Cabinet locks

[HappyFox05]

Are there any cabinet locks that don't break w/in a day of installation, like the "Safety First" ones we just bought? We'd gotten the kind that you screw into the inside of your door & attach another part to the cabinet body - to open the cabinet, you open the door a bit & then have to push down on the lock.

[mommy68]

I don't know if you have odd handles on your cabinets. But I used to have the long skinny handles in my old house (not regular knobs) and they didn't work with the kids safety locks so I ended up buying those kids plastic links and putting them together like a chain and fastening our cabinets shut that way. It totally worked. You can buy them in any toy store.

Here is something like what I had, except they had small openings to fasten them all together.
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...ductId=3502433

[LaughingHyena]

We have the magnetic ones and I have been really happy with them. DD has just learned to open them and she's 5. They were a bit of a pain to fit but they have held up for 3+ years. We've even unbolted them and brought them to the new house.

I would recommend buying a spare key though, we have locked ours in the cupboard more than once.

[HappyFox05]

I've heard of ppl using the links before, but we have knobs, so that wouldn't do it for us. I'll have to look for the magnetic ones. Thanks!

[tarasattva]

I second the magnetic recommendation.

And I also recomend getting a second "key" (not because we've locked one in the cabinet, but b/c the first one always "disappears" - most often it's found in the pantry having attached itself to a can when the groceries were being put away. For reference the second most likely location is in the pots/pans cabinet).