The First Year"s Hands-Free Pet Gate - A Review
Pet Gates are needed for closing off areas we don't want our pets to wander in to.
They also create a barrier that we have to try and maneuver around.
Sometimes we are carrying items that don't allow us to open a gate or climb over it.
That's where The First Years Hands Free Pet Gate by "Learning Curve" comes into play.
This gate lives up to that claim with an innovative foot pedal that allows us to keep our hands free and carry those items.
This is a really cool gate.
By simply stepping on the foot pedal you nudge the gate open with your knee.
With the simple "knee-knocker" mechanism, this Hands Free Gate can do exactly what the name implies: be opened without having to use your hands.
Any parent occupied with pets or children, all of their necessities and dogs jumping around, (I have 3 Min Pins), will quickly recognize this as a huge benefit.
To operate, just step on the pedal with your toes and then bump the knee plate with your knee.
To close it, just nudge it in the opposite direction.
The hands free gate has a nice locking mechanism and "clicks" when the latch has locked so you don't have to worry that it's closed again.
Don't be skeptical about whether or not it will work for you yet is still actually "baby-proof.
It's for an adult to operate but too difficult for a child to open.
A child even up to 2-1/2 years old was not able to open it.
You see the weight needed to step on the pedal stops kids from having the ability to open it.
So, it's been designed with your pet's and child's safety in mind.
I really like the bars in the gates.
The have a nice powder coated metal finish and they are all vertical.
Anyone having a child around knows this is a good thing so they can't climb over it.
Besides that it has good visibility through the gate for your pet to see what's going on in the next room and won't feel left out.
Some of the technical stuff is that this pet gate does swing in either direction so it makes it easy no matter which way you go through it.
The gate fits in openings from 29" to 34" wide.
Since it includes one 5" extension, it will fit openings up to 39" wide.
An additional extension can also be purchased to fit an opening up to 44".
The gate is a pressure mounted device.
That means there are adjustable screws at the top and bottom of both sides of the gate.
By twisting these adjustable knobs at each of the four corners you can get a good fit into the doorway or between two walls.
The large rubber bumpers helps keep walls scuff free (which I liked because a lot of similar gates with those smaller bumpers would dig into the walls or leave really bad marks).
The gate is easily installed and should be noted to follow the directions.
This includes using the small plastic wrench to adjust and fine-tune the upper latch to the proper distance from the catch mechanism.
If you don't, the space available won't let you use a regular wrench.
All in all I like the gate and it's the first one I ever saw that I didn't have to worry about climbing over it.
With three Min Pins to keep contained, this is the way to go.
They also create a barrier that we have to try and maneuver around.
Sometimes we are carrying items that don't allow us to open a gate or climb over it.
That's where The First Years Hands Free Pet Gate by "Learning Curve" comes into play.
This gate lives up to that claim with an innovative foot pedal that allows us to keep our hands free and carry those items.
This is a really cool gate.
By simply stepping on the foot pedal you nudge the gate open with your knee.
With the simple "knee-knocker" mechanism, this Hands Free Gate can do exactly what the name implies: be opened without having to use your hands.
Any parent occupied with pets or children, all of their necessities and dogs jumping around, (I have 3 Min Pins), will quickly recognize this as a huge benefit.
To operate, just step on the pedal with your toes and then bump the knee plate with your knee.
To close it, just nudge it in the opposite direction.
The hands free gate has a nice locking mechanism and "clicks" when the latch has locked so you don't have to worry that it's closed again.
Don't be skeptical about whether or not it will work for you yet is still actually "baby-proof.
It's for an adult to operate but too difficult for a child to open.
A child even up to 2-1/2 years old was not able to open it.
You see the weight needed to step on the pedal stops kids from having the ability to open it.
So, it's been designed with your pet's and child's safety in mind.
I really like the bars in the gates.
The have a nice powder coated metal finish and they are all vertical.
Anyone having a child around knows this is a good thing so they can't climb over it.
Besides that it has good visibility through the gate for your pet to see what's going on in the next room and won't feel left out.
Some of the technical stuff is that this pet gate does swing in either direction so it makes it easy no matter which way you go through it.
The gate fits in openings from 29" to 34" wide.
Since it includes one 5" extension, it will fit openings up to 39" wide.
An additional extension can also be purchased to fit an opening up to 44".
The gate is a pressure mounted device.
That means there are adjustable screws at the top and bottom of both sides of the gate.
By twisting these adjustable knobs at each of the four corners you can get a good fit into the doorway or between two walls.
The large rubber bumpers helps keep walls scuff free (which I liked because a lot of similar gates with those smaller bumpers would dig into the walls or leave really bad marks).
The gate is easily installed and should be noted to follow the directions.
This includes using the small plastic wrench to adjust and fine-tune the upper latch to the proper distance from the catch mechanism.
If you don't, the space available won't let you use a regular wrench.
All in all I like the gate and it's the first one I ever saw that I didn't have to worry about climbing over it.
With three Min Pins to keep contained, this is the way to go.
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