Great purchase. Used as a child safety gate at the bottom of our stairs so we didn’t have to drill anything into the wall or post of our railing. I just secured the one side to the railing with a Velcro strap, it was quite secure and very sturdy- never fell once in a house with 3 boys. Eventually the baby figured out the little latch, but by then he understood not to go up by himself. Would never trust at the top of the stairs but at the bottom worked quite well.