Good all rounder of a safety gate

Advantages: wider than average gates, looks good, sturdy, easy to fit, cheap
Disadvantages: hard to open one-handed, trip bar gets in the way

...When my baby started to crawl, I started to research into safety gates so that I knew I was getting the best thing for my money and the most suitable for what I needed. I settled on one of these Lindam Easy Fit Plus Gates for the bottom of my stairs, and I chose a different one for the top. I was rather restricted in choice of safety gates due to the width of my staircase being rather larger than average. I chose this gate because it fitted within my price range, was wide enough for the gap and looked like it was going to be simple to use, combined with it being the winner of various baby safety awards, I decided that it was the right gate for me. Price - I purchased two gates together from Toys R Us, this one was £21.99 and the other a few pounds cheaper. Toys R Us have been running a special offer for some time that gives you...

bneleh 20.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lindam Easy Fit Plus Gate

The best car seat on the market

Advantages: safe, comfortable, easy to install
Disadvantages: slightly heavy!

...A rather bold title for my review but one that I stand by. This car seat is the best one on the market both in my opinion and in the opinion of Which? magazine. I am now at the stage where the next size up seat is needed and I will miss using this seat as it has proven to be very reliable, useful and efficient. Choosing a car seat There are so many options available to you when you look into buying a cart seat for a newborn. I was pretty bewildered by the amount of choice and the variation between them all. At first glance they look very similar but then they vary so different in price and functions that actually they do vary quite considerably. I mainly chose this seat because it had been recommended to me and because I knew it had fared top in Which? magazines safest car seats. There are many factors to consider when...

lorriellah 09.01.2010 · Read review
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Review of Maxi-Cosi Cabrio Car Seat

Excellent M & P pressure fit safety gate

Advantages: easy to fit and use, very secure
Disadvantages: haven't come across any yet!

...I recently purchased this safety gate for my nursery doorway, after leaving my 9 month old daughter alone in the nursery for 5 minutes, where I thought she was completely safe, only to come back and find her on the other side of the room and with no idea how she got there! I looked in both Mothercare and Toys r us and while the gates they had were fine, the samples we could look at were battered and it was unclear which was which. This prompted a trip to Mamas and Papas, where within 5 minutes I had tried, chosen and bought this safety gate and the staff had put it in the car for me (always a bonus!). It cost £29.99, so was slightly more expensive than the others we had looked at but worth it. Once home, I set about fitting it and by the time my husband decided to ask if I needed any help, I'd done it! It was extremely easy to fit...

oreilly2 18.04.2005 · Read review
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Review of Mamas & Papas Super Pressure Fit Safety Gate

Bettacare-Auto Close Stair Gates

Advantages: 3 sizes, auto-closing
Disadvantages: none

...For those of you who already have little children in the house, you will agree that safety in the home is paramount. Even if you have eyes in the back of your head, in your arms and legs and in every single room in the house, your child will still manage to wonder off undetected. It's great when they start to move, at first they progress slowly but it's only a matter of days before then can go from 0 -100 in the blink of an eye. So when our little one began to move we needed to start looking at stair gates, before he dive bombed down the stairs. At this point to me a stair gate was a stair gate, a gate that you fix across your stairs or to the entrance of a room to prevent children having accidents, or escaping from rooms. So how long would it take to purchase two gates! How wrong was I? There are millions (well not literally) to...

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Review of Bettacare Auto Close Stair Gate Safety Gate

An amazing car seat

Advantages: safe, cosy
Disadvantages: none

...Where to buy: This car seat is readily available. You can buy it from all the shops you'd expect to be able to buy them from including Halfords, mothercare, john lewis', toys r us etc. What do they cost: prices vary depending up on offers and stores but usually this car seat retails at £100. How do they attach? This car seat is different to many of the others on the market. It clips onto a base which is attached to your car, This makes it easy to get the car seat in and out of the car without waking up the baby. The car seat base is attached by the seat belt securing it in place and a metal leg which keeps it stable. Are they comfortable? This car seat is very padded and so a nice cosy seat for your baby. It comes with a head hugger which makes it cosy and safe for a newborn. This headhugger can be removed revealing much...

