Safety 1st Magnetic Cabinet Locks, 4 Locks + 1 Key

These were difficult for my husband - a construction worker who builds houses - to figure out how to install on our full overlay cabinets. But nothing else would work right - we tried others, but the latch never would line up right due to the overlay doors. He finally got them installed - unfortunately, he split wood on the inside of the cabinets, but they do work, and well. My son was a little upset once he realized he couldnt get into his favorite two cabinets - where the mixing bowls and serving spoons and spatulas are kept!

Tough installation but once their up, they work great. Kinda a pain to search for a magnetic key when we have them on so many doors but, baby proofing is always a pain.

TOOLS- Ruler, Pencil, small tipped Screwdriver, Basic Math Skills Not that hard to install if you... 1) Ditch the enclosed instructions & templates 2) Open the cabinet door 3) From the TOP edge of cabinet door, measure DOWN to where you want the TOP of the lock to be located (keep it simple w/ whole numbers-3 or 4 inches should do!) 4) Mark spot on the INSIDE edge of the DOOR (Remember- this will be the height of the TOP edge of the Lock) 5) Close the door 6) Again, from TOP edge measure same distance down but... 7) Mark spot on OUTSIDE of frame 8) Open the door 9) Place the Strike Plates TOP edge level w/ frame mark AND flush with the front edge of frame (the FLAT side of the Plate MUST FACE OUT!) 10) Screw in the Strike Plate TRICKY PART- The Strike Plates I have are all 7/16th of an inch across the FLAT side. To eliminate clearance problems & ensure smooth closing I increase this to 1/2 inch in my calculations. 1) Close the door 2) Mark the edge of your Door on the OUTSIDE of your frame 3) Open the door 4) Measure from new mark to the edge of the opening on the inside 5) ADD a 1/2 inch to this measure 6) On the INSIDE edge of your door (at the original height mark), measure your calculated distance INWARD & mark with a line (this is where the TOP edge of the LOCK should go) Example- 4 inches DOWN from top and 1-1/8 inches INWARD from side 7) Screw the TOP screw into the lock & test for proper closure 8) Adjust as needed & install 2nd screw 8) Erase pencil marks and enjoy

Worked great for some of those weird cabinets in the corner and drawers. Only down side was my drawer design didnt allow enough space for installation on the top drawers. Product works well, installing is pretty easy once you figure it out. Instructions were clear and the template for installation was a huge plus.

Instructions were very helpful. Definitely don’t be in a rush when Installing them. Work very well. And we get to keep our kitchen looking not baby-proof, even while it is.

If I had reviewed these right after buying them, Im sure Id have given them 5 stars. But a couple years later... man, what a pain these have been. First off, out of 12 we installed 3 have been replaced and 3 more need to be. THEY JUST DONT LAST! Something breaks in them, seemingly with no reason, rendering them completely useless. The company replaced the first two. The third time they said they would after receiving the defect back and - to their credit - they paid for the shipping... but I never heard from them again. To be honest, if I could go back in time... I just wouldnt bother. So heres some parenting device: Stop being so paranoid! You wont listen to me. I wouldnt have listened to me either. But I found its just far better to teach the kid to not do certain things, and move the really dangerous stuff so they just cant get it. Way better than annoying yourself and all your guests for years with these blasted things.

I consider myself pretty handy, especially for a woman. I have been assembling most of our furniture at home, including our kids bunk bed, our dining set, etc... When our son turned 12 months old and was climbing over the gates, we knew it was time to baby proof our kitchen. For our cabinets that were parallel to each other, we just purchased the knob locks, but for the individual cabinet doors, we purchased this. The instructions that came with it was very vague (especially the sticker method), so I ended up just ditching it and using my common sense -- use the tape measure/ruler to mark the screw holes. It took me 2 hours to finish all four cabinet doors, and I have never installed anything so frustrating before until I installed these. When they were finally installed, they worked great.