Safety 1st Décor Easy Install Tall & Wide Gate

I have 4 of these gates and, while they look nice, I have had the same issue with them so far; the button gets completely jammed and the gate doesn’t open. I then have to unscrew the side mounts to release pressure to open it up and hope that wiggling the button a few times will fix it temporarily. Fortunately, this has not happened during an emergency when I’ve needed to get the gate open right away!! Well, this morning the sliding button snapped clean off the top of the gate and now it’s completely useless. Safety1st replaced one of my gates earlier last year, but unfortunately, I purchased this particular gate a little over a year ago so Safety1st would not cover it under the warranty. If only Safety1st just sold their locking mechanism separately (since it screws off), I would buy that so the gate could (hopefully) last for the remainder of my girls’ baby/toddler years because the gate is not cheap to replace—but they deem the whole gate broken. A “baby gate” should at least last the time frame of having a baby/young toddler. Something as crucial as a locking mechanism should be warrantied for more than a year. They sent me a 15% discount code, but I will not be purchasing another one of their gates because this is clearly a serious and concerning design flaw and I’d caution anyone not to buy this gate. I hope this review helps someone else to look elsewhere for a baby gate.