I purchased this when our Childcare folding bedrail was left somewhere on the Gold Coast on holiday last year. I put it together then slid it onto the mattress. There was a gap of a couple of inches between the mattress and bedrail due to the folding mechanism and I decided to tell people with small babies not to buy it as their baby would slide through it. After having it a few months my daughter at nearly 3 slid through it and was stuck with her back to the mattress and her chest jammed against the frame of the bedrail. She was unable to breathe and it was only that I found her when I did that no damage was done. I'm a mother who co-slept for the first 2 years and now still will check her out throughout the night which is just lucky or I could have woken in the morning to have a dead child. I took it to the company I bought it from and showed it to them. Their response was that as it was put together properly and meets Australian Safety Standards there was to be no refund or exchange! I rang the manufacturer and ACCC all to no avail unless I want to fight it through court. I would have in any severe damage was caused to my daughter but as it was I checked on her at about 8:30 and she was near the wall side of her bed, I checked on her at 9:30 before going to bed and she was stuck so she wasn't left for long anyway.
The Childcare bedrail that folds like a Porta-cot and has it's own little travel case is the best thing I've ever bought and I bought another one soon after the bedrail incident, although I did have to save up for it because I had already spent $60 on the first one then $70 on the second one and had to get a third for another $60. As a single mum, that's a lot of dough!
So if you are in the market for a bed rail, I would recommend the Childcare brand, especially if you travel on holidays like we enjoy doing. They fold right up and fit in a suitcase but when unfolded extend to more than half the length of the bed. | 
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