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Last summer I was looking for a way to keep my (then) six month old within the confines of our outdoor patio. I was going to fence it off for about a grand, but then I found this cool product called a "superyard". It comes in two forms, a six panel and a two panel 'extension'. Whether you buy it in six or two panels is irrelevent, each panel can be separated or joined so three 'extensions' can be linked to make a 'superyard xt'. I got a great deal on the two panel version and bought eight of those.
Once linked, each joint can bend on a ratcheting mechanism that takes some force to overcome (or you can push down on the joint with about 30lbs of force and move it smoothly. You can shape it to suit the area to be contained, or join the ends and make a big play yard. As long as you make a few "L"s in it or zig zag it deeply enough, its fairly stable.
For storage, you can fold the thing down completely flat, each panel is ~30x30 and a little over an inch thick, so my 16 panel, 40 foot deal flattens out to about 18" thick.
After using it with no problems on the patio, this winter we took it in the house and used it to fence off the big screen, christmas tree, and the kitchen area from the rest of the house. My in-laws have a bunch of those little bug eyed rat dogs, and an RV they travel in all the time. When they saw this, they bought about the same amount and deploy it around the entrance to the rv, taping the ends to the side of the rv. That lets them leave the rv doors open for the dogs to come and go and prevents other peoples dogs, kids and whatnot from running through their area.
Really innovative and easy product to use to solve 'containment' problems.
Yesterday, my little 11 month old monkey showed me a new trick though. He can climb up the panels by holding onto the top rail and sticking his big toes through the holes, but so far hadnt come close to 'going over'. Yesterday he hiked up, reached over the gate to a railing thats about a foot taller than the gate, and pulled himself up and over and dropped back down to his feet on the other side.
I should have known by the monkey feet...
Once linked, each joint can bend on a ratcheting mechanism that takes some force to overcome (or you can push down on the joint with about 30lbs of force and move it smoothly. You can shape it to suit the area to be contained, or join the ends and make a big play yard. As long as you make a few "L"s in it or zig zag it deeply enough, its fairly stable.
For storage, you can fold the thing down completely flat, each panel is ~30x30 and a little over an inch thick, so my 16 panel, 40 foot deal flattens out to about 18" thick.
After using it with no problems on the patio, this winter we took it in the house and used it to fence off the big screen, christmas tree, and the kitchen area from the rest of the house. My in-laws have a bunch of those little bug eyed rat dogs, and an RV they travel in all the time. When they saw this, they bought about the same amount and deploy it around the entrance to the rv, taping the ends to the side of the rv. That lets them leave the rv doors open for the dogs to come and go and prevents other peoples dogs, kids and whatnot from running through their area.
Really innovative and easy product to use to solve 'containment' problems.
Yesterday, my little 11 month old monkey showed me a new trick though. He can climb up the panels by holding onto the top rail and sticking his big toes through the holes, but so far hadnt come close to 'going over'. Yesterday he hiked up, reached over the gate to a railing thats about a foot taller than the gate, and pulled himself up and over and dropped back down to his feet on the other side.
I should have known by the monkey feet...