Customer Reviews

KidCo Y Spindle (2 Pack)

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
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It's hard to give a piece of metal anything but 5 stars... what would have helped is a little guidance about how they work and how many you need. Let me spell this out for you, 1 Y-spindle is not enough for 1 side, it is literally 1 Y-spindle. I wondered why anyone might want just 1... well this is what you need to know.

The gate has 4 friction points and comes with flat disks that give good friction to walls or anything else that is flat. So ask yourself, is my spindle rectangular on the bottom 2 inches as it enters the floor/stairs? If rectangular on the bottom, but round at the top, then you'll need 1 Y-spindle for each spindle you are placing the gate between. If your spindle is round top-to-bottom, then you'll need to Y-spindles per side.

I hope this helps someone... I also have some advice about the gate, but I'm putting that with the gate reviews.

Using this Y spindle, 2 of them, with Kidco Center Gateway® gate at bottom of our steps, which have a wrought iron railing at one side -- so far product works really great! Very easy to install on gate.

I was a little skeptical about how this was going to work, but I have spindles on one side of my staircase and stained wooden molding on the other side, so I didn't want to drill any holes. The other kits were wooden pieces that went around the spindles, and didn't look very good in my opinion. Since my spindles are black iron, I got the black Kidco gate which is pressure mounted. These are very sturdy and the entire system was very easy to install. It also looks good!!! I would definitely recommend these over any other spindle kit.

I purchased this product on the whim and hope that it would work on a Dreambaby gate since many of the components are similiar. Eureka! It did! However, here are some things to be mindful of when purchasing this product:
1. Using the Y Spindle product applies pressure to your railings so make sure they are properly secured before applying.
2. If you are using a gate where there are railings on both sides, you will need to purchase 2 packets, not one.
3. Although your gate might be rated to withstand a pressure of # amount of pounds (200 lbs, etc.), I am unsure if that statement would still be correct when using the Y Spindle product. If you think of it, the Y Spindle works by applying pressure to railings to stand firm. If your railings are not sturdy, your gate will be not be as well. Therefore, I would be precautionary when leaning up against the gate with your weight. There are too many breaking points to consider.
4. Always make sure your gate is locked when using them for your stairs! You may find that your gate did not provide a firm "click" or "lock" in place (so to speak). Just double check to make sure that it is indeed locked.

Works well, could use a rubber cap to keep it from scratching or marring your painted surface.. but all in all, a good solid product.

We were worried when purchasing this product that it wouldn't work with the gate we purchased. We were wrong. The KidCo Y Spindle works with the Munchkin Easy-Close Extra Tall and Wide Metal Gate. My husband had no trouble putting it together.

I'm sure this item is great and it looked like the perfect item I needed to make my existing Regalo gate work with stairway in my new house. Only problem is that the bolt part of the product is too big and does not fit on my gate. Would have been nice if the listing specified the bolt size. Now have to return and see if there is anything out there for the Regalo.

This is a great product if you have a pressure mounted gate (for bottom of stairs), and need to mount to a staircase spindle, as the title implies. It works well, and holds gate firmly in place.

We use this with the KidCo G15 White Center Gateway with Walk Through Pressure Gate for the bottom of our steps. Our staircase looks just like the one they have advertised in the picture and it works perfectly for us. I was so happy to have found these two products!I would have given it 1 more star if it was not quite so expensive but highly reccomended to anyone in a similar situation.

This is a GREAT way to avoid damaging your spindles. We used these on either side of the top of the gate and used the pressure mounts that came with the gate on the bottom. Very happy with this product.