Lumizone Extra Tall Cat Gate 61.02″ High Pressure Mounted Extra Wide 30.12″-34.05″ (17Sizes) 1.37″ Gap No Drilling Auto-Close Tall Pet Gate for Dogs (Black, 30.12″-34.05″/76.5-86cm)

Totally Satisfied – Tree is Safe From The Cats
So we now have two cats. Last year they were a menace with our tree to the point we resorted to disassembling it and moving it out of the living room and into a room with a door. This dampened our holiday cheer as it was a little used room and quite small with the tree added and it really damped our enthusiasm.Cue this year. We didn’t have the funds to go through the expense of having a door to the room we typically put the tree in installed with the features we wanted. It’s a strange wide doorway that enters at an angle so a typical door won’t work and it would also need a doorjamb installed. After a lot of research, I found this baby gate. Hopeful but skeptical we plunked down the not inconsiderable price and waited for it to arrive.Well…this thing is a friggin beast! We got the 61 inch height in hopes it would be too tall for the cats to jump. It arrived and we installed it. This was a bear to install. First off, the “don’t remove before installing” zip tie had snapped in the box and it was a b—h to wrestle closed enough to install our own temporary zip tie so we could do the install. One side of the support is installed at a slight V away from the door to cause the pressure so we had to squeeze these very heavy, very sturdy metal bars together and zip tie them so we could install. Installation actually wasn’t too hard, but if you order the big gate like we did, it’s a 2-person job for sure. As we plan to use this every year now, we will be installing a replacement zip tie BEFORE removing the door to prep for next year.I am happy to report that this year our tree has been cat free. It’s been two weeks and they have not found a way over the gate and the bars are too close for them to squeeze through. We pulled out all the decorating stops for the room and they are MAD they can’t get in to eat them.The tall door is somewhat difficult to get open. It’s for sure a two-handed job and you have to lift. As it is heavy and an inch taller than me, I find it more difficult to open than the taller men of the house, but it’s doable. It does have an auto-close feature up to a certain angle, past that point it will stay open, which is nice.Overall, I very much recommend it. Just know it’s heavy and be prepared to have help installing it. Oh, and watch out for the bar at the bottom, we’ve all kicked it multiple times walking in the room and so far the gate is holding firm.Updating: We made it all the way through Christmas without incident. The cats would stare at us forlornly through the bars whenever we were in the room, but they were unable to get inside to destroy/eat our decorations and tree. We considered leaving it up all year but decided against it as it does make the room feel more closed off. Taking it down was easy and we have stored it in our basement propped against a wall. I do recommend getting those wall protector things to keep it from making indents in the wall at the pressure points, we used those and had zero marks. Still incredibly happy with this purchase.Updated 12/24: The holidays are back around and we just put this back up. It installed super easily, the 10 zip ties we used before taking it down last year held up and the tree is once more safe from curious kitties.

Best pet gate I’ve ever owned.
Best gate I’ve ever owned. It’s sturdy, looks great, fits my opening perfectly and keeps my younger cat safe. It’s tall enough that the cats don’t even try to climb it and the bars are close enough that they can’t go through it. My 2 older cats suddenly started attacking my new younger cat even though I gradually introduced her to them. Maybe someday everyone will get along. Easy to install too.

Please read for safety purposes as these gates almost caused a horrific death in my family!!!
I purchased 4 of these gates and for the most part had been fairly pleased with them…aside from them all coming with some form of damage such as dents, scratches, etc they seemed ok… I use pressure rods in the door jam above to heighten the distance for my high jumpers… Anyway, they are supposed to open in either direction and kinda push back and stay when opened… one of my gates does not stay as the hinge is defective and unfortunately this almost cost me the life of one of my elderly cats… she had tried to go thru the gate and bumped into it as she is blind and deaf and it slammed shut on her head… I was outside putting the trash out and came in to hear her gasping … by the time I found her she was limp, blue, and lifeless!!! I had to rewatch the entire nightmare on camera to see what had actually happened and how long she was there… the screams, the blood from her foot trying to claw to get air, and the flailing is something I will never be able to unsee… she is 18 yrs old and if I had not gotten to her when I did she would be gone… I now use a heavy door stop evey time I use them in the open position but I feel people should be aware as to never have this happen to one of their babies… for the quality and condition they arrive in they are definitely way over priced but for safety purposes they definitely need better quality control and warnings… or maybe include door stoppers with the item if they can’t ensure a product that’s safe!