Review on MIAO JIN Stopper Kickdown Adjustable by Kim Major

1. This pair of retractable door holders is made by an unknown Chinese manufacturer and distributed and sold by Guangzhou MiaoJin Trading (China), which owns the brand and sells department stores. Item in US Revain as of 2019.2. The "leg" of the hinge is 4.25 inches long, so these stops work best on doors up to 1 inch off the floor. They come with no template or installation instructions. With that in mind, and also that I didn't need a lot of clearance, I installed them about 5 inches from the edge of the doors without the hinges. (There are claims that the distance from this edge should be 8 inches, but they give no reason for it. I'm not aware of any physical or technical requirements to do this for an interior door without a self-closing mechanism that applies torque - In addition, for hollow-core doors, a stronger attachment is achieved if at least one lamellar screw is screwed into the perimeter of the inner frame of such doors.)3. The stopper's height from the floor is achieved manually by placing its mounting plate against the door and positioning its open hinge leg so that the surface of its rubber "leg" (tip) is in full contact with the floor. Then use a pencil to mark the perimeter of the top hole of the plate; drill a hole in the center of this mark with a drill bit the same size as the shank (not the diameter) of the screw; Screw the plate tight and check whether there is flat contact with the floor. In this case, without removing the top screw, mark/drill/screw the other two holes in the plate. If not, loosen that screw a bit, mark/drill/screw the other two holes after adjusting them back to flat contact with the ground, and then retighten the top screw.4. There is play between the hinge leg and the mounting plate when the leg does not hold the door or is not latched. The hinge fixing pin is a tubular rivet.5. The articulating leg's knurled rubber foot, described on this website as "soft, non-slip," is neither soft nor (always) non-slip. While it doesn't glide over uneven, soft surfaces like carpet, it often glides over hard, smooth surfaces like our bamboo floor, which it's not uncommon to have to pin it down by pressing down with a foot as you pull it out of the door. .