BabyDan Configure (Medium 90-146cm, Anthracite)
BabyDan Configure (Medium 90-146cm, Anthracite)
Product Information
If your little one is crawling, this BabyDan Flex L wall-mounted safety gate is a great way to create child friendly areas in your home and keep the child safe. With the possibility to extend the safety gate with as many sections as you want, this safety gate is extra flexible. It’s the perfect fit if you have a wide or irregular doorway, staircase, fireplace or area in your home that you want to cover. You can use both small and large sections that you buy separately. You can easily access the safety gate with its wide gate that you can open either way with just one hand.
| Weight: | 6.8 kg |
| Dimensions: | 146 x 3 x 70.99 cm; 6.8 Kilograms |
| Model: | 56216-2600-10-75 |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Dimensions: | 146 x 3 x 70.99 cm; 6.8 Kilograms |
| Quantity: | 1 |
Easy to fit and great for an awkward stair configuration – really pleased with produc
Perfect extra large gate ideal for large room and wood stove.
This solved the problem of having a one year old crawling about and the patio doors open! We obviously realised that the little thing could go headfirst onto the patio. Now the problem is solved, patio doors open when the weather permits and grandchild nice and safe away from the door and glass!
Used for protecting a staircase with no bannister to secure a normal stair gate , did the job perfectly secured with the brackets , not always the easiest to remove from the brackets for cleaning etc but once you have the knack it got easie
As you can see from the first picture, I couldn’t have a standard stair gate so I ordered this one. The instructions were so easy to follow and the gate is sturdy. Naturally I would have preferred not to have to bore holes into my walls but there was no way round that for this type of gate. Very happy with my purchase
It’s a pity it can only be mounted to a solid wall, and not floor aswell .good and solid design.more suited to flat wall and not protruding fireplace.and no way it’s big enough for a playpen. Would need 2 for this
PURCHASED THIS GATE TO REPLACE A BABYDAN GATE WE HAVE HAD FOR 10 YEARS. NOT AS GOOD WE ARE FINDING IT HARD TO OPEN AND IT IS NOT VERY STURDY. ITS ATTACHED TO OUR DOORWAY AND MOVES QUITE A BIT WHEN TRYING TO OPEN. ITS EXPENSIVE AS WELL.
Our house gets very hot in summer and we have french doors from our living room but no window. Our dog kept going out and scrapping with the neighnours dog through the fence so we could never have the doors open and it was unbearable. This was the only baby gate we could find that was big enough to cover across our french doors and it has been perfect. Sturdy and dog safe, easy to open and close one handed and the dog enjoys looking out at the garden still!
Fantastic! I’ve brought babydan before which was our foldable stair gate, we were pleased with that. But brought this as with the hot weather we couldn’t use our french doors as the little could fall out. So needed something bigger to go across being able to have the doors open and not worry… This was perfect! Easy to install, I downloaded the app and used the instructions on there as video instructions is easy than paper, but had the whole thing put together and secured to the walls in about 20mins
And so pleased with it, we got it in black and it’s so modern and great looking.
This fire guard saved my Christmas! My 18 month old (at the time) was hell bent on destroying our Christmas tree and everything underneath it. This was the best purchase of all time and I cannot recommend it enough. We actually drilled it into the wall around the bay window and it worked brilliantly. It was good value for money and it’s not a cheap and cheerful breaks after once use item so now that we have another little one we will be using this for a good few years yet.
10/10 would recommend.
We bought this originally for the purpose of ensuring our puppy didn’t escape from the motorhome and also didn’t fall down the stair during the night. When not using the motorhome,we found it was an ideal fit for our french doors, so a second purchase was necessary to save keep moving it. It is ideal, easy to open with a discrete catch, we have had other stairgates for the dog, with a large squeeze handle and the pup (labrador) has managed to figure out how to open them. It fits perfectly in both the motorhome and in the house. Its well made and will last well.
A good reconfigurable system, we need two weird shaped baby gates and using two of these sets easily did it. When they are up they are solid (bigger kids have climbed over it and it didnt collapse!) But can be easily removed when not needed which is grea
I brought this for our dog who is recovering from surgery and needs a safe, small area. I haven’t fixed this to the wall, as I make it smaller or larger as needed, and will continue to do so, over the days / weeks ahead. It looks much tidier than the dog pens, so this is ideal for indoor use.
It is simple to put together, and once up, it can’t be pushed out of shape, so it is sturdy and secure.
Very happy with my purchase and I really like how I can buy another and connect them up if I need a larger area in the future.
