I have had 1 of these gates for several years now. I have never used the swing option or anything other than the stretch and handle option and it has been great! I am ordering this one because we moved and have 2 areas we do not want our pets getting into. I would definitely recommend this to anyone that needs a gate they move a lot. Only down side is that it does not have a walk through door(unless you want to make it more permanent), but can be taken down and put back up within 5 seconds, very easy to move.