Customer Reviews

Mommy's Helper Slide Latch

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

The product looks and functions more or less as expected, well much more like less. Unfortunately, the plastic is weak and overly flexible, whereas it should be strong to resist bending it off. Also, the locking mechanism is too easy. The product doesn't work well on straight knobs that don't have anything to hang on to. I don't recommend this product for a cabinet you really want to keep secure. If a child is incapable of removing this then it also means s/he can't open a door either, because it is so easy to remove, so don't get it.

After using this product for over a year as an infant has grown into a toddler, my opinion of it has gone down further. The plastic is so flexible that it is very easy for a child to take it off. If anything, this product is more of a toy than a barrier. I have tried it with several kinds of drawer knobs and it doesn't work with any of them.

Fantastic at keeping the baby out of his "favorite" cabinets and is easy for the adults in the house to use. Great product.

These aren't very rigid and seem like they could break easily, but they have kept our 1 year old son out of the cabinets so far. Easy for the adults to get in and out of the cabinets without too much hassle.

I bought these latches for our kitchen to keep our 10 month old from getting into the cabinets. Even our 6 year old hasn't been able to figure them out yet! Easy to use and keeps the kids from getting into things they shouldn't!

We originally uses the loop latch which are a pain. These go one and come off very easy and keep baby out great!! Definitly recomend !

These are wonderful latches! You can actually slide it off (I have round knobs) with one hand easily if needed. And my 2 year old daughter has messed with it a time or 2 and just gave up on it altogether. Its a constant visual reeminder also for her to just stay out of the cabinets and it works!

These work well (my 22 month old son has yet to open them), but I did drop a couple on a hard surface (kitchen tile), and they did break due to how brittle they are. But then again these are priced relatively inexpensive.

I like how they fit handles that are far apart or handles that are close (where some latches can't accommodate).

Although some have broken due to my dropping them, I have purchased some more given the low cost of replacement.

Notwithstanding how brittle they are, given the price I would recommend.

Over the past month, I've purchased five different cabinet locks and none of them seemed to work. Either they didn't fit my cabinet knobs correctly, they broke with a little pressure or they were too diffucult to get unlocked for daily use. I purchased these and I really, really like them. They're easy for an adult to get on and off, but not for a infant/toddler. Unfortunalty, they still didn't fit my stupid cabinet knob (I'm using this to lock up my the cleaning supplies under the kitcjen sink). So, instead of searching for new lock and one that might not neccesarily be as sturdy as this one, I just replaced my cabinet knobs! Cost me around $3 at Home Depot ([...]) Works like a charm and took me seconds to swap them out.

I agree with the other review that this is very flexible plastic and not as sturdy as expected. I also found that it needed to be a little bit longer. Because they aren't very long, we have a problem latching it on our rounded cabinet hardware. I wouldn't recommend this product. It does the job though, just not sufficiently.

I bought these specifically for our entertainment/tv stand and that is the cabinet it DOES NOT work with (see pictures), but it is GREAT with the right kind of cabinet that has handles rather than round knobs - easy to open and close (I have it on our kitchen island cabinet and our microwave cart) for an adult but seems great to keep a little one out (our son is 7 months and has been crawling EVERYWHERE for the past few weeks but isn't opening cabinets YET). I would buy it again, just not for a cabinet with round, smaller knobs.