Gate Spring Closer voor Houten Poort Automatische Deurdranger met Zwarte Poedercoating Weerbestendig, Ideaal voor Buitengebruik Deurdranger Zwart -10' (250mm)

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.

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.

good value, very prompt delivery

Installed it and whilst trying to put a bit of tension on it one of the tiny pins flew off. Bad tolerance on the pins and the fit of the spring collar holding it to the bracket is loose too. All results in it moving and popping the pins out. Will try a screw instead as someone suggested as although there is plenty of strength in the spring I’m really not confident it will stay together if I up the tension

Some instructions would be nice, other than that, works perfectly as long as you fit it and tension it correctly !