Costzon Baby Safety Gate, 5 Panel Adjustable Fence

As you can see in the photos we’re using this around our wood stove. We bought it to keep our 17-month-old safe. Contrary to other reviewers’ experiences we received a very intact product. My husband took it out of the box, we played with the positioning and ended up only using 7-panels out of the 8. For reference our hearth pad is 48” and our wood stove door is about two feet. We can swing the door all the way open. The corners of all the panels can be tightened to lock the gate in place. Our daughter is not gentle and she hasn’t been able to move it. The door, when locked, is very secure. The lock is at the top and I don’t think a toddler could figure out how to open it. The gate, directly in front of the wood stove, gets warm but it is by no means hot. I don’t worry at all that baby hands could get burned. We screwed the gate to our walls for extra stability. All the pieces we needed came in the box and we had no broken pieces. Overall it keeps our daughter safe and we couldn’t be happier.

UPDATE:

The gate (purchased in 2018) in these pictures is still perfect and still being used; HOWEVER, we bought another one (2021), same size, and it is a GIANT heap of junk. Every corner of every gate panel has cracked and split apart from the panel next to it. It’s just a giant duct taped gate at this point. I’m not sure if we got a defective gate or this is the quality of them now but the difference between the first gate purchased and the most recent is night and day. I’m really disappointed. For the price, this really shouldn’t be an issue.

I was excited about this gate because it was one of the only ones I could find that would actually span the distance we required. I also liked the fact that it wasn’t white because the darker color goes much better with our house. Upon receiving the gate, I was a little disappointed to find that several of the pieces were scratched so silver was showing through the black finish.

Upon looking at the directions, I found they were not descriptive in the least, really giving no adequate instructions about how to take apart the various pieces of how to attach it to the wall. In addition to not being descriptive, the descriptions that were included were clearly not written by a native English speaking person making them even more unclear and difficult to decipher. That said, it is fairly intuitive if you use some common sense and have even a modicum of skill when it comes to hands on projects.

I was not surprised by the drywall anchors that were included as these cheap plastic ones are often what comes with pre-packaged pieces. However, for the one side where I had to use anchors, I used my own metal screw in anchors that are much stronger and have a high weight rating as I know my son is a bit of a tank and tries to bulldoze his way through things. On the other side I was able to go directly into a stud, but this was frustrating too as the included screws really aren’t long enough to get through drywall and then properly anchor into a stud. This was not an issue for me as I have a large selection of screws at home so I just took some 2.5″ ones and drilled them in instead of those that were included. As of yet, doing things this way has been acceptable. The one thing that I really do like about the way the pieces attach to the wall is that they are adjustable on the pole so I was able to move the bottom one up high enough to put it just above my baseboards rather than having to put screws through the baseboards as some other gates require.

Finally, I like the idea that you can lock off the different sections so you can keep them in a certain position, but there are two issues. First, the poles that have the wall attachment pieces have no way to lock off so those two spots are always moving back and forth, which makes the whole thing less secure. Second, the lock-offs are not as tight as they should be. My son just turned one and is only 20 lbs, but was able to push on the gate hard enough to push through the lock-off on one of the sections, causing it to move. This is not a huge deal, but is somewhat concerning. Due to the mobility of the gate caused by the above two issues, I also had to place felt sliders on the bottom of all the legs to keep the gate from scratching my floor when our son does push on it.

One thing that is really nice is the gate that opens in both directions. We have another, smaller gate at the top of our stairs where the gate only opens in one direction. This was a little frustrating when we first got it (we had that one first), but since I have been using this double-sided gate, the other one is even more aggravating. The dual swing really is a nice attribute. Overall, this gate definitely has some deficiencies, but for an extra-large gate, this does work fairly well.

 Exactly what I was looking for. I needed a long enough gate to cover an 87″ gap from the living room to dining room. Everything else I was trying to find was either not long enough, or way too expensive. This was the perfect solution to both problems. It looks even better than I thought it would. The gate opens easily, and shuts by itself, which is nice when you have a baby in your arms. It can also stay open if you push it open just a little more than normal. I was pleasantly surprised at how fast it shipped as well. Way sooner than the estimated date. It got here quicker than some of my Prime items. A few cons of the product; it was a little difficult to mount into the wall because of trying to get the drill into the right angle between the gate and the wall itself. Also it is not quite as sturdy as I had hoped, so I have to keep my child from trying to pull herself up on it, but so far we haven’t had it fall down or out of the wall. I cant speak on how well it works unmounted though. Overall, I’m happy with this gate.