Kidco Adhesive Mount Magnet Lock Starter Set

by KidCo

Product Features

• Only magnet lock that installs without tools or drilling
• No spacers needed
• So powerfull it will penetrate over 1 inch of wood
• Includes 1 key set, 1 key holder and 2 locks
• Perfect for low cabinets

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.9 x 4.8 x 11 inches ; 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000WX5JXS
• UPC: 786441933625 089819760107
• Item model number: S3362
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #296 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
  • #1 in Baby > Safety > Cabinet Locks & Straps
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews)

Product Description

The only magnet lock that installs with out tools or drilling! Adhesive mount installation makes it ideal for any surface. Starter Set contains key set and two locks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

245 of 249 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pluses and Minuses versus Safety 1st Tot-Lok Starter Set, January 20, 2009

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ReviewerWhoPrefersToBeAnonymous (California) - See all my reviews
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If you're reading this on Amazon, you're probably also considering other magnetic locks for keeping children from opening cabinets & drawers, especially the Safety 1st Tot-Lok Starter Set, aka Cabinet Locks: Magnetic Tot Lok Starter Set. (The "Deluxe" Tot Lok starter versions have 4 locks, see Safety 1st Magnetic Tot Lok Deluxe Starter Set or Deluxe Magnetic Tot Lock Starter Set - 4Pk or Magnetic Baby Safety TOT LOCK Latches 4 Lock 1 Key.) I've tried them both, and here are the pluses and minuses:

ADVANTAGES COMPARED WITH SAFETY 1ST TOT-LOK: (1) Installation is much easier and faster (a few minutes at most). You simply stick the catch (with 4 "installation tabs") on the cabinet edge, put the latch (with foam tape exposed) on the catch, close the door, and the latch sticks to the correct place on the door. You then break the 4 "installation tabs" on the catch. In theory, you don't need to use screws; however, if you want a more secure installation (as I did), you can easily screw in the catch and the latch. Ingenious! (2) You need to drill only small pilot holes for the (optional) screws, not a large nonstandard-size hole as for the Tot Lok. (3) Besides the screws, locks, and a key, there are no extra pieces to get lost during installation. (4) The key has a holder, which theoretically will help prevent it getting lost when there's no steel (e.g., refrigerator door or medicine cabinet) nearby. (5) You don't need extension pins/slugs for thicker doors as the Tot Lok does; the KidCo will work on doors up to about 1-1/2" thick. (6) The screws can be turned with a standard #2 Phillips screwdriver instead of a #1 (small) Phillips screwdriver.

DISADVANTAGES COMPARED WITH SAFETY 1ST TOT-LOK: (1) The latches depend on gravity, meaning that they can be mounted only at the top of a door or drawer; in contrast, the spring-loaded Tot-Lok can be mounted in any position (e.g., on the side or bottom of a cabinet door). (2) The dark grey sliders to disengage the locks are harder to manipulate than the Safety 1st red bars. (3) Unlike the Tot Lok's catch (which has oblong slots instead of round holes for the screws), you can't adjust the catch forward/backward. Combined with the default position of the catch being flush with the cabinet edge, installation on old-style cabinet doors with a "lip" (i.e., that protrude into the cabinet opening perhaps 1/4") takes extra time.

Good luck choosing! BTW, the Safety 1st Tot-Lok and KidCo magnetic keys are of similar strength and polarity (i.e., the Tot-Lok key will open a KidCo lock and vice versa).

61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very quick and easy to install - almost foolproof., May 15, 2007

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Michelle D. Stadel (California) - See all my reviews
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These locks work great. To install them just peel off the tape on the part that goes on the cabinet and attach that part to the cabinet, temporarily attach the part that goes on the door to the part attached to the cabinet, peel off the tape from the door part, shut the cabinet door and the tape sticks to the door and voila, both pieces are attached where they need to be. Once attached, they work great, much better than the kind that let the child open the door a little bit and stick his hands inside. I use those on cabinets that I use a lot and that don't have anything dangerous in them. One thing that I found, is that these don't work well on drawers unless the optional screws are used. For some reason, when used on drawers the cabinet part of the latch doesn't stay in place well and so the drawer doesn't stay locked unless the latch is screwed in place . A tip when you install these, make sure that the magnet works on the cabinet you are installing them on. I ruined the adhesive on two of the locks, thinking I had a defective lock cause it stayed in the "unlocked" state, I removed one and replaced it with another before figuring out that that particular cabinet had something inside of it at the location I was trying to put the cabinet lock that made the cabinet lock stay in the "unlocked" state. The adhesive is EXTREMELY sticky, be sure that you are placing it where you want it, cause there is no repositioning or removing it without ruining it.

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great locks, get spare keys from elsewhere, June 16, 2009

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B. Altman (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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Very easy to install as others have mentioned - took minutes.

I mistakenly put the first lock in the middle of the top edge of the cupboard door instead of close to the end. This meant that the first door would start opening a tiny bit before it would be stopped by the lock - no big deal.

Also, I found that on the second cupboard the key wouldn't open the lock easily because the hook part of the lock was wedged up against the catch part (as it is supposed to do, but) too tightly. All I had to do was push the door in slightly to loosen it as I applied the key and it opens easy. Something to consider in case you can't figure out why it isn't unlocking.

Also, the lock has a switch you can deactivate it with if you no longer want to use the lock any more.

If you want to buy spare keys cheaply, don't get a single key for 7 or eight dollars through the manufacturer. Instead go somewhere like dealextreme and get 10 super strong rare earth magnets (stronger than the key that comes with this lock) for about $4 (get the 2mm thick ones as they are stronger).