North States Supergate vs Regalo Easy Step — Which Baby Gate Fits Your Doorway? (2026)

Both of these are pressure-mounted baby gates at almost the same price, and on a product page they look interchangeable. They are not. The Regalo Easy Step is a 36-inch-tall walk-through gate with a door built into the panel, made for an ordinary doorway you pass through all day. The North States Classic Supergate is a 26-inch-tall all-plastic gate with no door at all, and its whole reason to exist is width: it spans openings from 26 to 42 inches, where the Regalo stops at 36.5. Which one you need is decided less by the star ratings than by a tape measure, so we read 201,836 verified buyer reviews across both to show where each one fits, where each one fails, and what buyers wish they had checked first.

Quick verdict at a glance

Who each one is actually for

🚪 Regalo Easy Step — the tall gate for an everyday doorway

The Easy Step is a 36-inch extra-tall, pressure-mounted gate with a walk-through door and a lift-to-open latch. It fits openings from roughly 29 to 36.5 inches wide using the included 4-inch extension, needs no drilling, and ships with wall cups for a firmer hold. It is one of the most-reviewed baby gates anywhere: 4.2★ across 200,197 Amazon.ca ratings, and our published verdict scored it 8.3 / 10 from 200,019 reviews, with 65% of buyers on five stars and 81% at four or above.

Its praise is about as consistent as a sample that size gets. Buyers call it “super easy to assemble,” with many quoting about fifteen minutes from box to working gate, and describe it as “sturdy” and “well made” at what they repeatedly call half the price of other tall gates. A large share of reviewers bought it for a dog as well as a child, which says something about how solidly it sits once tensioned. The door swings open and stays open until you close it — buyers with full arms like that, though it also means the gate is only shut when someone shuts it. Pick this if: your opening is a standard 29 to 36.5 inches, you pass through it many times a day, and you want the extra height.

↔️ North States Supergate — the wide one for an opening nothing else spans

The Classic Supergate expands to fill an opening between 26 and 42 inches (66–107 cm) and stands 26 inches high. Out of the box it is a tool-free pressure gate — you spread it into the opening and throw a lever to lock it — and the included hardware lets it be screwed in as a swinging gate instead. Door sockets add grip in a doorway, and rail sockets let it press against wrought-iron railings. North States recommends it for children roughly 6 to 24 months. It is 4.2★ across 1,818 Amazon.ca ratings, a far smaller sample than the Regalo’s, and our verdict scored it 7.0 / 10 from 1,817 reviews, with 60% on five stars and 77% at four or above.

What buyers praise is reach and convenience. One describes it as “large width compared to others and cheaper,” and owners say it is “fairly easy to take down and put back up once you get the hang of locking it.” Amazon’s own review summary lists quality, functionality, ease of use and pet protection as the themes buyers rate well, and owners of small dogs and cats say the narrow gaps in the panel stop pets squeezing through. Pick this if: your opening is wider than 36.5 inches or narrower than 29, the gate is dividing rooms on a single level, and you do not need to walk through it constantly.

The three numbers that actually decide it

Width. The Regalo covers 29 to 36.5 inches; the Supergate covers 26 to 42. For a standard interior doorway both fit, and this stops mattering. For a wide hallway, an open living-room entrance or a doorway under 29 inches, only the Supergate reaches — and that is the one situation where it is the obvious choice regardless of anything else on this page. Measure before buying either: the Regalo’s top complaint is that its range has gaps, with openings around 32 to 33 inches the hardest to tension securely.

Height. The Regalo stands 36 inches; the Supergate 26. Ten inches is the difference between a gate a tall toddler looks over and one they can reach across, and it sits alongside North States’ own recommendation stopping at about 24 months. If your child is already walking and pulling up on furniture, the Regalo’s extra height is doing real work.

The door. The Regalo has a walk-through door, about 16 inches wide — narrow enough that buyers stepping through with a baby on the hip call it tight, but a door. The Supergate has none: in its default pressure setup, getting past it means releasing the lever and lifting it out of the opening, or mounting it with hardware so it swings. Across a kitchen doorway that is dozens of times a day. Across a room you close off in the evening, it hardly matters.

Where each one frustrates buyers

Regalo Easy Step. Its complaints are about fit rather than failure. The most repeated is that it is “not as adjustable as the ad makes it seem”: the range has gaps, and openings around 32 to 33 inches are where buyers most often could not get it to tension securely. Second is the walk-through itself, at roughly 16 inches, which parents carrying a baby found tight. Third, at the wide end of its range a minority found the pressure mount hard to keep firm; the included wall cups help, and buyers at standard widths mostly describe it as rock-solid. Its 8% one-star share is mostly those fit-and-stability stories at the extremes of the range, not reports of the gate breaking.

