Lascal Kiddyguard

[Blackduck]

Hi
I'm thinking about buying stair gates and for various reasons am quite attracted to the Lascal Kiddyguard (this is the one like a rollerblind on its side...). As it isn't exactly the cheapest stair gate on the market I wondered if anyone has one/has experience of them, or has views on stair gates generally.

Hi Blackduck, which stair guard did you get in the end? DS has just started crawling so I need to start thinking about purchasing one quite sharpish!

Have searched old threads but could only find this one related to brands of stair guards.

Any tips from other mums would be appreciated

Hi Karen99 - I still haven't gone for one - DS is still not moving so no big concern in that direction yet...
Have read (somewhere on here I think...) that the Lascal one isn't as simple to open as the manufactures claim, but that it is sturdy or discreate.....
But, like you, I'd like more info....!

Hmmm. Will have a look around and post any feedback. But it's always good to hear from experience, isn't it!

We bought several different pressure fit stairgates - a couple broke, or didn't work properly. The best (but not cheapest, of course) was the Mamas and Papas Surefix deluxe. We had no problems with that.

We have the Kiddyguard one at the bottom of our stairs. I like it as it is discrete (blends in with our magnolia hallway!) and does it's job - with no hazzards such as a swinging gate or bar at the bottom to trip over. However, we found it fiddly to fit (definately a 2 person job as you have to unroll the gate in order to be able to screw the fitting onto the wall - maybe we were doing it wrong!), and I would challenge the manufacturers to be able to open it one-handed!!

We also have two pressure fit gates (one for the kitchen, one for ds's bedroom). I think the brand is Kiddyproof. These are fine, but I wouldn't want them near to the stairs because of the trip bar at the bottom.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the replies! Hadn't even thought about a bar along the bottom.

Ideally we want one that doesn't have any fittings so we can move it around - or do you find that you need several cos it's just such a hassle to keep moving them?

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Stressyhead - how do you open the Kiddyguard with one hand - I'm obviously doing something wrong!!

I have to use one hand to move the catch thing away and hold it in place, and the other one to unclip the rollerblind bit. I can still do this whilst holding DS, just have to grip him against my side with my elbow!! I'd love to hear how to work this gate properly!!

Thanks

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Trip bar is a pain - we do have a pressure loaded gate on the kitchen door (there to stop the dog...) and I can't count the amount of times the bottom has been kicked out...hence thinking about the rollerblind job!

Thanks Stressyhead!!

That's brilliant - can't believe we have had this thing up for so long and I hadn't figured it out!! DS says thank you too, as he will no longer be subjected to the elbow squeeze grip everytime we go downstairs!!

We had the Kiddyguard and it worked fine for us, but most of my friends made a hash of opening and closing it, to the extent that they wrecked it (bust spring I think). So for us it would be fine upstairs but not down where other people were using it (mine blocked the doorway between living room and hallway and people had to unhook it to get to the loo etc). That said some people never seem to manage stairgates (I'm one of them!) but I was disappointed when this one gave up - esp as it costs so much.

We had the Kiddyguard at the top and bottom of our stairs too.

Best thing was the fact that once DS was in bed we could leave it open (i.e. rolled up) and that was really helpful for us going up and down the stairs but also with visitors staying.