Safety Easy Install Walk Thru Gate 28″ High

 I personally like the gave for the purpose I had in mind: keeping two Shih-tzu out of the living room. It is 90% metal and 10% injection molded plastic/resin. I feel that if this gate is used by a single person, and with patience, not hurrying, or forcing the latch, it should work. Because it is a plastic, spring loaded mechanism for the latch, a family of 4 or five, and lots of thru-traffic, I can see that the mechanism would likely fail quickly. I will come back and make an update should the gate fail. There is a registration card for this Gate to register your product.
I would NOT put this at the top of stairs since the pieces that are on the walls are slick, not rubbery, and do not cling. Pressure over 15lbs or so will make this gate move. A toddler, medium dog, or someone trying to get through and losing balance would definitely risk displacing the gate from its placement, and falling down the stairs. If the gate can be placed at the bottom of the stairs, away from the staircase, but blocking access, that would be the best location. The other option is finding another attachments online that anchor the gate to the wall with permanence, like long wood screws or drywall mounts.
The latch need to be worked in two steps. 1. Push a spring loaded button 2. Press a spring loaded button. The springs are hard for arthritic thumbs to work. There are screws on one side of the latch where the mechanism can be accessed and replaced. I like this feature.
The gate can open in two directions, but small stoppers on the bottom of the gate can be flipped down to secure the gate to be only accessible from one side. This is a nice feature for stairs, if you anchor it properly. It is also nice when you have small dogs who want to dart through it. Opening it towards them gives them less of a chance to dart through.
As far as how “sturdy” this gate is, it is as sturdy as it will be treated. If a 100lb dog jumps on it day after day, it won’t last. If 5 people are passing through it 25 time EACH every day, it will not last long. However, for pricepoint, and material(not wooden, not all metal, not professionally installed), it is more sturdy than I expected. The bars are bigger in diameter than I expected, and they are welded in place on a metal framed gate door. Many gate have the bars loose, and many have one side of the gate being plastic.
This gate has replaced a piece of unpainted, old, plywood. After a year of moving it back and forth, I decided this was better. The plywood protected the molding from the puppy through teething, and allowed her to scratch to no avail when she was left in the kitchen. This gate will hold her in, and will allow easier access to each room. It took me a total of 20 minutes to unbox, remove the plywood to the garage, place the 4 pressure pieces in place, get all four pressures to work to make the gate frame square, and then to clear away the box, two extra rods and plastic extensions for a larger doorframe. My doorframe is only 29 inches wide because this is an older home, ranch style. I did not need to read the directions to install this gate – it is simple.
Please view the video(not professional, but plain-speak), if you want a closer look.

La amé, la instalé sola en menos de 15min. Abre fácilmente y se cierra de manera automática si la empujas. Firme y con acabado mate elegante.

The gate seems very sturdy and it was very easy to install and operates well. We like the option to open in one direction or another or in both directions (see circle on image). This is particularly useful if using on stairway openings.

This is not our first and only child safety gate, but it is our favorite so far!

I bought 2 of these, one if for kitchen and one is for dining room. Both were very easy to install and very secure. However, after like 6months, kitchen one had its slide lock broken and I managed to just get primary lock working. But that also stuck open now and have to manually unstuck the lock. And if you don’t pay attention, gate won’t get locked properly. Found pieces of plastic inside the lock when I removed it. This is in high traffic area and adults in the house always bang this one close. Lock seems easy to replace if I could find parts which I couldn’t. Still try to find some parts, just don’t want to buy a new gate. Other one in the dining room holding up well. Overall pretty good product. You just need the adults to be mindful of using it. Hope this helps.