EZ-Fit: Baby Gate Walk Thru Adapter Kit for Stairs + Child and Pet Safety - Protect Banisters + Walls (Single Pack, 36 Inch)

The product definitely looks cheap but it worked on our stairs and does exactly what we need it to do. Plus it was half the price of the other one. Honestly you don't even notice it ones its with th gate. Overall very satisfied with it.

I dreaded the thought of drilling holes into my wooden bannister when it was time to install gates on my stairs. I researched some DIY projects for building gate adaptors and then I found this item. For the price it was worth it for me to purchase the kit rather than try to build my own. I originally bought one for the top of my stairs to see how well it worked. Installation was super easy. It has a cut out in the top and bottom. You take a Velcro strap and thread it through the board around the bannister and through the velcro hook. I pulled the strap as tight as I could possibly get it. Even with the strap as tight as possible, slight movement of the board still occurs when the gate is used. The slight movement however does not stop the gate from functioning as it should. My gate still opens, closes and latches properly.Disclaimer: One of the reasons for the slight movement may be that I am unable to place the adaptor completely on the ground. I have molding around the foot of my bannisters so I had to place the adaptors about an inch or so off of the floor. So for those of you who can't place the adaptor directly on the floor this item is still effective.The item was so effective I bought another one for the bottom of my stairs when I had to install a gate there. I was slightly disappointed with one of the straps. I received two different versions of the strap. One was like my original model and a good quality. The 2nd was a different model and was of lesser quality. Both straps still held the piece of wood in place though. I bought the same gate for the bottom and top of my stairs and both work properly with the adaptor kit. I am so glad I don’t have to worry about finding a way to patch my bannister when I do remove the gates.

Purchased two of these for use at top of the stairs banister to banister gate (Evenflo Secure Step Hardware Mount Metal Gate).My banisters are slightly offset so I needed these boards to stay along the edges rather than direct center of the banister vertical midline. After initial set up with the included padding and velcro straps, I found that the boards would slide themselves to the center. So to prevent this I had to add my own Command strips. I also added some foam wrap to fill the excess space between the strap and boards, but this is probably unnecessary (see photo). Without the Command strips, I would not feel comfortable with the stability of this product.Another issue I had was that these are thin so the screws for the Evenflo gate need to be drilled deeper than these boards. So for my purposes, I still ended up drilling through these and into the banister. I could probably have gone to Home Depot and bought shorter screws than the gate hardware. I didn't really care about drilling into the banisters though.The main reason I needed these was that the top mounting portion of the gate align with the round narrow part of the banister. Without these, I would not be able to mount the gate.

I really appreciate this product. Tops of stairs are so tricky sometimes for baby gate installation! This made it possible for us to use the Cardinal Gates Stairway Special Gate, which was the only one we found that doesn't need a nearly 90-degree fit with both sides of the staircase to work. I swear, finding something for the top of our stairs was driving me nuts--ordering and returning things, conjuring possible hacks, etc. This was the missing piece that helped me solve the puzzle.The wood post is nicer than anything I could've made--sanded down, with smooth slots for the velcro, nicely painted, etc. I don't know what the plastic clips are for...they didn't do anything useful in my situation, so I gave up on them. Yes, it's a simple solution, but that's fine by me!On the down side, the board was still allowing wiggle even when strapped on as tight as I could get it and even when using the little foam pads included in the kit (hence the 4 stars--this was almost a game-ender). I fixed that problem, however, using Command Strips. Those things are awesome. We haven't had any problems or looseness even with a few violent test pulls/pushes. It's been up a couple months now.

We tried some of the baby gates that are made for banisters and wall mounts, but for some reason the dry wall could not keep the screw and anchors in for the life of it. Which definitely is unsafe since our girl was starting to crawl and climb up. We had two Regalo 192” Adjustable Baby Gate that we’d originally put together for a gigantic square play area. We wanted to use the wall mounts from this gate to create a small gate that was “away” from the stairs. Finding this mount adaptor for the banister was the prefect solution! It was easy to screw eight into and it holds on the banister very firmly. And luckily, the wall mounts on this gate don’t pop out from the wall like the other gate gifted to us. So, THIS banister adaptor + adjustable baby gate = just the right top-stair baby gate I was looking for.