A great product, well designed, easy to assemble and great looking. I bought it to protect my 12 week old puppy for the gas fire in my living room. It is extremely sturdy but easy to attach and detach from the wall when not needed. I have used the product continuously for the last month. I can thoroughly recommend this item.
After putting up our Christmas tree, the living room instantly became a sea of baubles (we have a toddler!) I ordered this after very little searching (it was quite obviously the most appropriate thing) and it does the job perfectly. My husband found it really easy to assemble, the joints can be set at a wide range of angles and judging by how much it has already been shaken, it’s incredibly sturdy! After Christmas I think we’ll be using it for other tasks – keeping toddler out of kitchen, away from bbq, away from cat food….I recommend this really highly.
As we are presently making our house safe in anticipation of a visit from our 14 month old grandson, we were looking for a sturdy fireguard suitable for a wood burning stove. The BabyDan fits the bill perfectly. It fixes easily and securely to the wall and is solid in construction so there is no movement. I like that we can still access our stove via the gate which is built in to the fireguard. We considered various sizes before purchasing and chose one which maintains a good distance from the stove. The system is flexible and you can choose where and how you fit the different sized panels to suit your space. It is also possible to purchase extension sections. We struggled to find a radiator cover for a very long radiator in another room so we decided to buy a second BabyDan and you can see from the photo that it works perfectly, keeping toddler away from a very hot radiator. I can also continue to use my dryers on the radiator. The other good point about BabyDan is that there are videos which clearly demonstrate how to affix the fireguards, that can be accessed via the Onbox app. We have just used one of these to aid the installation of our third BabyDan purchase, a safety gate for the top of the stairs, another excellent product.
It fitted the whole width as you can see from the images it comes with all the fixings we have two boys so it stops them from coming down to where my computers are and crawling under the table which is a safety issue – so I can still work and see them at the same time.
I like the fact you can put into the shape you need so going forward it is a gate I could still utilise even if I wasn’t still working from home.
It’s sturdy and I like that it’s no overly tall so as adults we can step over it rather than Lee using the gate, as you can see from the images it isn’t imposing which was a worry my husband had due to it being our living space we have actually got used to it being there.
I would recommend this baby gate to family and friends as it does offer a solution to a lot of problems if you have children or not.
As a childminder we have used gates like these over the years for lots of different things. I’m very happy to say that these gates are great quality and work brilliantly. Love that they come in so many different sizes and can be fitted together to make lots of different lengths and shapes. Brilliant product. 100% would recommend.
Great product, easy to assemble and gives you the peace of mind you need with log burners. I was looking for a product that looked nice as well as being able to rely on a gate to stop my baby going near our open fire. This is the second BabyDan gate I have bought and I would highly recommend their products! Each one has looked nice and does the job as described!
I bought a BabyGan fire guard as one of the few I could find long enough for my space. Its very well made, sturdy, easy to install and operate. I needed something similar for the patio doors and again BabyBan are one of the few safety gates that are long enough. I got the white version this time for the patio doors, its the same solid sturdy easy to install unit. I have no concerns that the toddler is going to unlock, pull it off or get beyond the safety barrier. You can adjust the angle so while not flat (not safe) its not protruding into the room much.
Product does what it is supposed to, and provided a suitable barrier to our patio doors. However compared to other child gates we have this ones quality feels somewhat less. I find that the gate is cumbersome some and difficult to open at times. So at times i just simply climb over, so not to bother with battle of opening the gate.
Our home has an open plan dining and living area and with large double doors at the end we felt we needed a room divider to allow us to have the doors open and our 1 yo can crawl around the other area to his hearts content.
We searched for a few hours looking for a room divider that would fit the size of the gap we wanted to divide the room through.
This particular model was close but over the size we needed which is the best way to be as the individual panels can be removed or angled to give you the space you need.
This particular product was easy to assemble and I didn’t even need to use the instructions.
It took about 20 minutes to put together and another 10 to install the wall fittings once I had all the necessary tools to hand.
A great product and if we need to change our configuration or need some extra panels we will be buying this brand again.
Firstly the instructions are useless!! Worse than useless, they have incorrect details on what is included and is configured for the larger size not the medium I purchased?????
I have a arch from living room to dining room that I needed to separate for my crawling baby, this was the only one I could find to fit the space. It arrived quickly and well packaged. I have had to fit from common sense, which seems simple enough after a bit of fiddling.
It does the job well, although its seems a little flimsy at first it does seem like it will last. Ideally a better fitting for the gate opening would be preferred but we’ll cope fine with this one. In fact we just step over it as it’s easier than opening and closing.
