Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

If you're reading this on Amazon, you're probably also considering other magnetic locks for keeping children from opening cabinets & drawers, especially the Safety 1st Tot-Lok Starter Set, aka Cabinet Locks: Magnetic Tot Lok Starter Set. (The "Deluxe" Tot Lok starter versions have 4 locks, see Safety 1st Magnetic Tot Lok Deluxe Starter Set or Deluxe Magnetic Tot Lock Starter Set - 4Pk or Magnetic Baby Safety TOT LOCK Latches 4 Lock 1 Key.) I've tried them both, and here are the pluses and minuses: ADVANTAGES COMPARED WITH SAFETY 1ST TOT-LOK: (1) Installation is much easier and faster (a few minutes at most). You simply stick the catch (with 4 "installation tabs") on the cabinet edge, put the latch (with foam tape exposed) on the catch, close the door, and the latch sticks to the correct place on the door. You then break the 4 "installation tabs" on the catch. In theory, you don't need to use screws; however, if you want a more secure installation (as I did), you can easily screw in the catch and the latch. Ingenious! (2) You need to drill only small pilot holes for the (optional) screws, not a large nonstandard-size hole as for the Tot Lok. (3) Besides the screws, locks, and a key, there are no extra pieces to get lost during installation. (4) The key has a holder, which theoretically will help prevent it getting lost when there's no steel (e.g., refrigerator door or medicine cabinet) nearby. (5) You don't need extension pins/slugs for thicker doors as the Tot Lok does; the KidCo will work on doors up to about 1-1/2" thick. (6) The screws can be turned with a standard #2 Phillips screwdriver instead of a #1 (small) Phillips screwdriver. DISADVANTAGES COMPARED WITH SAFETY 1ST TOT-LOK: (1) The latches depend on gravity, meaning that they can be mounted only at the top of a door or drawer; in contrast, the spring-loaded Tot-Lok can be mounted in any position (e.g., on the side or bottom of a cabinet door). (2) The dark grey sliders to disengage the locks are harder to manipulate than the Safety 1st red bars. (3) Unlike the Tot Lok's catch (which has oblong slots instead of round holes for the screws), you can't adjust the catch forward/backward. Combined with the default position of the catch being flush with the cabinet edge, installation on old-style cabinet doors with a "lip" (i.e., that protrude into the cabinet opening perhaps 1/4") takes extra time. Good luck choosing! BTW, the Safety 1st Tot-Lok and KidCo magnetic keys are of similar strength and polarity (i.e., the Tot-Lok key will open a KidCo lock and vice versa).