Gate Spring Closer for Wooden Gate Automatic Door Closer with Bright Zinc Plated Weather Resistant, Ideal for Outdoor Usage - 8'' BZP Gate Spring Fittings Included

I'm one of those weird people that like to make sure my front garden gate is closed, it used to really bother me that 60-70% of the time I would look out of the living room window and the gate was just wide open either left open by the postman/woman, Amazon delivery drivers (that seems to come almost daily now) or my kids, it felt like I was forever having to go out and close the gate.Well no more!Bought this spring along with an anti-sag gate kit, fitted them both on the same day, it probably took me maybe 20-30 mins to install both, now my gate no longer sags or drags on the path and the spring seem to work great so far, closes my front garden gate effortlessly and without issue, was easy to install and does exactly what it is supposed to do.Now I look out of my window and the gate is closed 100% of the time, it makes me feel all warm inside.

Having looked online for ideas to keep my side gate closed during building work without closing it completely, I settled for a spring closer. This fitted the bill, and was reasonably priced.I installed it relatively quickly, and it works. The tension takes some adjusting to get right, it either doesn't quite close, or it slams the gate quite violently, but most importantly, it does the job I bought it for.So what is the 'but'?Well, the spring works, but, the small metal pegs that are supplied to hold the spring under tension are completely useless. They are too small for the holes in the end of the spring on one end, and too big on the other. Placing the smaller ends into the holes would seem logical, and they just about stay in position for a few brief seconds, until you pull the gate open to test the operation. The increase in tension is too much, firing the pins through the air to land who knows where?I have substituted the pins for a couple of substantial screws, which give me a lot more confidence as they actually need to be screwed into the holes, and hold the tension well.Just for information, the fixings supplied to fix the spring to the gate and the gatepost are not standard screws, so I just replaced them with some standard (and bigger) screws.Overall, for the price, this is good value, just a little bit of a pain that the pins don't fit properly.

Brilliant product.Easy to fit.

Fitted several of these over the years. The pins on this design keep falling out of the hole, even under tension, so pretty useless really. Will end up sourcing another one from elsewhere…

The locking pins are loose in the holes when fitted and can fly out when under tension.

Perfect for the job.

I bought a pair of these as I wanted a strong gate closer. They are good quality and fixing was easy. Their strength can be gauged by the fact that I found a single closer quite sufficient for wooden gate.

Only had it on a gate for less then a week when it broke