Kolcraft Simple Shut Safety Gate - White

by Kolcraft

Product Features

• Great for doorways, hallways, and top of stairs
• Fits door openings from 24 1/4" to 41"
• Easy 1-hand open and shut
• Hardware mounted gate can open in either direction and has an extra wide walk through opening with no bar to step over
• 24 months and under

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 29.1 x 22.1 x 1.6 inches ; 11.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11.1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000RZLPLQ
• UPC: 031878021842
• Item model number: KE001-GWH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,122 in Baby (See Top 100 in Baby)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This versatile and stylish extending metal gate is designed to fit openings from 24 1/4" to a an extra wide 41" without the need for extensions. Its permanent hardware mount is easy to install and the gate can be quickly removed when company arrives.

Product Description

Kolcraft Simple Shut Extension GateThe Kolcraft Simple Shut Extension Gate is one of the best baby safety gates around.  It is certainly one of the most versatile models of baby gate as it features a flexible extension which makes it fit from 24.5 to 41 in.  The Kolcraft gate is pressure mounted which means it is easy to take down and will keep walls or hallways from being dinged up.One of the standout features on this Kolcraft Baby Product is the gates ability to open in either direction.  The gate swings wide open too with a no step over bar which helps separate it from other baby gates.  The Simple Shut Gate from Kolcraft is one of the premier gates on the market.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well made get, easy to use- easy to install., December 6, 2008

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Dan J. Reed - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kolcraft Simple Shut Safety Gate - White (Baby Product)

We have two of these gates in our house. I installed both of them. The gates, when installed properly work very well, and are very strong.

Our son has been crawling and pulling himself up for a few months now, and he is finally starting to really cruse around the room. These gates do a good job of keeping him from going up the stairs, and from falling down to the next level of the house. At this point he climbs up on the gate, and bounces and shakes it... its not going to open little boy!

The gate installs pretty easily. You will need SOME form of mechanical aptitude to assemble and install them properly. The gates come with hardware for mounting into a solid door frame, NOT DRYWALL! I would never install a hardware mounted gate into bare drywall, it simply will not be strong enough.

If you do plan to use this with drywall, add a 1" wide by 1/2" deep furring strip so the gate has a good solid wood surface to mount to.

The instructions are clear, it comes with cut-out templates that can be taped to the wall, so drilling holes is a no-brainier. It works well in our old house with crooked walls.

All you really need to install this is a good cordless drill (or screwdriver) and about 30 min, and a Phillips head screwdriver. I do not recommend your 9 month old "helps" you at all.

The gate opens well, and with out much difficulty. One key selling point for us us the fact that this gate does not have a "base/trip bar" that most other gates have. We don't want grandma and grandpa (or us!) falling as we carry the baby over the threshold of the gate.

The gate swings a full 90 degrees in BOTH directions, which is great!

To open the gate, you must swing a spring loaded latch out of the way, and then lift the gate about 1/2" of an inch.

Yes, there is a metal "bar" that is what engages the latch, but I picture it hard for a child to run, full speed and hurt themselves with this gate.. And, if your SMART, you can adjust the gate to the point where this metal bar only "sticks out" about 1/2"... hardly "eye gouging".. The directions point this fact out! RTFM people!!!!

The gate also does a fantastic job at keeping our dog in check in her space when we are gone out of the house.

The gates clean finish, and ease of use, and good quality construction make this a solid buy for us. I prefer it over the other brand gate we have (KidCo).. these gates are easier to use, were cheaper, and have a better finished "look" to them - they are also easier to open. It opens one handed, while holding the baby (me and my wife can do it! so can you!).

-Dan

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love This Gate!!, June 8, 2008

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C. Sparks (Forsyth, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kolcraft Simple Shut Safety Gate - White (Baby Product)

We love this gate. It is easy to install and easy to use. We tried the wooden gates that have the adjustment bar but we kept tripping over it when we crossed into another room. This gate gets the job done for an affordable price.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars easy to install and sturdy, but with a "catch"., April 22, 2007

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Joanne F. Mullen "ponderapom.com" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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I bought this gate to keep my dogs away from the front door. Its strong and was fairly easy to install compared to other gates i have purchased, with multiple adjustment options for uneven walls. The problem is usage... my neighbor's kids come through it many times a day and can't close it due to the subtle but tricky lifting effort required to lock it. The outcome is that they are rough, banging it shut to close it. So with only one week of use, it needs to be readjusted which is done with a little tool that tightens some bolts on the hinge but I am tired of it already. Maybe with adult-use only in a house wit human babies and no young kids, it would be great.