ALSO it does go straight, which none of the pictures show, and other reviews say it doesn’t, IT DOES I have added a photo
Good gate for bottom of turning stairway.
Black is by far a better colour as I had the white one and an awkward sky engineer wiped it out while coming down my stairs. Bought the black one to replace.
I bought this gate to section off a safe space for my puppy in an awkwardly large and angular corridor. This has worked perfectly. Its great quality was easy to install and can be adjusted to fit different spaces easily. I actually bought a cheaper model for a different corridor and really regret not spending the extra 10 because this model is much better. Just the headache or building the other one wasn’t worth saving 10!
Very sturdy gate. Although it has some weight behind it this is good because my little one has a habit of grabbing on to stand and shimmy across and without bolting this onto a wall it still stands very easily. I use it to cover my log burning stove or to span the room as a divider so half the room is child safe. Excellent price of kit.
Great colour, made a difference to get a gate that wasn’t white. The written instructions were very brief but was able to download instructions on an app Onbox which provided video clips of each stage of assembly. Easy to attach to wall, bracket remains on wall and you lift gate off it when you do not need it in place. We had a wide opening which was too wide for normal gates even with an extension. Really sturdy and worth the money.
This was just what we needed for when the grandchildren come to stay. We have a wide staircase and wanted something for occasional use. The wall brackets are screwed to the wall and we are happy to leave these in place. The gate can be removed from the wall brackets and stored away very easily.
My only problem was assembling the gate. The diagrams were too small, but eventually I figured it out.
Needed it to stop our 1 year old from going towards our fireplace. We had our local handyman install it – it didn’t take too long for him and he said it was easy to put up – I’m not very good at these things! It is very sturdy and has so far managed to keep our little one out of harm’s way and dissuade any interest in the area which is exactly what we needed it to do, so full marks in that regard.
It seems pretty sturdy so far and does have an additional two sections which could be added if we needed to increase it’s area.
Loses one star for two reasons:
1. I think for what it is, it’s very expensive as most child safety products are…which is wrong in itself!
2. The entry gate/the door/whatever you want to call it is very fiddly to open and not particularly sturdy in itself. Also, it isn’t very big – it’s awkward to get through when I have to do something in the fireplace itself, so even though it’s great at a keeping a child out entirely, it makes it very difficult and awkward for an adult to get through and do something too, and that’s when it’s open!
This gate looks good in black and stand out a lot less than a traditional white gate. We had to get a gate that wasn’t straight as we wanted it to fit between the breakfast bar and the corner of a kitchen wall. Screw in gates are already more difficult than the pressure fit gates but this was particularly fiddly. It says to screw into wood, so had to use a baton of wood on the wall. Also, instructions state you cannot fit this in a straight line, so keep this in mind if you’re measuring the space you want it to cover.
The main let-down with the gate is the flimsy plastic brackets – if our daughter stands up at the gate it can wobble a bit and I’m not sure if they’ll last. Having said all that, it does exactly what we need it to and really was the only solution for the odd shaped gap we had.
Bought this to prevent a puppy/dog getting into our lounge. The instructions are not too clear but if you lay the parts out & compare it withe the photo of the product you can make sense of it. I like the fact that it just slots into the retainers screwed into the door frame which makes for easy removal. I socialise puppies for a dog charity so in order to stop new puppies getting on furniture it works great. The door catch is a little strong but I guess it’s designed that way to stop young children as well.
I found this easy to fill my odd shaped, large stepped entrance to the living area.
My gap was just over 2 meters wide and the gate was really easy to install.
The gate clasp is sometimes a little hard to undo and close with one hand which is a pain if you are carrying the baby. Overall the gate does what i need it to do, stop the inquisitive younger from falling down the steps, but it does feel a little thin/ light especially when the 11mth old stands up, grabs it and shakes it like a prisoner trying to escape…..
Good quality product. I have a 120cm gap to fill. I selected this as I felt
it quite flexible for other purposes down the line e.g a christmas tree.
It is simple to fix although if you are fixing to wood the screws are very thick and can easily crack wood if you go against the grain.
Negatives I will be honest the mechanism for opening he latch isn’t great. I have a babydan step through baby gap so you don’t trip and that mechanism is much better. I also find the door doesn’t swing well unless held up as you do so.
Does it stop my child, yes. It is good quality yes.
For the price it’s top quality and recommend i
Used to cordon off half our conservatory for the rabbits in the winter so we could control when they got out the back door and protect things from being chewed etc! Really good and durable – one of them bites the bars and I haven’t found any marks yet. You’re supposed to screw the ends to tge walls but I haven’t needed to and it still keeps tgem in. Gate can be opened single handed if you’re dexterous enough and the joins between each panel can be angled to make the shape you need. Really pleased with this item!
