I love this gate.  Beautiful solid wood and very sturdy.  I've tried several of the metal gates that have pressure mounts on each side on our stairs and they were always falling apart and not holding.  I needed something to keep my dogs from going upstairs.  I am happy to say that these worked perfectly and look so much nicer than the others.  My dogs do NOT jump up on them however, they just see it as their boundary.  This would not work for my daughter whose dogs do jump up on everything including the gates!  

Pros: good value, no assembly, beautiful wood color, very sturdy