Extra Wide Soft Gate

Pros: It Fits! It Works! It was cheap!
Cons: None yet - but give it another kid... It may not fit all spaces.

Parents - The Stairs are Secure!

I originally wrote a review on the Evenflo Extra-Wide Soft Gate about thirteen months ago. Last January (2002) we stopped using it. We cleaned it off, boxed it up and stuck it in the storage...

Pros: Adjustable up to 5 feet, no hardware to attach to door frame
Cons: hard to store and can be difficult to put up

My daughter is now 9 months old and the process of keeping out of places she doesn’t belong has been underway for some time now. She has be come extremely mobile now. Many times you put her down and walk into the other room to do something and if you...

Pros: Tough design
Cons: Almost too tough, hard to tighten

The Evenfo Extra-Wide Soft Gate is designed to put up a barrier in between rooms so that you can corral your children or even your pets. I think it does an okay job, but there are some design flaws that I will discuss in this review. My ...

Pros: easy assembly, very strong pressure mount, washable, easy to store, soft but strong mesh
Cons: hard to install, not easy to use in varying spaces, thin padding over steel frame

The area in which we wanted to install a baby gate between our living room and kitchen is about 55” wide with one side being the edge of cupboards so that we didn’t want to hardware install anything on it. Most gates were either hardware installed or not ...

Pros: Soft, wide, Easy to use, washable
Cons: Tedious to adjust, have to step over it, shouldn't use with pets or on stairs.

Information on the Gate

The gate I have is originally made by Gerry. But, Evenflo purchased Gerry and now markets the gate under the Evenflo name. It is the exact same gate and I can order parts for it through the Evenflo company. It...

Pros: Expandable, soft, durable, fits in hard to fit openings
Cons: A pain to open and close--can you do hurdles?

The Evenflo Extra Wide Soft Gate is the only gate that fits in my apartment. I knew when my daughter started learning how to get around on her own that we'd have a problem finding a gate to fit our living room. We don't have any doorways so to...

Pros: great value, versatile, soft=no head bruises
Cons: have to step over or take down to get through

Our decision to purchase a child safety gate was a difficult one. At the time when my daughter was old enough to go where she shouldn't, our home had a staircase....but we were planning to move(already pregnant with number two and needed a larger home)....

Pros: Safe. Easy, no tools/screws required. Kids cannot climb over. Great for wide spaces.
Cons: You have to step over (it does not swing to walk through).

I have 4 of these gates. Yes, four. I have a very odd-shaped house with WIDE open spaces and wide door, hall and stairway openings. When my son was born, I was worried about finding the right gates to fit. These gates fit our needs. This extra wide ...

Pros: works for hard to fit openings
Cons: Everything else about this gate

Description and use

The Evenflo Extra-Wide Soft Gate is a soft, mesh-covered gate that has four side bars to keep it upright along with a tension rod in the top to install it into the opening. This is best used for those...

Pros: soft, wide, condenses for travel, ease of use
Cons: adjusting may take longer than the traditional wooden gate

We have several places in our house that are too wide for the typical up-to-42" safety gates. One very appealing place for our daughter is the stairwell. Ever since she learned how to climb stairs, she makes a beeline for them every chance she...

Pros: Inexpensive, temporary, good for very young kids and small animals, no permanent attachment
Cons: Not sturdy enough for long-term use

This is a nice little gate to take to Grandma's, to use at the babysitter's, or to block a room temporarily (like if you just mopped a floor, etc). Unfortunately, it is in my experience WAY too flimsy for every day use.

We bought one of...

Pros: Soft, will never come down and kids can't climb over it.
Cons: It will never come down...ever...never ever...ever...you get the idea.

If your looking for a gate that you can put up and keep it up so that no child will ever get to that room or down that hallway then this is the gate for you. If your looking for a gate you can take down and move it to another location or just want to get...

Pros: expandable all ways,and soft padded covering
Cons: none for me

I bought this gate when my daughter began to crawl to keep her from climbing on or up the stairs. I was worried that she would get hurt or into something that she was not suppose to. This gate worked very well for us and provided my daughter with the...

Pros: Safe, lightweight, easy to install, won't mar the woodwork or walls, pressure mounted tightly into place
Cons: have to swing a leg over or move to get into next room, initial use is tedious to get sizing right

Our house does not have the conventional doorways that most baby gates on the market fit. We have wide open doorways in the room we spend the most time in - our family room. I came across this gate in a catalog and it is now available at most stores...

Pros: Fits uneven doorways and hallways, easy to use
Cons: I can't think of any! It's a great gate.

When we purchased our house, I wanted a gate for the top of the stairs so if needed I could be upstairs for a length of time and my daughter could play without worry of her falling down the stairs. The staircase has a very wide opening at the top along...