We took the medium size which was perfect for our needs. It fixes to the wall on one side and the newel post nicely thanks to the adjustable height fixing brackets. Assembly was okay, I managed it with a bad back but it took a while to get the bits into the right position to make sure it would be just where we wanted it.
The gate opening mechanism could be easier to operate, it’s not too bad but I was hoping for something better. The fixing brackets are also plastic which could give concerns to its durability but no issues so far.
Extremely convenient, saved us on having to put in a new newel post and banister for now and was a very affordable solution. I would recommend to anyone with a more awkward setup needing a stair gate.
we bought this gate (and 2 extra side pieces) to fit around our very large fire place where we have a log burner. My husband found it really easy to install, its extremely robust and does not get hot when the log burner is on full (the metal gets warm but not hot). the gate is secure and it looks ok with the general room decor (as much as a baby gate can do!)
Really pleased with this product, so much so that my parents and my in-laws both bought the same one for their fire places too!
I bought this to create a barrier for my dog, so that he wouldn’t get out of the front door which fronts onto a road. It has been perfect and I have changed it’s configuration a few times to meet the needs I have.
Whilst I am using this as a pet guard, I can see it would have many uses around the home.
The opening latch is a bit stiff, but I think that is its newness.
Great product at a great price and the availability of modular pieces makes it a value for money product.
Only had this assembled and up for one day, but so impressed. Construction is clearer and high quality, and can be arranged to fit numerous situations. 3 long sections and 2 small sections (any of them can attach to the wall). I had a 2.3m gap to span and this worked great, leaving me with one spare small piece. Having bought a second one, I can add that bit in to the other one too. Pretty sure you could make a free standing circle with it if you had enough pieces too.
Very easy to put up, you do want to be competent putting rawl plugs into a wall, if not going into wood.
Durability 4 only as I have only had up for 1 day, but it FEELS solid, and if it kept my toddler in for a day… it will last a decade!
Great room divider. Purchased to close off an open plan kitchen from a Toddler, but also works well at enclosing a new puppy. We purchased the black for a black and white kitchen and it looks good. Extra pieces are available to buy which we did as we needed one extra piece. We also purchased an extra set of wall fixings so that we could use it elsewhere in the house as needed.
My only complaint would be that it doesn’t fold away neatly like the old Babydan playpen that we had. You have to take it apart and store all the pieces separately which is a pain once the box has been thrown away!
Well I’m glad we found the BabyDan hearth gate.
It fulfills our brief perfectly. It has multiple sections which you can adapt to your particular fireplace with ease and you position the opening gate where you need it to be to access the fire. You can add or remove extension panels as necessary and even purchase additional extensions if you have a particularly large fireplace.
In terms of fixing, it can be screwed into the wall, but we haven’t got that far yet and despite this I can rock on the gate without it even attempting to fall over, which shows you how sturdy it is.
Aesthetics-wise, it looks fab, the black metal means it ties in nicely with the log burner and it’s doesn’t actually look out of place.
The metal stays cool to touch once the fire is lit and we have no issues with our little girl playing in the living room when the fire is going now.
As a bonus, the guard can also be adapted for use as a room divider; great if you have an open plan living space but need to section off a baby safe area for your little one.
Yes it costs a lot more than the cheapest fireguards but you definitely get what you pay for. It’s well designed and looks the part.
I bought this as a ‘fence’ to keep my baby son away from my collection of scorpions and tarantula. There are lots of wires from sockets to heat mats so the area could be considered quite dangerous aside from the animals themselves. The ‘fence’ is well made, sturdy, looks good, has a gate in the centre and was easy to fit by simply assembling it and screwing the brackets into the wall. The best bit was the fact that you can choose any angle you want for either end to sit at so it doesn’t need to be a straight line or at right angles. I now have an area where the animals are safe and I can enter and close the gate behind me, and most importantly my son is safe and cannot smooth the tarantula when daddy is not looking.
This gate was a lifesaver for us – we have a particularly strange layout for our top step of our staircase and the Configure gate was a perfect fit. We thought we were going to have to resort to asking a carpenter to add a wooden baton to one side of our top step, but the Configure made this unnecessary. Although the hinges and brackets are plastic, which means the gate does move a little if you shake it, it definitely feels sturdy enough. We put screws in every screw position, although I believe the gate was only supplied with 8 screws.
Do agree with other reviewers that the instructions are a bit lacking. We found it easier to build ourselves without trying to follow the confusing pictures.
