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Evenflo Secure Step Top of Stair Gate - Taupe

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• Preassembled wall mount gate is quick and easy to install
• Red/Green lock indicator
• Lever-Loc allows for one-hand operation to open the gate

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful Decent gate with one MAJOR flaw and a few small ones, January 13, 2010 By  J. Smith (NC) - See all my reviews    This review is from: Evenflo Secure Step Top of Stair Gate - Taupe (Baby Product) The EvenFlo Secure Step is a sturdily built, heavy gate specifically designed for stairs, though it can be mounted other areas. I was able to mount it easily into studs at the staircase top. Even after moving, it mounted again quickly and easily in the new house. It is a little difficult to adjust width, and sometimes wiggles a bit, requiring retightening. The MAJOR design flaw is the plastic tab that hooks into the bottom of the gate to stop the gate from swinging both ways. It relies on a plastic bump to sit in a hole to be "secure". My 2 year old ran into the gate full speed and went right through it and down the stairs; the plastic tab takes very little pressure to move out of its setting. Luckily he was only bruised. I immediately went out and bought a 2" #6 screw and nut, drilled a hole through the plastic piece and threaded the screw through the tab and hole in the gate to properly secure it to the gate. Another issue: the gate doesn't have built-in way to latch out of the way... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comment 18 of 21 people found the following review helpful Questionable Design... I returned it., March 4, 2007 By  M. Bechtel (Plainfield, IL USA) - See all my reviews    I bought this gate today, installed it, and ended up returning it after I realized that I was personally uncomfortable with the gate's design from a safety standpoint. Unlike Evenflo's excellent standard stair-top gate, this unit has a new plastic latch mechanism which appeared nifty at first, but seemed insecure when I set it up as per the instructions. The root of the problem in my case appears to be the "childproof knobs" that loosen to allow you to extend and contract the width of the gate. When fully tightened, the gate is supposed to maintain it's width, which is necessary for the new latch system to function. In my case, the fully tightened knobs didn't prevent the gate from accidentally contracting, and after a few open/close swings, the latch started to slip... In short, the gate had become too narrow to "catch" the latch. Considering this is marketed as a "stair top" model, I find this really concerning. I'm not one to call things "junk" or rant and rave, but I do feel... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comment 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful Plastic latch is junk, November 26, 2007 By  B. Smouse (Lenexa, KS USA) - See all my reviews    I bought this product 6 months ago and installed two gates in our house. I had the same problem as previous reviewers, when pulling up on the latch to open the gate, the gate frequently slide along its rails and became smaller so when you go to close it, it no longer latches. You can snug down the knobs but they don't hold long. I could deal with this problem by making sure that when you close the gate everything still lines up. However just recently the latch system failed to open anymore. I took it apart and a small plastic knob broke on the inside and the latch will not open anymore. I'm sure they saved alot of money making the latch out of cheap plastic and the rest of the gate out of metal. It is you the consumer that get screwed when the shortcut catches up to you. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comment

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Evenflo Secure Step Top of Stair Metal Gate The Evenflo Top of Stair Gate features neutral styling and color enabling it to blend in with most home decors. The Evenflo Secure Step Top of Stair Metal Gate safety is great because of its ease-of-use. It features one-hand operation so parents carrying a child can easily operate the gate. That's a feature often lacking on other Evenflo baby gates. This safety gate is great for high-traffic areas because of the one-hand operation, and also because of its slam-latch close swing door. The baby gate will swing in either direction parents prefer, left or right. It features an infinite width adjustment with the push of a button and requires zero tools. The Evenflo metal gate is mounted with a four-point hardware set which combines with the swing control to provide one of the most secure top of stair gate mountings around.

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