Kidkusion Indoor/Outdoor Banister Guard | Made in USA | Clear | 15' L x 33" H | Child and Pet Safety Barrier

Worked great for banister. Didn't want the cats squeezing through the slots in the banister and this was the perfect solution.

You know what they say, “Dogs live for you and cats live with you.” Yes, this is marketed for child safety but like most people here, I bought this for my cats (soul suckers/lifelines). This is not our forever home so we didn’t want to change the whole railing/stairs. My middle girl was always sticking her head between the rails and now that we have a new kitten, this cat mom couldn’t have any peace of mind. Ordered this with high hopes because I refused to let our new kitten out of a bedroom until we set it up. Ordered 15 feet as we only wanted to do the banister and felt confident that the girls would not be crazy on the stairs itself. Plastic is hard but malleable. Arrives with hole puncher, screws and zip ties. Length was perfect however the width was a bit too wide (approximately 2.5inches too long). Of course husband and I had daggers for each other trying to shorten the width across 15 feet but all was resolved with many huffs, puffs, and cats walking all over the plastic. In the end, yes this is an excellent product. It’s a 2 man job in terms of one holds the plastic and the other one zips it to the posts. Took us about 1.5 hours but this accounted for the cutting down the width. My only suggestion would be to offer a second width option as I feel our staircase is standard. Cat on!

Before we bought our home I did not realize the upstairs banister is no longer to code on the width between rails. Once we moved in I quickly realized my daughter could fit her whole body between them! So scary not to be able to leave her alone in the hallway even with a gate set up at the top of the stairs. My parents suggested sewing some fabric netting to cover them. It would look horrible, but do the trick. Before purchasing materials I thought I'd do a quick Google search to see how others solved the problem and I stumbled upon this product. Because of the good reviews I thought I'd give it a shot. And at around 20 bucks I figured if it did not work out it was not that big of a loss.I'm so glad I tired it. It looks almost invisible when standing on first floor when looking up. If I'd taken the time to purchase brown zip ties separately instead of using the included white ones no one would ever know it's there unless they walked upstairs.I read others reviews before installing the plastic. I took their advice and did not try the punch. Using a 1/8 drill bit works really well. I also was going to install this without help and was a bit nervous this may not be possible based of what others said. While I agree it would be easier with help, you can do this alone! Here is what I did differently than the enclosed directions:- It recommends you measure and cut your plastic to length. I did not do this. I measured before purchasing to know it would be long enough, but I needed the plastic to remain in the roll so I could use the roll to hold the unattached side up as I installed it as seen in my first photo.- I started on the side that would be attached to the wall. I choose to leave extra plastic and come back to put the screws in. I drilled holes and started putting the zip ties up first. The directions recommend marking where your holes will go. I skipped that and just drilled with the plastic up against the rail then immediately attached the tie before moving the plastic.It took me about an hour to do it alone. If I was to do it again I'd buy zip ties to match the color of my rails and skip the cheap plastic washers and buy metal ones. But since the projects done I'm not going back to change it now.The only thing I don't like with the product as of now is that's it's loud when you bang on it. Of course my kids love that and hit it as they walk down the hallway.We have only had it up for about a week. If my opinion changes as time goes on I'll edit my review!

I think this would be relatively simple to install on a straight/level railing w/spindles. However, I needed it to block the spindles on my STAIRCASE which is obviously on an angle. For some reason, it didn't occur to me when I ordered it that I couldn't simply 'tilt' it and expect it to fit my angled staircase. Upon receipt, it was clear that it was going to require more than just me to install it. It is definitely a two-person job! Since I live alone, I was afraid that I was going to have no choice but have a glass company come out to measure & have a piece of plexiglass custom cut & installed, which would have obviously been much more expensive (or hire a handyman; hard to find a good, reliable, affordable one ... but I digress). Ultimately, after it sitting for almost 18 months, I finally had a handy & helpful family member come over and help me install it.First, the plastic is thick and a bit heavy, and since it comes in a roll it wants to curl back on itself during installation. Second, forget about using the hole punch that comes with it unless you don't need to punch many holes and those holes will be very near the edges of the plastic -- basically, what they provide is a very cheap hole punch that a child would use to cut craft paper. What works perfectly is an AWL ... the added benefit to using an awl is that it creates a smooth, almost rounded surface vs. a sharp edge, and of course you can make the holes anywhere you want in the plastic (we made holes mid-way down in the middle of the plastic and never could have done that w/the punch provided).To install on my staircase, we cut the plastic to slightly wider than needed. Then, we each held one end of the plastic and lined it up to the bottom of the wood stair rail/cap. Here's where a THIRD set of hands would come in handy, if you don't have a clamp to hold it in place like we did. Then, we put down a piece of scrap cardboard on the base of the staircase to protect the wood, then cut the plastic in a horizontal line to the exact height/angle we needed so that the spindles were covered from top to bottom. After that, with both ends then clamped, we determined the best placement for the ties and made the holes with the awl. Once it was secured on the top, because I did not want to put any holes in either my wood railing/post or my wall, we wrapped the plastic around the end (spindle on one end and post on the other) and then secured those with ties after using the awl to go thru both layers of the plastic so that both ends were wrapped and no hard edges were exposed.I would add a photo so that this would be a bit easier to visualize, but I am not sure how (there is no reference to photos on this review page).