5 Responses to “Safety 1st 48483/48367 Adjustable Multi-Purpose Strap”

1. R. Eastman on December 4th, 2009 11:58 am

   For situations where you can’t use other types of safety prevention, this is a good safety strap. I would definitely buy a second one as a back up, though. My twins are two and do pull on the drawers to try and open them up. My son has succeeded to pull the drawer open, and leave the tape on the cabinet, strap on the drawer. That’s why I would not give it 5 stars. However, it did take QUITE a bit of effort for him to do so.
   
   The reason I still use it is because I searched high and low for something else, and this is the only one that works for the drawer situation I have. Therefore I consider it worth having on. It only takes one second to open an unsecured drawer, pull out a knife, and get hurt! This prevents that from happening.
   Rating: 4 / 5

2. Laura Howells on December 4th, 2009 12:06 pm

   We love these on our knife and junk drawers. We replace them every 8 – 12 months to maintain safety.
   Rating: 5 / 5

3. Carol Healy on December 4th, 2009 1:56 pm

   I bought and installed this product recently and it works very well for me on my wood cabinets. I had no problems at all with the product staying attached or falling off. I would say to buy 1 pkg to be sure it works for you and then more if it does. I say this because of the negative review I read here.
   Rating: 5 / 5

4. K. kirsch on December 4th, 2009 2:55 pm

   This strap works really well for difficult cabinets. The only reason I gave it 4, and not 5 stars, is that the one that I use to lock the trash up, the adhesive pulled off after my daughter tried to pull it numerous times. It works “enough” and I just pop it back on. I have not replaced it and plan on continuing to use it.
   Rating: 4 / 5

5. daniel p on December 4th, 2009 5:52 pm

   After carefully following the directions and applying these straps they turned out to be COMPLETELY WORTHLESS. The quality of the adhesive is terrible. It doesn’t matter what kind of surface I tried (and I tried numerous with new straps) it doesn’t stick. They barely have the strength to hold themselves on to a cabinet or door, let alone being yanked on by curious tots. The adhesive is so bad that it doesn’t even stay adhered to itself – let me explain. The backing is basically two sided foam tape and one side is already attached to the product and the other side you simply peel and press. The thing is, not only did it not stay adhered to my cabinet but some of the straps actually left the adhesive tape on the cabinet and came off of the actual plastic piece that was supposed to be locking it! If it can’t even stay attached to itself how on earth can it do the job as advertised? Seriously this is a MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD and this product is going to really cause problems. It does say on the package that this is a deterrent and that adult supervision is necessary blah blah blah…but honestly people, it is not even a deterrent in the slightest sense of the word. In fact, it’s more likely to attract curiosity from your child and then cause a problem when they give the “strapped” object even the slightest pull. Also, to put things in perspective I am using this for an 11 month old…so I can’t imagine how larger and older children would fare. It’s only a matter of time (hopefully sooner than later) until this product is taken off the market (or vastly improved) – and I only hope that it is because enough people complain and not because a child has been seriously injured. Absolute trash.
   Rating: 1 / 5

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