Tin SoldierMetal Cabinet and Drawer Safety Latches childproofing Lock (5-Piece Set) | Heavy-Duty Stainless Steel Design | Business, Kitchen, Bathroom, Garage, RV | Kids, Pets | Includes Hardware

So many other products are made with plastic and don’t work effectively. These are perfect, great quality and customizable to fit different drawer depths! Easy to install!

I've tried many other cabinet locks available on amazon, some with thousands of "five star..." reviews. None of them are built to last, many use VHB, or other 3M adhesive to stick to the cabinet, this works only in certain places, and all of the ones that I have either snapped off, came unstuck, or just were a pain to use.This is the only solution that works everywhere in the house, installation can be a bit much for some people, but as long as you drill a pilot hole for the screws, it is pretty simple from there.Use a 3/32" bit for the larger screws holding on the bracket, and a 5/64" bit for the flat head latch screw. (the instructions do not say this)Install the bracket first, then mark the center of the latch with a pen on the cabinet frame, then use that mark to drill the latch screw hole.These are the only latches I recommend to people and they are the best money can buy. I only wish they came in larger packs, please sell this in a 4 or 5pk (of the 5 packs, so 20-25 total) for at least a little discount! There are many people who would have to buy 5-10x packs to just do their kitchen and maybe a bathroom! I do think cost is probably the only reason why these are not selling 100k-200k units a year, if it was $15, per 5 pack, they would probably sell many many more.I still will recommend them as the only soluton.

I basically like this product, but there's one problem that might be a killer.There's a very narrow "sweet spot" in the installation where the screw cleanly and easily engages the metal tab. If it doesn't quite engage right, it's easy to bend the tab a hair so that it engages perfectly. The problem is ... it's easy to bend the tab, so it's easy to bend it so that it *doesn't* engage perfectly. I've had four of them installed for a couple of weeks now, and I'm finding that on the cabinets that are opened all the time I have to adjust the tab a little every few days when they've drifted out of that sweet spot and no longer engage.Installation was relatively simple. Dry-fit the metal piece onto the door so that it barely clears the cabinet edge; mark the holes. Drill pilot holes and screw the metal piece to the door. Put a pen or pencil through the hole and use it to mark an arc along the cabinet edge. Drill a pilot hole in the middle of that arc and screw in the screw. Adjust for precise fit by tightening or loosening the screw and bending the metal piece.Installation might be a little easier if the metal piece had a vertical slot in addition to the two holes. You would first attach it to the door using that slot, tune its vertical position, and *then* drill the pilot holes for the two final holes.When it's all tuned up right, operation is great. It only takes the slightest pressure to open the latch, it closes with almost no resistance, and catches securely.But it needs to be stiffer or springier, so that it's much more difficult to bend it out of position.

Most of the drawers in our kitchen had very little space between the top of the drawer and the bottom of the frame. Since plastic isn't as strong as steel, the parts have to be thicker/bulkier to be strong enough to hold the drawer closed. The catch of the latches has to fit between the frame and the drawer, but the plastic catch plate was too thick and prevented many of our drawers from closing. The metal latches don't depend on a bulky catch plate and fit easily in even the tightest spaces without obstructing the drawer.These are also easier to mount than the plastic latches. The plastic latches use a catch plate attached to the inside of the frame that needs 2 screws that can be hard to set straight when the drawer is shallow. These metal latches use a single screw instead of a catch plate, and the screw is set at an angle that makes it easy to drill.The latch is made from 1mm thick stainless, which is very stiff. However, it doesn't have to be pushed down much to unlatch so it actually works easier than the plastic latches.Bending it up or down to adjust takes a bit of force, but is simple. This makes it easy to get exactly the amount of 'catch' that you want, with precise tolerance.These steel latches are much stronger than even the thickest plastic latches, and latch much more securely than the plastic latches.

I’ll start with the good - it works well enough and it was the only child cabinet lock I could find on Amazon that screws in vs. just using 3M double sided tape which fails eventually and leaves a headache when it’s time to remove them. Now for the bad. It’s a pain to install with all the alignment, at least if you want the catch screw to seat properly in the latch. I work in construction and like to think I’m at least qualified to install some child locks. I even went so far as to make a template to make each install easier than the last, but getting a clean latch point on some of these is a pain and I assume most people will settle for good enough and it may work for the most part 90% of the time. The latch has to be bent to open as designed, but since it’s metal it tends to want to retain that bent position, which makes it not work. To top it all off, the price to me is a bit ridiculous. 5 bucks a piece for a tiny piece of metal and a couple of screws?? The margin on these must be close to 450%! The good reviews made me bite the bullet but I wish I would’ve shopped more for something better.