Carlson 29–36.5” Extra Wide Dog Gate with Small Pet Door, Walk-Through Pressure Mounted Metal Indoor Pet Safety Gate, Tested and Trusted by Pet Parents, American Designed, American Owned

We have used these gates for years (I also have an older one that doesn't have the smaller pet-door in the middle) and find them reliable and mulit-functional. Without the outer extensions, in the picture, this would be just the main center piece, without the two extensions on the sides, the "smallest" space it will fit is a narrow inner-doorway (think smaller half-bath door frame). The center piece also perfectly fits a traditional bedroom door frame (we have two of these installed on standard bedroom doors in our house). With the two extensions (included) it can fit even larger spaces (use one, or both).First-time setup may take a few minutes, just to make sure you get it right, but it really just takes a couple of minutes to install the door (I did it, 6 months pregnant). In short, there are long dowel/screws that stick into the outer edges, which brace it against the wall. Now, this is not flimsy, which was my original first-thought when I opened the first gate years ago. These are very sturdy, and really, really hold! They brace right against the wall. For your convenience, the box also contains some sticky rubbery pads that you can adhere to the wall, which should stop skid, if you have slippery walls (I don't know why you would, but I'm not one to judge...lol). Another option, and this is important for top- or bottom-of-stairs, is to screw in a permanent bracket against the wall. The instructions note that this is for safety...I imagine that the bannister the dowel presses against could give over time, which may make the gate loose.But if this is not going at the top of stairs, installation is super-easy and fast, with an easy-to-open handle. The handle is different than our older one. Its larger, but I like it better. You simply lift it up on the non-hinged side (has a stapler-like action) and it pulls back the latch. For added security, there is a red "lock" button. If you press the handle all the way down, the red spring-loaded lever will catch. This is optional- if you simply don't press the lever all the way down to snap it in, then you just raise the handle to open the gate the next time (we don't snap the lock yet, as we just have the dogs for now). Once in the "lock" position, it requires that you slide the red lock backward, then you can lift the handle as normal to open the gate. Again, not required that you "lock" it, but a nice option.The gate is white metal, works very well, super-sturdy (including the wall braces). I'm satisfied with this purchase, and wouldn't hesitate to buy this brand again!

I really, really like this gate. Fits a standard door, comes with an adapter for any wider door. Was very easy to install, you just twist the knobs until they will almost fit your door, get it in place, and then tighten as needed. Easy peasy.There is a room we consider to be our cat's room. That's where we feed them, that's where their cat tower is, there is a litter box back there, etc etc. This gate was PERFECT to allow the cats to have passage but keep out their slightly larger doggie brothers. It is also the room where all my board games are and I do a lot of crafting. So sometimes I don't want the cats in there either. I can simply shut their little door and then no one gets in. It's so perfect for our uses. I want one on every door in my house to be able to more easily control the flow of animals.It's very stable too. After installing of course the dogs wanted to check it out, and even after trying to crawl through and getting stuck it didn't budge. It came with the option to fully screw it into the wall for extra stability, but I didn't need that for my purposes. It hasn't moved a centimeter since install.

I bought this gate over 4 years ago when my youngest dog was an untrustworthy pup. The doorway to my tiled den is extra wide so I needed a gate that could accommodate that width. I also needed a gate that was walk-thru because there are some physically challenged people in my home who would have a hard time stepping over conventional gates. This gate installs easily and securely, adjusting for a perfect fit in my doorway. It comes with two extension panels and you can purchase additional ones if your doorway is wider than 44".It's tall enough that my little dachshund mix (who can sometimes fly when properly motivated) cannot jump over it, but adult humans can easily operate the latch that opens the walk-thru gate. The kitty door at the bottom of the gate had to stay closed at my house because it was perfectly sized for a wiener dog, but my cats were not interested in going into the den with the horrible little dog creature anyway so it wasn't a problem for me.Fast forward to last month. My little dog has become sufficiently trustworthy that the gate has been stored in the basement for a couple of years. However, my eldest daughter has added an indoor miniature pot belly pig to her household of 4 cats.Mookie the pig is now 7 months old and about 45 pounds. He is also an adolescent and a little more stubborn than he used to be. Last month, he decided that rooting around in the cat litter box was loads of fun and seemed to plan his day around this delightful activity. My daughter and her cats were less than thrilled since the pig was vigorously flinging litter everywhere!I remembered the gate in my basement and took it to my daughter's home. She really needs the kitty door because one of her cats is elderly and has only 3 legs so she cannot jump over a gate anymore. After installing the gate in the doorway to the laundry room where the litter box is, Mookie promptly showed us that if he maneuvered just right, he could get thru the cat door in the gate. Luckily, I saw the customer images which demonstrated using cable ties to keep the cat door from opening completely and it worked perfectly.Fortunately, Mookie has grown enough that he cannot get thru the cat door anymore no matter how hard he tries so we've dispensed with the cable ties. The gate works perfectly and my daughter no longer comes home to dirty cat litter strewn around her laundry room floor.The gate is made of powder coated steel and the white paint is extremely sturdy. My household has multiple cats and dogs and children and it still looks brand new after 4 years. The style is fairly innocuous and seems to look as good in my daughter's modern home as it did in my 100 year old house. (Let's face it - a pet gate is not an accent piece so innocuous is about as good as it gets.)If you are looking for a pet gate that will fit extra wide doorways and can be easily walked through by humans, I think this gate may be just what you're looking for.

