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I got the Summer Infant top of stairs gate for $70 and a kit for $10 that allowed me to fix the gate to the bannister without drilling holes in the wood. It simply was a long piece of wood that attached to the banister with zip ties, and then you drilled into that wood. It worked perfectly in our home and the gate was extremely secure. On many occassions my daughter would shake the gate and it never once came loose. I got everything at Babies R Us, but I've seen the gate and conversion kit at Buy Buy Baby as well.