how does this gate open, we need this to keep the dog out of our sons playroom. Will this be easy for a 3 year old to open?
927207
This gate doesn't "open" by a door that swings, it opens by sliding left to right/right to left. Your three year old would not be able to slide it, actually sometimes it's difficult for an adult to slide. But it will do the trick, we bought it for it's wider capabilities for an oversized door way.
927208
No, it is not easy for a 3 yr old in my opinion .It is similar to a lobster clip and round hook. Top and bottom.
927209
If you lock the gate, I don't think a 3-yr old could open it. The Hook/catch is rounded and requires you to squeeze it to get it open. I am over 70 and I sometimes have difficulty with it. Otherwise, it works great.
1565003
Yes,opens easy..push button and lift gate up and in or out direction..would recommend
1115610
Not really, although it might be possible. I really need to lift it slightly and make sure the top catches. It is a safe gate though- I can't imagine small children figuring out how to open it. I use it outside to keep my dogs out of the side part of my yard. I hope that helps.
1145078
Definitely easy for a child to open :) sometimes I have to push it back on a little just so it latches but it is so easy to put on even. I have a child who just turned 3 and he can do it!
787073
I bought a playyard that did not have a gate, so I purchased this to both enlarge and add a gate. We have been using this gate for months (maybe close to a year) and it works perfectly. Actually, I have two playyard sets and this gate/extension set-up as a very large playyard. This whole set-up has worked perfectly to keep the baby (she is now 2) away from the dog. While she is not confined to this playyard as much, she has to be in there when we need to leave the room for a minute or two and then we can easily open the gate (probably 5 times a day) to let her back out. So, the gate has seen much use and is still working great.
2225063
The gate attaches easily with an eye screw and a spring clip on both sides of the gate. You can open from either side by sliding open or by swinging the whole gate. Very flexible, and worked very well with my 4 yr old and my two dogs. It is a bit flimsy but served its purpose very well for us.
1513008
That's a hard question to answer. We didn't use the gate much. We usually just stepped over the playard or reached over it, because it was sometimes a small hassle to open and close when we are juggling our twins. I don't think that's the fault of the manufacturer. To stay closed and locked in position, it had to be that way. We tested several gates, and they were all about the same in functionality.
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A 4 year old could open the gate, and it will close automatically. However, if the gate is open more than half way, the gate will remain open in either direction. So that this will not happen, we screwed an L bracket into the floor so that the door would not open past a certain point and therefore would not remain open. Hope this helpsKathy
1565004
I think its easy - but not so easy that my toddler can figure it out. You have to slide a button and lift the gate to swing it open. It swings in both directions, which is nice. To close it, you just have to lift the gate and lower it just right over the latch so it clicks. Occasionally there's some maneuvering to get it closed because of also needing to line up a piece of plastic on the bottom of the gate with the bar across the gate opening, but nothing that has every annoyed me in the slightest.
2102075
We have this gate and we love it-it was a little difficult at first to open but it is good now. My husband said to make sure that the bottom bar is lined up w/the bottom of the gate before trying to close. Sorry we are not much help
1702851
there is a latch and a section of gate opens for larger dogs. Smaller dogs have a small spring released gate within the gate. The gate is made nicely, actually looks nice in room but our pups were able to scale the top and figure out how to pop open the small gate.
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Hi Jim, I think you are asking if the playpen has a door that allows for us to get in easier, right? That answer to that is that mine doesn't have a door. I was able to connect it to the crate and my puppy goes in and out through the crate. I go over it, mine is not too tall.
1910970
I can't say for sure if a 4-year old can open it. I can tell you that my almost 3-year old cannot, and that it is hard for me to open. In fact, it is the hardest gate to open of the 3 we have. It is also quite noisy.
1279747
My 3 year old is just starting to figure it out. He has opened it once, but I wouldn't say it was easy for him. He can close it better than he can open it.
1178748
Slide bar by pushing forward a bit (towards the gate) and sliding it into the latch. You can put a padlock thru the hole if that isn't enough for you. I'm sure just sliding the bar over is more than adequate protection. They will jump over fence if they want to get in that bad!
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We didn't have any problems with putting it up or down it was quite easy. I thought the gate was quite durable and it looked great. We used it for two large openings. We used for 2.5 years without any problems. Please note we did use longer wood screws than what was provided with the gate. The screws provided with the gate were too short to make the gate secure.
2102074
If you pull the little blocker and lift it the gate should be really easy to open. You may need to oil the gate.