Extra Wide Swing Wood Gate

I had very low expectations based on read reviews. Yes, it is just exposed wood, but it’s sanded smooth like IKEA furniture. It fits and works perfect for our space. Keeps kids and pets safe while also allowing us to use the entire walkway for our double stroller to fit. ITS PERFECT!!! Great price. Sturdy solid piece. Clean look. Easy to assemble. Over all I’m very happy with it!

I purchased this gate to block off the stairs to my sunken dining room. I had a difficult time finding a reasonably priced gate for the large entry way (about 96 inches). I wasn't sure this gate would work after reading some of the reviews, but I'm glad I took the chance because it works perfectly for me. However, I can see how it may not work for everyone. I simply needed a barrier to deter my 10 lb Dachshund from going down the stairs. I was concerned that the slats might be too wide as another reviewer had stated, but they are not. Well, not for the dog anyway. I do have a small cat who was able to get her head through, but she figured out that she couldn't get all the way through and she hasn't tried that again. The gate is easy to install. The box was open when it arrived, but no missing parts. You can open the gate from either side by releasing the latch from the eye hook and either swinging the gate in or out or by simply sliding it. Honestly, though, the latch is a pain in the ass. The lever is hard to push open and then you have to lift the hinge from the top and bottom eye hook, then realign then back in place to close it again. So, I just keep it unlocked and prop the hinges against the eye hooks. This works perfectly for me since my pets don't touch the gate. For a child however, I think this gate would be too flimsy.

Easy to install. No complaints. Keeps my child in the living room. I wish it folded up a little smaller tho.

I have a wrap around porch with two large openings. I also have geese that decided the porch was the ideal place to sleep at night and so it was a daily fight to keep the poop off the porch. These are going to work perfectly. I wanted something affordable, something big enough to fit the openings and something that will keep the birds out. These check all the boxes. I got 2 gates for the price of most gates in this side range. Putting them together went pretty fast, it took around an hour to get all my supplies and build the two gates. (The second one took around 15 minutes so if you're handier and more organized than I am, then it shouldn't take you that long) My only real issue was one of them was missing a piece where you join the two sections. It was the smooth piece that you screw another screw into it. I imagine I can find one at home depot, but for the time being I just put a deck screw in it and that fixed it just fine. As for sturdiness, that's kind of up to you and what you're trying to keep out/in. I raised mine a few inches off the floor so that it's even with the rest of the porch railing. That means it's basically free floating on the 4 eye screws. It's going to be fine for the geese, but my goats and great dane puppy are going get past it pretty quickly. (They shouldn't be in that part of the yard so it's on me if they end up breaking it.) I love that it's easy to remove, and that it can swing all the out or just slide it enough for you to get by. Definitely worth the money if you're looking for a visual block rather than a strong block.

I hope I can help someone else avoid the issues I had... I have a 100 inch doorway between my living room and sunroom. I had a sturdy metal baby gate across this doorway for 3 years that recently broke so I needed a replacement. I chose this one because I wanted something that fit the doorway. The one I had before was too long so I had to bend sections so they stuck out from the doorway. This gate is NOT the length described. I measured the gate and the one I received was a little shorter then 97 inches fully stretched. So too short for my doorway. The hardware it comes with is too short to make it fit the length needed. So if you need this to fit anything larger than 96 inches, you will need to buy longer hardware. The gate comes in two pieces you have to assemble with 4 screws. The holes do not line up right so I had a heck of a time getting the hardware into the holes. I finally did but it shouldn't have been this difficult. This gate should have taken me all of 10 minutes to put up but it took much longer, at least 20, due to the issues all of the issues I have described (Hardware, length, holes not lining up). I am tired of returning things to Amazon. They keep sending me subpar, damaged items or straight up the wrong items. So it is not worth dragging it to UPS and returning it. I made it work but will need to go buy longer hardware to accommodate the extra length of my doorway otherwise the current hardware will likely rip out of the doorway since not much of it can be screwed into the wall to accommodate the shorter than advertised length. Also, this is a pain to open and close. The mechanism to open and close is really difficult to press/squeeze. So if you have any issues with your hands (arthritis, carpal tunnel, etc) this is NOT the gate for you. I am stepping over it to avoid having to squeeze the latch. It is not super sturdy but I knew with past experience that wooden gates are not, especially ones this long. It will work for now and if I get a year out of it, I will be happy. But they need to be accurate with their descriptions because the length of the gate and hardware will not fit a 103" doorway.

I purchased this gate in June of 2012 and still use it daily! It has been a perfect gate for us to keep our dogs on the porch. We have very wide steps and needed something to close that opening and keep them safe on the porch. This gate does the trick. We didn’t paint, stain, or seal it and it has weathered to a dark brown over the years, as you would expect. But it looks fine and works great. Would I trust it to keep a baby safe? Probably not, but I wouldn’t trust any gate to do that and hopefully others don’t either. But if you need a an extra wide gate for your pets, this one is awesome and very affordable!

i searched high and low for a wide gate to span a 74.5 inch doorway that didn't cost $100. I had 2 doorways that width and that was just way too much to spend. Some of the reviews mention that it's not sturdy. I couldn't disagree more. My daughter likes to climb on them and stick her legs through, and shake the gate like she's in baby jail, and this gate hasn't even thought about being flimsy. It may SEEM flimsy because the middle is fixed and the both sides can extend out, which is how it can get so wide, so when you shake it the part that's doubled from not being all the way extended kinda wobbles against each other, but that is just the nature of this gate. There are metal clips holding the doubled parts together so it can only wibble that distance, a couple mm. So it's not flimsy at all, but can be perceived as flimsy if you're not paying attention. It was easy to install, you do need a drill though. And I love that both sides are able to be opened. I can also step over it with relative ease at 5'4" so you don't have to open it every time. I am so happy with these gates.

I have a 95” opening from living room into dining room that connects to kitchen. I wanted to keep the baby out of kitchen so this works for that large opening and it’s under $50. It’s tall enough to keep baby out but short enough I can still step over it if I don’t feel like unhooking it. I put up extra wood pieces on sides to hopefully cause less damage to drywall if babe starts jerking on gate. Easy to put together. Only issue I had on assembly was one of the four pre drilled holes where the two gate pieces connect together was slightly off alignment. If I got the screw through top right hole than I couldn’t get other one through top left, if I got screw through top left holes than I couldn’t get other screw through top right. I ended up securing the screw in top left hole and using my drill bit to drill out the right hole a little more to get the screw to fit through right hole as well. The holes on bottom lined up perfectly it was just one wonky top one but if that was my only issue with this under $50 gate I am happy 😆

Very flimsy. Lock gets stuck after a while. Not worth the price at all.