fearsafe 28.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi-Cosi Cabrio Car Seat

great car seat

Advantages: see rview
Disadvantages: expense, heavy

...I bought this when I had my baby as it was apparently the best on the market and I really can't find fault with it at all it has been the most reliable of our baby products and can't rate it highly enough. This car seat is different from others as it is suitable for up to 9 months whilst the majority of others are just up to 6 months. The seat is well padded and has a 'head hugger' so it is safer for newborns. This headhugger can then be removed once your baby is big enough. The straps also can be adjusted once your baby grows so that it is still safe and comfortable. The straps are easy to use- at first they were fiddly but once you have the hang of them then you know what you're doing they're easy! once you have strapped your baby in you then pull on the straps to make them tight so that your baby is safetly in place...

ditzygirl10 13.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi-Cosi Cabrio Car Seat

Before buying a stair gate, read this op

Advantages: no. 1 safety, difficult operating mechanism for children to use
Disadvantages: none that I can think of

...When I moved into my new home the only thing I was unsure of was the fact it had split level bedrooms, the master being downstairs and the smaller upstairs. Considering there was just no way I could fit a double bed in the upstairs room after weighing up all options and what ifs to do with my daughter being upstairs with a gate fixed or downstairs and near to the front door and easy walk through access to the rest of the house including kitchen! I decided I had no option but to hunt around for a top of the range safety gate that wouldn't let me down so that I could rest at night knowing she was safe upstairs. I did at first buy an extending gate as the opening to the top of my stairs is wider than average as it has a large step at the top which you have to turn right off of to step onto the landing but I didn't feel at all...

GraingerN 05.03.2001 (06.03.2001) · Read review
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Review of Mamas & Papas Super Pressure Fit Safety Gate

Super stair gate which keeps the dog where I want him

Advantages: Strong and easy to fit; keeps the dog where I want him
Disadvantages: None

...I needed something to stop my puppy from tearing upstairs and eating my shoes and the cat's food, but didn't want to strat drilling holes in my 19th century stair post or walls. I looked at various stair gates online but without seeing them in the flesh, couldn't assess the size of the opening - a friend has one that only a supermodel could get through! Luckliy there is a Mothercare not too far away so I looked at what they had to offer. Although there wasn't one made up on display, a very helpful member of staff took one out of its box so that I could see the complete style. The gate is white metal, so blends in with most surroundings, and has just a bar at the bottom rather than a step which can be difficult to negotiate. This is a pressure-fit gate (so no holes, screws or glues), just some easily fitted and adjustable soft...

tynegal 07.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mothercare Easy-fix Premium Safety Gate

Great gate - does the job!

Advantages: Nice, sturdy, gate, no drilling required
Disadvantages: None

...I bought two Lindam Alarmed Safety gates from Boots online at £24.99. Check their site regularly as they often have offers for free delivery or extra Advantage card points on baby items. The gates arrived well packaged and with easy to follow instructions. FIXING IT TO THE WALL These gates can be fixed to the wall by adjusting the four pressure "bars" they come with. Lindam's advice - for extra safety - is to secure the two top pressure points to the wall by using screws (included in the package). Personally I have only used these screws for the gate at the top of the stairs for extra safety as, once fitted, the gate is pretty sturdy. I pushed it with all my strength and the gate didn't move an inch! UNLOCKING IT/TWO WAY GATE The gate is white and comes with a blue handle. To open it, you need to press a button...

Fanta7 25.03.2007 · Read review
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Review of Lindam Alarmed Two Way Safety Gate

Brilliant infant car seat

Advantages: Excellent for safety, comfort and totally practical
Disadvantages: no negatives for this product

...I used this for my daughter and used it from birth right through to the upper weight limit which is actually higher than most other car seats in this category. She always seemed so content in it and happily napped when travelling. The sun canopy is excellent, great for protecting the baby when driving and carrying about. Sun canopy also stores away easily when not in use, remaining attatched but out for the way. I also bought the easybase which made loading and unloading baby from car very quick and easy - especially when its raining which it so often does here. Also purchased mosquito net & Raincover both excellent purchases and in the UK I certainly needed them. I liked the fact that there were internal pads that could be removed as she grew to enable more comfort and space for her within the seat. Covers are easily removed for washing...

chippy20 22.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Maxi-Cosi Cabrio Car Seat