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Kolcraft Simple Shut Safety Gate - White | 
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| Brand: Kolcraft
Category: Baby Product
List Price: $39.95
Buy New: $24.99
You Save: $14.96 (37%)
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 501
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.1
Dimensions (in): 29.1 x 22.1 x 1.7
MPN: KE001-GWH
Model: KE001-GWH
UPC: 031878021842
EAN: 0031878021842
ASIN: B000RZLPLQ
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Great for doorways, hallways, and top of stairs | | • | Fits door openings from 24 1/4" to 41" | | • | Easy 1-hand open and shut | | • | Hardware mounted gate can open in either direction and has an extra wide walk through opening with no bar to step over | | • | 24 months and under |
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Product Description
Kolcraft Simple Shut Extension Gate The Kolcraft Simple Shut Extension Gate is one of the best baby safety gates around. It is certainly one of the most versatile models of baby gate as it features a flexible extension which makes it fit from 24.5 to 41 in. The Kolcraft gate is pressure mounted which means it is easy to take down and will keep walls or hallways from being dinged up. One of the standout features on this Kolcraft Baby Product is the gates ability to open in either direction. The gate swings wide open too with a no step over bar which helps separate it from other baby gates. The Simple Shut Gate from Kolcraft is one of the premier gates on the market.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Well made get, easy to use- easy to install. December 6, 2008
Dan J. Reed
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We have two of these gates in our house. I installed both of them. The gates, when installed properly work very well, and are very strong.
Our son has been crawling and pulling himself up for a few months now, and he is finally starting to really cruse around the room. These gates do a good job of keeping him from going up the stairs, and from falling down to the next level of the house. At this point he climbs up on the gate, and bounces and shakes it... its not going to open little boy!
The gate installs pretty easily. You will need SOME form of mechanical aptitude to assemble and install them properly. The gates come with hardware for mounting into a solid door frame, NOT DRYWALL! I would never install a hardware mounted gate into bare drywall, it simply will not be strong enough.
If you do plan to use this with drywall, add a 1" wide by 1/2" deep furring strip so the gate has a good solid wood surface to mount to.
The instructions are clear, it comes with cut-out templates that can be taped to the wall, so drilling holes is a no-brainier. It works well in our old house with crooked walls.
All you really need to install this is a good cordless drill (or screwdriver) and about 30 min, and a Phillips head screwdriver. I do not recommend your 9 month old "helps" you at all.
The gate opens well, and with out much difficulty. One key selling point for us us the fact that this gate does not have a "base/trip bar" that most other gates have. We don't want grandma and grandpa (or us!) falling as we carry the baby over the threshold of the gate.
The gate swings a full 90 degrees in BOTH directions, which is great!
To open the gate, you must swing a spring loaded latch out of the way, and then lift the gate about 1/2" of an inch.
Yes, there is a metal "bar" that is what engages the latch, but I picture it hard for a child to run, full speed and hurt themselves with this gate.. And, if your SMART, you can adjust the gate to the point where this metal bar only "sticks out" about 1/2"... hardly "eye gouging".. The directions point this fact out! RTFM people!!!!
The gate also does a fantastic job at keeping our dog in check in her space when we are gone out of the house.
The gates clean finish, and ease of use, and good quality construction make this a solid buy for us. I prefer it over the other brand gate we have (KidCo).. these gates are easier to use, were cheaper, and have a better finished "look" to them - they are also easier to open. It opens one handed, while holding the baby (me and my wife can do it! so can you!).
-Dan
Safety gate October 31, 2008
anachem
We've been using the gate on our stairway to keep our dogs downstairs for about a month now. It is used frequently and is holding up well. It is a good buy for the price. The only thing that could be better is the ease of opening and closing the gate, but that improvement would probably increase the cost. It isn't difficult to open, just not as easy as opening a door.
Love This Gate!! June 9, 2008
C. Sparks (Forsyth, GA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
We love this gate. It is easy to install and easy to use. We tried the wooden gates that have the adjustment bar but we kept tripping over it when we crossed into another room. This gate gets the job done for an affordable price.
 Metal end: Deal killer December 26, 2007
K. Ahmed
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Its a good idea for a gate overall, however, it has a huge flaw: When you open it, the end that goes into the closing mechanism sticks out. This end is made of metal (like the rest of the gate) and if a child comes running towards this little piece, it might just puncture a hole right through the child. Its supposed to be a safety gate, but sorry, its not safe at all due to that flaw.
For other people, the gate is somewhat heavy because its metal based, also it doesn't look too appealing. Kind of like a jail cell...but these weren't my concerns.
Other than that, I like the way it swings and it isn't too difficult to open.
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