SeismoLatch Automatic Earthquake Activated Cabinet Latch, Brown, 10-Pack

I've installed 30 of these latches now in two houses. The latches are high quality - I haven't had a single problem out of 30, and they install quickly and easily. The only complaint I have is about the little u-shaped foam install jigs - the two sided tape was too strong and tore up the foam pieces quickly. Fortunately I had a roll of less sticky two sided tape that let me get the job done without destroying any more of the foam pieces - I imagine making a roll of transparent 'Scotch' tape would work just as well. I haven't been through an earthquake yet, but I do sleep easier knowing that I've reduced the odds of my cabinets popping open and launching their contents if things start shaking.

These latches seem likely to work properly in an earthquake. They are based on a cabinet-mounted hook that is cleverly balanced so that vibration drops it into a catch mounted on the door. I've had mine installed now for over a month and there have been no false activations. Installation can be a problem, however. The mounting brackets are sized for the hook to drop properly if the door closes flush with the cabinet, which some do. Some, like mine, however, have little rubber or plastic bumpers on the doors that hold the doors about an eighth of an inch away from the cabinet frame. This is enough to compromise the dropping process. My solution was to make spacers (flat pieces of plastic with holes for the screws) to fit under the door latches to put them in the proper position. I called the customer service number and the man answering seemed quite knowledgeable about the product and he concurred with my assessment of the problem. By the way, opening a latched door is easy using a knife blade.There is a worse problem mounting these on doors with glass inserts. Some don't have any wood where the latch goes. You need to make a much larger plate to both provide spacing and put the latch where it needs to be.All in all, though, if you can mount them, they are a good solution to protection of glassware in an earthquake.

First the product that arrived in the packages did not match either the label, nor the instructions. After spending a while on their website, I finally figured out I had been sent something called the "Ultra" latch. Ok, I thought this might be a good thing. Wrong!After installing all of the latches, the claim that even slamming the cabinet door will not activate them is FALSE! The latches on the base cabinets latch every time I do any work on the countertop, which is granite, and even closing the doors very carefully, or closing a drawer next to the cabinet they latch. These are more trouble than child locks!And, good luck getting them open once they've caught! Save your money, and aggravation, and buy child locks to protect against an earthquake, and just get used to unhooking them each time you need to open a cabinet door.These were definitely not worth the money!

These things are a great idea, I just hope they work, but I had a tough time installing them because I have oak cabinets and I had to pre-drill everything which was time consuming because some spots of oak was super hard. I was afraid of breaking my drill bit, but I prevailed even though those tiny screw heads would sometimes strip because I had to screw everything by hand tool into that tough oak. The thing I didn’t like was the adhesive which sometimes didn’t hold well. So seven latches and several hours later, I had them all installed and my fingers are crossed.

Had to revise my review below, taking them down. They cannot be set to avoid false trips (almost daily) and they cannot be adjusted. Even tried shims to tilt them back a bit to make them less sensitive.They Work, they work too well, too sensitive. I installed 8 last weekend and I have had to reset 2 or 3 every day due to nuisance trips. We live on a quiet street, no heavy traffic, miles from a railroad, and not under an airport runway path. We also have soft close hinges on doors.There is no adjustment for the sensitivity so I am thinking I will try to shim on the back side to increase the tilt. Think the problem is with the design of the latch arm which is bent wire twisted to join right at the spot where the latch arm rests on the swing arm. A stamped sheet metal arm would be more accurately formed at that point.Contacted Safe-T-Latch website for suggestions - NO RESPONSE.

These things don't get in the way of normal use, but deploy to protect your contents when the quake hits. Haven't had a quake since install but am confident in the mechanism. Very easy to install, except they provide cheapo screws with no bite. I got more and did all my cupboards when I saw how well they work.If you live in a quake zone, imagine the mess when all your cupboards vomit their contents all over the floor. Then get these. Now, the doors will only open an inch. You may lose a few glasses from clacking together, but not from being tossed across the room. And you are less likely to be hit by flying plates as you cower under the kitchen counter.

The idea for these is good, instalation is a breeze BUT, they need a fix to be great. I live in SoCal and need something that will activate in more like a 4 or 5 + event. When purchased these would activate every time a plate or bowl was set on a shelf. Very frustrating. So I tinkered around with different things to "fix" them. Here's what I finally did to make them Great. I used a file to take down the semi-circle hook stop to about 1/16", then added a small piece of adhesive backed magnetic strip to the inside back of the bracket under the semi-circle hook stop.The hood is made of an alloy that is barely magnetic so it just barely holds but it's enough. Now you have to jar the cabinet with a little force to activate the hook, not enough to move the dishware but enough that it's more then a magnitude 1 or 2. So now they are GREAT!