Pool Fence DIY by Life Saver Self-Closing Gate Kit, Black (Pack of 1)

TL;DR: This is an excellent gate and makes access to your pool really convenient. Installation is not trivial. If you're not handy, have a professional install it for you. Always make sure the self closing part of the gate is tight and assure that the gate closes.When we purchased our house, the safety fencing that was already installed was in great shape, but very hard to open because you had to pull a single section out of the ground every time you wanted to pass through it. It was so tightly fitting that my wife couldn't really open it without help. And when it was already open, you had to leave it open to get back through it again on your way back, which meant that for that time, our toddler had access to the pool. None of this was ideal. We needed a gate.After doing a lot of research I found this one and bit the bullet and ordered it. The price seemed high, but it is honestly a very well constructed and quality product, and I was pretty happy when it arrived. However, installation should be done by someone handy and with the tools to drill into the pool deck or flooring where your gate is. I'm pretty handy, but I called over my dad, who's very comfortable with this kind of thing, and we tackled it together.We had to cut off a section of the existing fencing in the middle where we wanted the gate installed. I drilled holes for this gate's 'posts' into our pavers. We attached those posts as instructed to the existing fencing and then put the rest of it together. The instructions are pretty good, but can be a bit confusing at parts, and the quality of the parts are excellent.One year later and this gate is still functioning great. The self latching parts of the gate will need adjustment from time to time, so keep a flat head handy to tighten it over the first month or two. There's two hinges with springs that need to be turned to adjust how quickly you want it to pull itself closed. I turned those suckers up pretty high so they would close quickly behind us and not accidentally close too softly to latch shut. I would love to find an outdoor chime that 'dings' whenever the door is opened, but haven't found one yet.IMPORTANT / SERIOUS NOTE...The most important thing for anyone installing a gate is making sure that it's full proof, and doesn't fail to latch. It needs to ALWAYS latch behind you, and you need to be sure of it closing every time. A few years back we had very good friends who lost their 2 year old son to a pool drowning. They were good people who were never neglectful of their child and kept a very close watch on him. They were proof that tragedies like this can happen to anyone. They turned their back for a few seconds and that's all it took. Please, make sure you install this gate and fencing properly and securely, and always make sure the gate latches behind you securely.UPDATE: 2 years later and this thing is still working perfectly. Couldn't be happier with it.

This is very easy to install, and the fence is good and sturdy.I bought 10 sections of fence (as well as the gate) and from first getting the product out the box to having the gate leveled and adjusted took about 8 hours. That included the time to actually read the instructions and plan out the fence route.The drilling base is essential, and also sturdy. The bullseye system and leveling bolts work fine, there are two bushings in it so the drill bit rotates freely, and you need to put some angle on the fence posts, depending on the shape of your pool. If you have a square pool, then you could get by without the base, but if you have some curved shape to your pool, then you set the posts at a slight tilt in order to get the right tension on the posts. I would not want to try doing that drilling without the guide. You need an 18" bit in order to get deep enough into the pool deck with the drilling guide.The gate was probably the most complicated bit of the installation, but still easy enough to do.Even with buying a Bosch rotary drill specifically for this job, 18" long 5/8" drill bit and the guide base I paid about a quarter of what I got quoted for this job.

Great product. Fairly easy to install with the template.Very sturdy in travertine papers but not too sturdy on fake turf.Easy to remove.

I don't know who wrote the "instructions" for this thing, but they need to be drawn and quartered. I'm a handy guy. There's not much around the house or outside it that I can't tackle. This little fence gate was a pain in the A$$. Poor poor instructions, and several design flaws. The "light lean" of the gate posts is overkill in my application. The gate itself doesn't even match the pictures in the instructions, so deciding how each screw is supposed to fit is not fun. Took too long to install, should have been a much easier process instead of a bunch of trial and error. The gate works, and the kids are safe, but for this kind of money I want more than a ten cent piece of paper with no real instructions.

We purchased the gate kit that is pictured for our pool in New York and have been satisfied with it for a couple years. We decided to buy another for our parent's pool in Florida. Unfortunately, we thought we were purchasing the same gate kit that is pictured but that is not what we received. The model we received is completely different. It has been a nightmare to install and the magnetic latch is absolutely terrible. Nowhere near the quality of the original model. The instructions we received were for the previous model not the new model and did not match with the product we received (which is probably why we had so much difficulty installing it). When we contacted the company about missing parts we were told to email our concerns. We have yet to hear back and have since returned home to New York. Now our parents have a non-functioning gate and we are out $235. We are extremely disappointed in this purchase. We are unable to return product as we had a limited time visiting our family in Florida and trying to install this product. By the time we realized what a piece of junk it was our trip was over. No way our parents can take it apart and re-box it to ship it back and we don't return to Florida until next year! Not satisfied. False advertising. Non-existent customer service.