First, this gate is more sturdy than I expected. It's mostly aluminum with a few plastic parts. More on that in a moment. The gate comes with all of the parts you need to install it without any tools of your own. It also has a little pet door that a small dog or a typical cat can fit through so if you have pets and toddlers, you can leave the pet door open and the main gate closed. The gate also has a plastic mechanism that allows you to open the gate in one direction or the other, or to open it in either direction.The gate installs easily in about 5 minutes, but you have to pay attention to a couple of key things in the installation instructions (and be aware of a couple of things not in the installation instructions).1) Not in the installation instructions: The gate comes with an extension in case your doorway is more than 32.5" wide. If your doorway is close to that width, try inserting the extension and and THEN the "spindle rods" and check to see whether the BOTTOM of the gate will fit in your doorway (the top will not fit at this point - this is by design, and it will fit when you're done). This is important to check because if your doorway is 33" wide or more, you need to use the extension because the spindle rods need to be extended no more than 2.5" on either side when you tighten them. My doorway was 32" exactly, and that means that the spindle rods are extended 2.25" on each side of the gate, and the extension is just a bit too wide to fit my doorway.2) Included in the Instructions - When you install the gate, you have to tighten the bottom spindle rods first, but not quite all the way. Do not try to tighten the top spindle rods first. I installed the bottom horizontal frame of the gate flush with my floor, however, you need to be aware that when you tighten the top spindles, the gate will pull up slightly on the side where the gate latch is, which means that the bottom spindle rod will also pull up slightly and the base of the frame will not be perfectly flush with your floor. You can also install the gate so the bottom frame is up to 2-3" above your floor if you prefer.3) Included in the Instructions - When you tighten the top spindle rods, it's going to look like the top of the gate frame is too wide for your doorway and that the gap where the latch is will look like it's too wide. When you tighten the top spindle rods, particularly the one on the side where the latch is, the gap will close. This is by design. You just need to tighten the top spindle rods to make sure that the latch closes securely, but not too much. It's easy to adjust.The gate also comes with four plastic "wall cups" that you can screw into the door frame and the spindle rods sit in those wall cups for a little added stability. I was installing the gate as a pet gate, so I don't need the wall cups and skipped them. However, if you are using the gate as a baby gate, you should follow the instructions to install them (which entails drawing a circle around the base of each spindle rod, loosening the spindle rods and removing the gate, and then installing the wall cups with the screws provided - in which case you will need a philips screwdriver).The only reason I give the gate a 4 star rating for "sturdiness" instead of 5 stars is because of the way the top spindle rods tighten and hold the top of the gate in place. Unlike the bottom of the gate which has a single horizontal frame piece (after you screw the two end frame pieces together at the beginning of the installation), the top is a little less sturdy because it has to have the hinge and the latch to open the gate. The spindle rod on the hinge side of the gate is therefore a little bit looser than the rest of the spindle rods. You can't tighten it too much because then you won't be able to open the latch. Again, for a pet gate, this is fine, but for a baby gate, it's super important that you install the wall cups to ensure that the top spindle rod can't slip out of the frame. It would take some pulling or pushing at the top of the gate to do that, but it's definitely possible if you don't install the wall cups.Overall, this was a good value for the money. I have used different baby gates in the past. This one is far more sturdy than the plastic or wood pressure gates, and it's a good value for the price.

I’m buying a second gate. The first gate I bought was to keep my dog out of the rabbit room but still allow my cats and bunnies into the room to relax and use their litter box without a curious dog in their face. I like this gate so much, I’m buying one so I can keep my dog in my bedroom while my roommate is gaming so my dog doesn’t demand attention. It’s a very stable gate, and I use it without screwing the bits into the wall. It’s not to heavy, but sturdy enough for a 90lbs tall rough collie. The pet door however is not big enough for a Flemish giant or giant angora but ideal for small to medium bunny breeds. The little door took some encouragement by the cats, but after a few goes, the bunnies felt comfortable with the new gate. I only had one accident, where a very big bunny got stuck like Winnie the Pooh in the honey tree, but it was easily fixed, and the gate didn’t tip over and no trauma was inflicted. I find the gate is easy to use with my arthritis, and the door opens and closes without issue.

