Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Great at first. Only lasted 4 months.

Not sure how long the many glowing reviewers for this product actually owned the gate before writing their reviews. We had it 4 months and it no longer works without slamming the gate shut. The mechanism on the bottom of the actual gate itself (which is not adjustable, unlike the top) no longer moves smoothly into the gate, allowing the gate to shut. For pennies more The First Years (manufacturer of the gate) could have made a much more robust design that would have lasted for years. Instead they decided to save a few cents per copy and made a defective product, which I unfortunately spent $50.00 on.