, the instructions weren't the clearest in the world, so I had to do the assembly myself. "Metal Extenders" help you lengthen your gate to fit your door. They fit from 36 to 60 inches. The manual tells you which of the three "extensions" to use (you can keep the other two if you want to install the gate in a different opening in the future). I had to use the middle expander so I plugged it in from the side of the main gate, no problem. Note that while extensions come in specific lengths (10", 7" and 4"), they can easily accommodate any size hole from 36" to 60" with millimeter accuracy. The next step is to putting four large bolts into the four holes in each corner of the gate so that the "lid" (which is actually two parts, the cocking knob and also the actual gasket that holds the gate to the wall) is facing out .At first I was confused because the big bolts just went loose in the hole, but I'll explain below :) Your next step is to position the gate so that it's in the center of your door.You have one cheap metal key that doubles as a cheap metal ruler for measuring and this is where the magic happens you are not locking the gate but by turning the cocking knob you are literally increasing the distance between the gate and the rosette against the wall by applying pressure to the gate , studs and wall squeeze (P = F/A for physicists) Y You don't want your squeeze to be so weak that the gate won't stand up, and you don't want it to be too strong so that you end up punching a hole in your wall, but find that middle floor and you have a gate that will withstand all the child's efforts to knock it over and you don't have to drill a hole in the wall. Installation took about 10 minutes. Result? Baby, as always, crawled into the kitchen and then realized the gate was there. She tried all her tricks and the goal held. Within minutes she sat up and began to cry. My wife couldn't help but laugh out loud, the culmination of several weeks trying over and over to save her child from an impending disaster in the kitchen. We walked over to her, hugged her tightly, and laid out some new toys behind Voro tami. This, plus the mother's soothing voice every few minutes, seemed to gratify the child. For now. Definitely recommend this one.