Exactly what we needed for our doorway to the basement. Easy to install and easy to operate, and so far has stayed in the doorframe very snugly despite a 6 and 9 yo slamming it open and closed. We did use a baby fridge safety latch to close the cat door to just small enough to keep our mini dachshund out but let our cats through to their litterboxes in the basement (the reason we got the gate to begin with). If you need to let cats through but keep small dogs out, you will probably need to rig the cat door to only open wide enough for a cat, but it is possible to do that if you're inclined. I like this the best of all the gates we have!Update to answer (hopefully) some recent questions:I have this gate and it is used for both our mini dachshund and our youngest child. The sticker on my gate (purchased in the last 6 months) actually says it is a pet gate, but that WHEN used for children, the pet door should be closed and latched. Obviously this renders the gate less useful for those with crawling children or even small toddlers if the pet door use is the intended goal! That being said, I would guess that the maker is interested in limiting their liability should someone let a crawling/toddling infant get lodged in the pet door while unattended. In my opinion, the risk of that if you're watching your crawling child is probably minimal (just my opinion of course-not a recommendation for anyone to use the pet door with tiny kids around). My kids are just out of their preschool years, but I think I would have used the gate anyway and been very alert to their proximity to the gate had I needed to do so when they were younger (we actually installed a regular cat door in our old house's basement door for the cats to get to their litter box, but to keep our first born out of that stairwell and the basement. She never once tried to go through the cat door, though it was the same size as the pet door on the Carlson gate.)Another precaution with children involves not installing at the top of stairs (I think most pressure mounted gates are not 100% with toddlers when mounted at the top of a stairwell/staircase). Ours is installed at the top of the basement stairs with plenty of floor space between the gate and the first step, but I would not have risked that with a very young child.On the subject of the pet door dimensions (7" wide x 10.5" tall available space), we have a 9 lb. mini dachshund who is smaller than our 4 cats so we have to rig the pet door to only open wide enough for a normal size cat to squeeze-and I do mean squeeze- through. We actually use a zip-tie type child safety lock to restrict how wide the cat door can open, it takes care of keeping our 9 lb. dog from getting to the litter box.So, long and short is I do not think that the gate was intended ONLY to be a pet gate, but the use of the pet door is advised to be restricted with small kids (again probably due to the liability if the company doesn't advise that).And as far as any difficulty opening the gate, I have found that when the gate is not mounted square in the door frame (it shifts after lots of openings/closing...stays firm but just not square), the gate latch becomes "off" and can be harder to open and close. Remounting/fixing the gate at the sides fixed the problem for us. Also, if anyone needs to know this-the pet door opens in both directions (though if you rig the pet door it stays open one way!). Okay, hopefully that answers questions people may have about the gate. :)Update 2-15-19: We have a regular span and extended span gate now and both are working well for our cats and youngest child. The extended span gate does slip over time so it needs to be re-aligned in the doorway at times but both gates have performed now for years and keep our younger kids out and our cats can get through easily. We do use baby rings to keep the pet doors open bc otherwise our younger kids would close the pet doors.

This gate has been absolutely perfect for our multi-pet household — sturdy, easy to install with no tools, and the one-hand latch mechanism works flawlessly to keep our dogs out while letting our cats pass freely.I want to specifically address the most common complaint in reviews: people saying the cat door cannot be removed or must be tied open, creating a tripping hazard. This is not correct — the door is fully removable and takes seconds.The cat door hinge operates on a spring-loaded pin mechanism. Simply push the pin down and tilt the door outward — it comes right off. No tools, no force, no frustration. I removed ours completely and we no longer have any tripping hazard when stepping through the gate.We use this gate to give our cats free rein of their sanctuary room while keeping two 80-pound dogs completely out — it handles both beautifully. The gate stays securely in the doorframe and has not bowed for us.If you are a cat owner in a dog household, this gate is exactly what you need. Just remember: push down, tilt out — and that little door is off in seconds.Also, forgive the mess as the bully on the other side just had a stuffed animal crime.

The gate itself is great. It's sturdy, not too heavy. It adjusts well. But I'm a bit irritated about one thing. The cat door is too big. My Shiba Inu's can fit through it. You'd think they wouldn't fit by looking at it. But both had squeezed through the door. Now I can't leave it open for my cats! 😔

I purchased 2 of these gates for my bloodhound. They are tall, which is great, and the door is large enough for me to pass through without any difficulty. They are sturdy, however, bloodhounds are a bit sneaky when left alone and she was able to push the gate down one time. She hasn't done it since as she is becoming accustomed to the gates. If you have a strong dog, I would recommend securing the gates to the door frame (hence the 4 stars on sturdiness) and it would work fine. Definitely recommend these gates.

Great value for money product... Neat packaging

nosotros la usamos para que el bebe no pueda pasar a la cocina pero los gatos si, va muy bien y se abre en ambos sentidos

Das gitter passt laut Angaben in einen 112cm Türrahmen unserer ist nur 103 cm und es passt nicht rein... Nicht zu empfehlen

We like that the gate swings in both directions. The cats loved the cat door put the dog figured out how to squeeze through. Didn't look like she should fit, so be careful with that.