It's pretty good. The description is accurate. It's a little tricky to get it to rewind when you want it to. You have to depress and turn a small knob to "unlock" the gate. I'm still getting the hang of doing that when the 2 ends of the gate are almost 6 feet apart. I'm learning how to pull out the gate a little by grabbing it in the middle so I can disconnect the end from the simple hooks. I think that once I get used to the nuances of the retractable gate mechanism, I'm going to really like this thing.