Product Description

The Lift and Lock Gate is easy to operate because all the controls are conveniently located in the handle. By simply raising the complete-control top handle, you can switch between adjust, lock, and release mode as needed. This gate can be pressure or hardware mounted in standard entryways or hardware mounted at the top of stairs.

Features:

• Top handle locks, releases, and adjusts
• Pressure or hardware mounted
• Sturdy, climb-resistant panels
• Age Range: 6 months to 2 years

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5670 in Baby Product
• Brand: Safety 1st
• Model: 41823
• Released on: 2005-01-05
• Dimensions: 35.00" h x 4.00" w x 29.00" l, 9.00 pounds

Features

• 3 in 1 Lock/Release/Adjust handle
• No-climb panels
• Easy release child resistant top handle
• Swing open feature, mounting hardware included
• Six to Twenty-four Months

From the Manufacturer
The Safety 1st Lift and Lock Security Gate showcases a sleek contemporary design, and features an easy to use 3 in 1, one handed lock/release/adjust handle mechanism. This gate can be hardware or pressue mounted. This gate stands 26 inches tall.

Customer Reviews

Sturdy - but doesn't swing unless mounted
It seems sturdy enough. I'm using it for a pet...I'm not sure I'd be comfortable using it for a toddler though!
Take note, you can't use the swing feature unless you mount the gate. If you use the pressure thing, you have to just step over the gate or move it out of the way entirely.

Not Safe for the Long Haul!
I bought two of these gates, as well as 2 more expensive metal gates that open and close for our hallways. These gates were purchased to keep our twins off the stairs going upstairs and downstairs and wouldn't be used very frequently, probably less than once every 2 weeks. So I thought these would be perfect. They were at first. They stayed in place and were secure. Then as we started taking them down every now and then, like I said, less than once every 2 weeks, they became less and less reliable and seemed to "strip" out and wouldn't hold securely. If you are going to put these in a doorway that won't be used much, then these might be ok. But for blocking stairways, which could be very harmful for kids, then I would not recommend this gate by Safety 1st. I would go with a more secure metal gate, as I am now shopping for!

I LOVE my other two metal gates with the one-hand open/close gates, both pressure mounted. They are perfect for high-traffic areas. They have been in place about a year now and are used many, many times a day. One of these is the Evenflo Simple Step in taupe color and the other is by Dreambaby.

Don't buy unless you have 3 hands
This gate is awkward to open with two hands and nearly impossible to open with one. That leaves the third hand for the baby.
The main problem is the design of the lock. Instead of a latch, which most hardware mounted gates use, there are 2 rods with rubber pads on the ends that push against the door stops, which are mounted to the wall. The rods are moved in and out of the door by pulling on the large white handle at the top of the door. When the handle is down, the rods are pressed against the door stop, and when the handle is up, the rods pull back into the door. Unfortunately, the rods don't fully disengage from the door stops and there is still friction as the door opens. The handle itself has quite a bit of friction as one lifts it. The door itself is made of flexible plastic, so the entire door twists as one attempts to lift up on the handle while overcoming the lateral friction of the rod/door stop assembly. It eventually opens, but not without an incredible amount of two-handed difficulty. I have used many doors, and this has the worst design. I recommend a latch mechanism instead.