Black Nylon Polymer Keystone X2 External Gate Latch with External Access | Keyed Alike | KLX2-P2-BK-KA

I have a pair of swing gates at one end of a U-shaped driveway. This product works perfectly to latch the gates together. Installation is not difficult as long as you are somewhat handy. One laughable thing is to watch those not so high in IQ figure out that they need to push the button to open the gates (duh!). So, to help these people I added reflective arrows to make it obvious .

Echoing what others have said - this should cost $10 or $15 less than it does. It works fine; seems to be well designed and made. Some say the plastic is cheap; I think it's fine. Had no trouble following the directions to "reverse" it for my gate. True, for this price, the screws should be stainless steel. As for security - it's a latch on a wooden garden fence. It's not going to keep out a determined intruder; no garden gate latch is. A simple hand saw, and the crook has just cut through the gate. I'd buy it again, but overall I give this a "B".

If you have any doubt just go on Youtube they have a great informative video detailing step by step on how to install

The latches were received quickly, in good packaging, all parts included. Pros: - Relatively easy install - Simple to flip the mechanism for right or left swinging doors. The product arrived in a right swinging configuration and required disassembly of both mechanisms (8 screws total) to install. - Easy application that did not require drilling a hole through the fixed post. - Configurable to multiple post sizes, comes configured for a 4" wood post. Cons: - Very cheap plastic. I'm certain that these could break given any significant pressure. - Screws supplied are cheap metal easily stripped, and may not be long enough to properly secure the mechanism. I ended up sourcing 2" screws. - The latch rod requires to be cut to length with an angle grinder or dremel. I'm disappointed in the quality. I almost sent them back because although the design is ingenious the quality of the plastic seems inferior, and the supplied hardware was basically pot metal screws. The two sided gate mechanism did no work smoothly despite an effort to ensure that the guide rod was level. The guide rod cut marks were not sufficient to assist in the install. Going to see how it holds up but I'm certain that you could tear the thing off the post given any significant pressure. I used heavier duty screws so we'll see how the plastic holds up. Regretting not getting a more robust solution, but a positive is that it is VERY easy to install with no drilling required, though it will require a cutting wheel of some sort. Make sure you smooth the area where you cut the guide rod or the mechanism will catch. The two sides have to be level so the guide rod presses directly into the lever system on the opposite side. All in all... Meh... it works. Hope someone doesn't press on the gate too hard and break the plastic because the screws I installed won't tear out.

Don’t waste your time buying the cheap ones from the box stores. This screws into wood or metal with 8 screws. If you are screwing into metal go buy a pack of self tappers. If wood it comes with what you need. I love it though. Easy to operate and great locking mech

The keys on the locks are 2 separate independent locks. If you leave and lock the gate from the outside you have to unlock from the outside to enter. But if someone from the inside locks the gate, you would not be able to enter unless someone unlocks it from the inside. This lock is useless if you have multiple people coming in and out.

made it much easier to get into are yard.

Start with the good...it was super easy to install. I was looking for a gate latch I could lock from both sides...well technically this does do that. However the locks are completely independent from each other. As in, you can lock both sides but would have to be on both sides of the fence to unlock them in order to get out of the gate. To explain further...if you lock the outside button you are locked out from that side, however if you unlock that side and the other side where the latch is located and that side is locked you would have to walk around through the house or whatever to unlock that side of the lock. Now, if you don't have the latch side locked but the button side is locked the lock is easily defeated by sliding you finger in and flipping the latch lever up on the other side of the gate. just know what you are buying when you get this, great design but poor execution on the engineering. I would have returned it but failed to realize what it was going on until after I cut the bar to fit.

Seems to be doing the job, it’s plastic so we’ll see how it holds up with time. Seems a bit over priced for what it is.