Customer Reviews

Safety First Cabinet and Drawer Latches - 12-Pack

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My daughter loves to play in the bathroom drawers, so we installed these latches. Turns out that the latches are too long. She can still open the drawers wide enough to get her little hands inside. They work great on cabinets, however.

These work, but they are more difficult to use than competitor's. They are wider, so they're sturdier, but it makes it more difficult to push down to get the cabinet/drawer to open. Also, if you have used older versions, the holes to screw these in don't match, either on the latches or the catch. Also, they are so long, little hands can pry the cabinet open far enough to get inside unless you put the catch so far back inside that then it's in the way of whatever you have inside the cabinet. We think the child safety cabinet latch by Prime-Line are a much easier and equally effective solution.

These latches work pretty well so long as you can install the catch piece far enough back on the cabinet door frame that the door, when latched, doesn't open wide enough for little hands to squeeze through. I had to remove and re-install the first one I tried because my son could easily fit his hands through the gap. They work nicely once you get them installed properly. Unfortunatley, they're a nightmare to install. My kitchen cabinets are made of a very hard composite material and I broke a drill bit off trying to drill holes for the screws. The latch won't work if it's not perfectly aligned, so it takes some time to position the pieces. They do include sticky pads to help with this, but the pads didn't seem to want to stick to my cabinets and I ended up getting my husband to hold the pieces while I put in the screws.

I installed these on 6 of my kitchen cupboards and they are terrible. They are real flimsy plastic that warps when you tighten the screws. One broke in a week and the others keep going out of alignment so they hit the door and stop it from shutting.

I bought one made by Parents Magazine and it is excellent. It is strong, has adhesive tape to hold it in place while installing the screws and folds down for when you don't need them anymore but might have more children later.

I got these latches about a month ago, and they are a big improvement on the old type of latch. these ones actually catch, where the old ones could easily be stripped open, even by the kids. I like that they come with an adhesive so you can place them. make sure you have a drill bit to drill out the holes before screwing the screws in... makes it loads easier and faster. I installed the whole package in about an hour. the first latch I put on 3 times before I had it lined up right. It is a little tricky, but once you do it, the rest are a breeze. They have worked out great so far, and are very durable. They are easy to unlatch, my school aged children can do it... but the baby cannot figure it out. You should see the look on my daughter's face when she can no longer open the cabinet doors:)

We purchased these--fairly easy to install as long as you have a drill. Keeping baby out so far. Used when tot locks were to hard to locate with magnet-better than them by far.

I usually don't take the time to write reviews, but this product is so bad I had to. I just don't want other parents to buy and waste time installing. For the most part, they don't latch at all...and even when they do, they warp in 5-10 openings/closings of a drawer. SO DISAPPOINTED IN THIS PRODUCT. IT IS JUST A GIANT PIECE OF ____. PLEASE DON'T BUY'EM.

We bought this and the first time we tried the opening the drawer these broke. We then replaced them, but just to watch my 16 month toddler to open and break the latch on his first try. Very disappointing. We had to replace all the drawer latches with another brand. Don't waste your time.

These are a waste of money. We bought them thinking the adhesives would be good enough for installation and it doesn't even adhere for more than 5 minutes. The latch is long and awkward, so not even sure how it works given the angle when opening the door.

I couldn't even get these installed on my archaic cabinets or drawers....grrr. I guess 20 years ago cabinets were actually made out of solid wood!