GMI Keepsafe Expansion Gate, 60 Inches

Perfect gate!!! I have a 4 foot opening between my living room and dining room and was looking for something to keep the dog on one side or the other (he's an active 7 yr old 75 lb husky). This gate was easy to install and is simple, traditional and somewhat brilliant in design. There was no piece that installed into the floor - there is a piece that came attached to the bottom of the middle of the gate - this piece rests on the floor and gives the wide gate support in the middle when it's extended. It's been up for 6 months and I've never pinched a finger or anything else. I can manage to step over it but it's so easy to open and close I usually don't bother to try to go over. My dog is big - he has pushed on the gate but hasn't done any damage and the gate was sturdy enough that he has stopped trying. He did try to go over it the first day it was up. Thankfully - he didn't hurt himself or the gate - despite landing on it. It had to hurt some - he just didn't quite make it over and had to have some help getting his hind legs back on the ground. The gate wasn't phased by his 75 lb self hanging from it. I'm glad I was right there when it happened and glad it wasn't worse than it turned out... The experience was enough for him that he has not ever tried to go over the gate again. He has jumped up to put his paws on the top like he does on the fence outside - the gate is gives a little but is able to take it without any damage. And thankfully - he doesn't do this often. At first the gate was really important so that I could separate the cats who had live here for 10 years from the newly adopted 7 yr old large dog who wanted to chase them. Over time the gate was perfect for the job - the cats were visible but protected from him and gradually he grew accustomed to their existence. We were able to control his access to them and eventually train him to get comfortable and not chase them at all. I had expected to remove the gate once we reached peaceful cohabitation... but it swings out of the way so easily and has proven useful for other occassions when I want to keep the dog contained while a door is open or something - so it remains installed and helpful.

I bought this gate in order to keep our cats out of our finished basement area. The opening was 54 inches, and was between a regular wall and the edge of a stairway.This gate worked absolutely perfectly. I didn't even have a stud to go to on the wall portion as the instructions advised to use, so I used dry-wall anchors and the gate works perfectly, even at that distance.The operation of latching/unlatching is easy enough for my 5 and 8-year old boys to use.If you're careful during the installation, you'll have no problems putting this thing up. I did it with no help, though I probably could have used an extra hand for leveling, but I worked it out.The included spacers made it very easy for me to work out the portion that was going to be at the floor molding we have.Don't listen to the bad reviews. If you have an extra wide opening, and you don't want to spend too much... get this gate. I've had it a few weeks and my young boys have been going in and out every day, and it's holding up perfectly.Most importantly my pets are now kept out of that room!It's wood so not necessarily the prettiest gate out there... but that's not what I needed.Enjoy!

This is an excellent gate, particularly sturdy and easy to install. But we needed it for closing off outdoor deck steps and it swells when it rains, making it very tight to open and close. Manufacture probably doesn't recommend for outdoor use, nonetheless it is useable and otherwise does the job very well. The one previously purchased for indoor use has served us very well for several years!

Great gate, very sturdy for how wide it extends. All parts are riveted though. Would be nice if they allowed you to remove the locking mechanism, hook or center foot by simply unscrewing some bolts.

UPDATE 5/28/20The Amazon return policy during covid19 was amazing- I selected the option for UPS pickup and they somehow brought a label for my item next business day. He didn't wear a mask and came right up to my front door, which freaked me out, but I had the gate wrapped up and ready for him on my porch anyway. I imagine it would feel really different if I was in an apartment and had the guy at my front door. But the new replacement came within the week so I didn't have to worry too long without a baby gate for my nearly walking child. Adding two stars for excellent customer service(OLD 5/24/20) Used 2 of these to close off my porch so my 11 month old could crawl around safely. Not too difficult to install but it's not exactly easy to use (you have to press REALLY hard on the top to get the gate latch to open, and while pressing you feel its cheapness, while pulling up for the bottom hook to detach) and in the first rainstorm, one of the lattice pieces snapped in half in the wind. One star.