Summer Infant Banister to Banister Gate Mounting Kit - Fits Round or Square Banisters, Accommodates Most Hardware & Pressure Mount Baby Gates up to 37” Tall, Gate Sold Separately

These are held by adhesive and pressure so no drilling. They were fairly easy to install provided you measure and plan well. It also helps to have the gate you will be installing there as well (i.e. don't install this and then buy a gate. Have all of it ready to go). They are nice and strong though they haven't had any significant challenges to overcome. My son is about 30lbs and can pull on this without it moving. We have the gate that is meant for this kit and they work well together. We are using the banister to banister installation method. The only downside is that they look pretty ugly compared to the normal look of the banister, but I can't think of a way that the manufacturer could have fixed that. Just install and use them as long as you need and look forward to removing them when your child grows up enough to not need them. I haven't tried uninstalling and reinstalling them, but they did come with extra adhesive patches so it should be pretty easy. Definitely recommend.

The media could not be loaded. The adapters were very easy to install, but the wooden piece was too narrow for my retractable gate mounts. I ended up using the zip ties from this set to attach the gate directly to the bannister. It’s not ideal, but works okay for the bottom of the stairs. This system would work wonderfully with a tension gate or a gate with a narrower mounting bracket. Also, the wood is soft enough that I didn’t need to drill a pilot hole for the screws.

This kit (and associated gate) worked quite nicely with my rather large banisters, however I needed to combine two straps to work with my installation (BTW, I knew this going in from the description/answered questions). Because of this I needed another means of securing the other end of each post, to which I found the following heavy duty 1" x 30" cinch straps to work really well:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072FNMGNXHonestly, I think the cinch straps are more secure than the supplied ratchet straps - although the ratchet straps as implemented are a novel idea. I think this security would be especially more noticeable with smaller banisters since the plastic straps would need to be pulled quite tight to offer the same rigidity as the cloth material of the cinch strap. I'll likely remove the ratchet straps shown on the top of my banister installation in favor of two additional cinch straps as it offers a cleaner look without, IMO, compromising strength. All in all I'm pleased with my installation, though this "kit" does seem a little expensive considering it's essentially only a couple of pieces of wood, brackets and straps.

We have tried out many different baby gates for our stairs and none seemed to work. Randomly came across this item and decided to give it a try. It was the perfect project to securely hold the baby gate without needing to drill into the stairs themselves. It was very easy to use and great value for the price.

This worked great to install my baby gate without ruining our bannister! The color matched my wood really well, and it was easy to cut down to size to accommodate my bannister height. I was worried how the plastic straps would look, but they aren't terrible! Overall, I highly recommend!

The media could not be loaded. This was perfect for our misshapen stairway rail. It is huge on the bottom. The bottom is almost 4 inches at the base on each side and the strap still had an inch or so left before it would be out of space.Plus, the top part of the railing is not a circle. It's a fancy shape, that probably has a better name than fancy shape. It's like 6 flat sides. Of course it's not round. What's the fun in that?!We nearly gave up since our Dobie puppies think it's a game to see who can knock the gate down faster. All. Day. Long.Our opening was in between the gate sizes. 59-62 was too short and 62.5-67 was too big. Plus, the top was never big enough for the pressure mount to be stable enough to keep the gate sturdy enough.We decided this was going to be our last attempt. We can't drill because we were afraid to damage the railing and imagined the whole thing coming down if the gate was knocked down yet again.Our solution was this stair railing extension, which really became the stabilizer. Now the pressure is strong and gate isn't wobbly.We also used the round wall protectors because not only is the opening super wide but the stair railing is offset so the top is not perfectly in line. Meaning the wall wasn't built out far enough to be even with the stair railing. If it was a perfect straight line the round pressure mount would be hanging off the corner of the wall.These wall protectors doubled the size of the footprint of where we could apply the round pressure mounts so one is closer to the front door and the opposite side is closer to the back window. That allowed us to have a straight gate from end to end even though it is placed at different parts of the wall and opposite side railing.It is not the prettiest but it keeps the pups from tearing up the ENTIRE house. Now they are only confined to the main living spaces where we are most of the time.I hope this helps and wasn't completely confusing.

Every man should know by now that if its easy to install, it probably isn't going to stand up to time. We purchased this and I installed it at the top of our staircase to keep the dogs out of the upstairs, and keep the baby from going down. It only took about 15 minutes to install this, and then about 30 minutes to install the gate we purchased. First month of use worked fine, about 2 months in, we started noticing that the zip ties needed tightening more and more frequently. I wish they had engineered this with clamps so it would make it more sturdy and permanent. 4 months in and I'm about ready to replace this with a better designed product. If you have any sort of unusual or uneven staircase design that will prevent it from being perfectly flush against, avoid this product at all cost.