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Summer Infant 2 Sided Panel Extension Kit For The Secure Surround Play Yard
Review by Michelle A. McDonald "Livi's Mommy" : Gets the job done!

This extension kit is a must-have if you own The Secure Surround Play Yard. It makes the play area MUCH MUCH bigger. I couldn't imagine putting my daughter in anything smaller! She is an active crawler and gets frustrated in confined places.

Summer Infant 2 Sided Panel Extension Kit For The Secure Surround Play Yard
Review by Cathi M. "Computer Mom" : Like the panels, but NO INSTRUCTIONS

The extender panels arrived without instructions. It took me about 1/2 an hour to figure out how to add them, and I am usually pretty good with item assembly. I recommend buying two or three extender panel kits if you have a small child because they will need room in which to move around. Also, the panels aren't as see-thru as the picture would have you believe, so children really cannot see you very well through the panels (I am the mother of an 8 month old girl and she cries if she can't see me).

Summer Infant 2 Sided Panel Extension Kit For The Secure Surround Play Yard
Review by A. Alisago "givetoandy" : Great extension... but no instructions on how to add to the 6-panel Playyard

Our baby is 9 months old and loves to crawl backwards and hide under furniture. We HAD to have something to pen her in if we wanted to walk away for even a moment. Once we put this up, my wife was so happy that she got her life back and could do other things while our baby played safely (and not under furniture).

The main issue is that the extension kit comes with instructions, BUT the instructions do not include how to add the kit onto the 6-panel yard. I had to use a screwdriver to undo a knob and move it so that I could attach the extension properly. Nowhere in the instructions does it say you have to unscrew the knob from the side and attach it to the appropriate side. (Perhaps I had a defective extension with the knob on the wrong side, but either case there was no other way it could line up properly on the 6-panel yard.)

So we love the amount of enclosed space that it added, but that time grumpily wasted trying to figure out how to make the extension go in place was maddening and worthy of knocking off one star.

Summer Infant 2 Sided Panel Extension Kit For The Secure Surround Play Yard
Review by daycare for kids : Hard to assemble

The extension is nice, but it was hard to add. You have to twist the gate in a wierd way and the knobs were hard to twist. The extra space is nice.

Summer Infant 2 Sided Panel Extension Kit For The Secure Surround Play Yard
Review by M. Martin : Using it to block off my fireplace...

I bought 2 of these extension kits to block my fireplace. Like the other reviews mentioned, it is hard to put together, especially with no instructions. I am however, very pleased with the product itself. The knobs allow you to lock the gate into certain angles. I have mine set to 45 degree angles and have one panel on each side of my fireplace and two in the front. I thought I would have to rig something up to fasten the panels to my wall, but it actually stays in place well enough, so I won't have to ruin my walls!

Summer Infant 2 Sided Panel Extension Kit For The Secure Surround Play Yard
Review by Ms. Yvonne M. Edwards "Lowcountry Belle" : Great Addition

Purchased this in addition to the play yard. It is a must have for more room. My son can stay with his daughter in the space and stretch out. She crawls all over him in there.

Summer Infant 2 Sided Panel Extension Kit For The Secure Surround Play Yard
Review by first time mom "yulana" : great!

Must have for baby!

Makes play ground much bigger. I am finally happy with playground my baby has now.

Summer Infant 2 Sided Panel Extension Kit For The Secure Surround Play Yard
Review by Amy "bookworm" : great addition

I received the 6 piece base unit a few days before this arrived and my 10 month old fussed whenever I put him in it- there wasn't as much room as I had hoped. Then we received the extentions- the amount of room it added was amazing!
He happily plays in it, and I can get in, too!

Summer Infant 2 Sided Panel Extension Kit For The Secure Surround Play Yard
Review by R. J. Frere : Works well, hard to assemble

I bought these to enlarge my secure surround play yard. It works wonderfully and greatly increases the size of the play area. However, it is a royal pain to add the panels in. It was worth the trouble.