This BabyDan gate is is lightweight so it is easy to manoeuvre and set up as well as being secure. The gate is easy for an adult to open yet difficult (as you would expect) for a child to open. I particularly like the fact that the handle is the same colour as the gate so doednt grab the attention of our daughter. The colour of this gate means that it is modern and doesn’t stand out as a ‘baby gate’ like white ones do. We will keep ours up for a long time, it already feels part of the home.
Excellent… This has made life so much easier and safer as grandchildren are staying with us temporarily and we have a open plan living space..Fitting was a little awkward but once in place.. Perfect.. Would recommend this product for anyone with a large space of any kind that you wish to make safer for children or animals.. The only gripe I have with it, is that no one has mastered closing it properly with 1 hand..which can be awkward when you have an extremely large dog trying to get thru one side and you are carrying somebody or something but opening it is a doddle for us adults after a couple of days of practice but safety side is that we have a gate at the top of the stairs that can easily be opened by my 3 year old granddaughter which is good for her now as she is allowed upstairs but she can’t open this one..l hope this is helpful to the people out there, like myself, that weren’t aware you could get such versatile safety gates. I would have bought it a long time beforehand lol I would also like to add that I have solid wooden floors and there is obviously some movement in the whole structure when pushed and pulled by a 1 year old and as its metal I was aware that over time it would scratch the floor, so we put the sticky pads on certain points to stop this happening..
This is a very sturdy Hearth gate, we have it around our stove, so I wanted it to open enough to put logs into the stove, but not close enough to let a toddler reach through and get burned. It has passed both tests.It is a little tricky to understand the instructions but,study the pictures, yes it’s that kind….. make sure you have them all facing the correct way, up or down, the gate will give you a clue, which is probably a good piece to start with.
as it has to be positioned correctly. I would recommend at least two people to fit it together or a lot more if they don’t read or even look at the pictures, yep, I am speaking from experience, but having said that we got there.
This guard could be used outside too, such as pets or the barby, then you could have loads of people arguing about which way is up.
I’ve had to order a couple of 33cm extension pieces to keep it a safe distance back from the wood burner.
That aside, it’s every solid when the corner pieces are locked in it feels just as strong as the fixed pieces. Quick release/connection from/to wall too, which I child wouldn’t be able to work out.
Being able to add pieces on makes this very adaptable.
purchased to stop our daughter from touching our log burner and has done the job perfectly. Its much less unsightly than a cage and also provides easy access to the burner for adding wood as it has a gate. I would say that make sure you measure adequately as we had to purchase an extra panel which was quite pricey as there was not enough of a gap between the guard and the burner and the bars may get hot.
Only downside are the rubbish, pale instructions, so that lost the final star for me. So here are a few tips:
When you open your box you will find: Your gate; 3 loose bars; 2 side pieces connected with the 4th bar (no it is not missing!); 4 finishing tops, 2 end wall brackets.
First you need to work out how to separate the two side pieces. Take hold of the middle connecting bar and pull upwards into / towards the cone shaped section which releases the bottom of the bar just enough to slip it out of its holding base. That’s it!
To connect the gate & side pieces together. Line up the two pieces so the top and bottom of your gate and side section fall flush on each other. At the top is the cone shaped section, the bottom a flat section. When the fittings are flush, insert your bar into the cone section first adding pressure to it, pulling in an upward direction which lifts the bar just enough to fit into the bottom section. The end sections are finished off in the same way but make sure you put the wall bracket connector onto it first, before inserting the bar.
Well worth the money. Comes in all sizes and flexible with available extensions. There is no limit to where these could be used around the house.
This is a good product overall but instructions are very lacking, I am used to assembling this kind of thing and found the instructions were not clear and frankly useless, they are also printed so small that they are not easily seen even if they did make sense. It takes a reasonable amount of brute strength to assemble this product and once assembled it works very well but it took two of us a good 20 minutes to put it together and it really only comes in 3 parts so should take no where near that long. Once done it is a great product and was delivered promptly, it functions well and I would recommend it however would be worth manufacturers taking time to out together some decent instructions!
Puchased to ensure 2 dogs could be contained within an open plan kitchen. Good size and flexibility, I only need to use 4 of the 5 panels but was easily secured to the wall with supplied fittings. So far, so good for containing the dogs as whilst I have only used on an ad-hoc basis as opposed to extended periods, it has worked as expected. The gate is solid and at a height which is convenient as high enough that the dogs have not attempted to climb but can be stepped over if you want to avoid opening (to avoid dogs running through). The colour was convenient and better than a white gate (generally available) would look.