North States Supergate. Its criticism is about build, and it is unusually consistent. Amazon’s review summary names stability as the attribute buyers are outright disappointed with, and lists sturdiness, value for money and adjustability as mixed. The specific failure buyers name is the lock: one three-star reviewer wrote that the mechanism holding it in place “is also plastic and therefore very prone to breaking,” adding that theirs lasted under three months, and a one-star buyer called it flimsy and “always breaking away from the wall.” Baseboards and trim are the other recurring problem — if the gate cannot sit flat against the wall, it cannot grip. Several owners argue many breakages come from over-tightening: the most-upvoted review says to spread it open but not too tight, because throwing the lever adds the final tension. Value is contested too, with one buyer saying they only buy these on sale.

Safety and placement

Both of these are pressure-mounted gates by default, and both of our published verdicts say the same thing about that: neither belongs at the top of a staircase in pressure mode. A pressure gate holds by friction against the wall, and the top of a staircase is the one place where that grip letting go matters most. The Regalo’s verdict points you to a hardware-mounted gate for the top of stairs; the Supergate’s says to use its included hardware and mount it properly if it is going anywhere near a staircase. In a doorway or at the bottom of stairs, fit the Regalo’s wall cups or the Supergate’s door sockets rather than relying on pressure alone, re-check the tension regularly, and retire either gate once your child can climb it.

Our pick

For a standard doorway, and for most people reading this: the Regalo Easy Step. It is ten inches taller, it has a door you can walk through, 200,197 buyers put it at 4.2 stars with an 8.3 / 10 verdict, and it was also the cheaper of the two at its $49.97 sale price on 13 September 2026 — check the live price, which has since risen. Buy it with a tape measure in hand — check your opening sits inside 29 to 36.5 inches, and be wary if it lands around 32 to 33.

For an opening the Regalo cannot span: the North States Supergate. Wider than 36.5 inches, narrower than 29, or pressed against a wrought-iron railing, it is the one that fits, and for dividing rooms on a single level for a crawler and a small pet, buyers say it does the job. Go in knowing it is shorter, has no door, is all plastic, and that its lock is where the complaints concentrate — and do not over-tighten it.

Weighing the Regalo against another walk-through gate instead? See Regalo Easy Step vs Safety 1st Easy Install. For stairs, stove and corners together, our best babyproofing picks roundup covers the rest of the house, and best baby safety essentials rounds up the smaller fixes. Or read the full verdicts: Regalo Easy Step Walk-Thru Baby Gate and North States Classic Supergate.

FAQ

What is the difference between the North States Supergate and the Regalo Easy Step?

Width, height and a door. The Regalo Easy Step is a 36-inch-tall walk-through gate for openings of about 29 to 36.5 inches, with a roughly 16-inch door built in. The North States Classic Supergate is a 26-inch-tall all-plastic gate with no door that spans a much wider 26 to 42 inches. Both are pressure-mounted by default and both average 4.2 stars on Amazon.ca, but buyers score the Regalo higher at 8.3 out of 10 against 7.0.

Which baby gate fits a wide doorway or hallway?

The North States Supergate. It expands from 26 to 42 inches, while the Regalo Easy Step tops out at about 36.5 inches even with its included 4-inch extension. If your opening is wider than 36.5 inches, the Supergate is the one of these two that will reach. Measure first either way: the Regalo’s most common complaint is gaps in its adjustment range around 32 to 33 inches, and the Supergate cannot grip properly if baseboards or trim stop it sitting flat.

Does the North States Supergate have a walk-through door?

No. In its default pressure-mounted setup you get past it by releasing the locking lever and lifting it out of the opening, and owners say that is fairly easy once you get the hang of the lock. The included hardware also lets it be screwed in as a swinging gate. If you pass through the opening many times a day, the Regalo Easy Step’s walk-through door is the more practical choice, though at about 16 inches wide buyers carrying a baby find it tight.

Can either gate be used at the top of the stairs?

Not as a pressure-mounted gate. Both of our published verdicts say to keep a pressure-mount gate away from the top of a staircase, because it holds by friction against the wall. The Regalo’s verdict recommends a hardware-mounted gate for the top of stairs, and the Supergate’s says to use its included hardware and mount it properly if it is going anywhere near a staircase. In doorways and at the bottom of stairs, use the Regalo’s wall cups or the Supergate’s door sockets rather than pressure alone.

Is the North States Supergate’s plastic lock a dealbreaker?

It is the most consistent complaint, so take it seriously. Amazon’s review summary names stability as the attribute buyers are disappointed with, and several reviewers report the plastic locking mechanism breaking within months. But owners who have used it for years argue many breakages come from over-tightening: spread the gate open but not too tight, because throwing the lever adds the final tension. If a plastic lock worries you and your opening is under 36.5 inches, the Regalo avoids the question.