Barn Door Soft Close

I've had a large custom barn door installed in my bedroom for almost 5 years. The door measures 100" tall and 48" wide and is made of solid wood. The door separates our bathroom from our bedroom, and my wife and I use it almost daily. My wife rarely opened the door all the way, since she didn't like to hear it "clunk" against the stopper when fully opened. Therefore, the door would always stick out into the opening about 3 to 4 inches and it was a pet peeve for me! I constantly would push the thing all the way open and it was just an unspoken internal battle amongst ourselves (after 28 years, you learn to not actually mention meaningless things anymore). Anyway, when I found this soft close mechanism at a reasonable price that looked extremely easy to install...I had to give it a shot. Wow, wow, wow! Super easy to install and works EXACTLY as advertised (even on my extremely large barn door). I honestly don't know how much my door weighs, but this thing has no issues whatsoever...even when pushing it open relatively quickly. I've attached a video for reference of it in action. I initially installed both sides of the mechanism (opening and closing). However, last night (the 1st night it was installed) my wife went to bed about 30 minutes before me. When I was ready for bed, I turned off the bathroom lights and always try to open the door quietly, as to try and not wake her up unnecessarily. The soft close mechanism does such a good job of keeping the door closed, I had to use a fair amount of force to get the door to begin to open. This made a decent amount of noise (in the middle of the night) and woke up my wife. Once I pushed the door open, the opening side of the mechanism kicked in and gently pulled the door completely open without any excessive noise. So, I think for my setup, I'm going to remove the actuator on the "closing" side of the door so that we can quietly open the door in the night without using any excessive force. For me, I'm most happy about the door always staying fully open. When closing the door at night, it's not an issue if it makes a little bit of noise (since no one is asleep yet). For the simplicity of the install, the functionality of the product, the extremely reasonable price & helping to eliminate a small pet peeve I have...it's ABSOLUTELY 5 stars for me!! Hope this review helps!

I have a heavy set of barn doors in my office that gets opened and closed several times a day. It takes a solid 10 seconds of concentration to close them, as if it hits the existing stop with too much force it'll bounce back the other way. Well no more! This genius little device bolts on, and slowly and gently pulls the door up against the stop. You can literally fling the door open or closed, and it will glide gently to a stop. Install was simple, just look at the cutaway photo on the product listing, and do exactly that. You'll need to attach the small angle brackets which is a slight pain (not easy to get the screw in there) but that's really the worst of it. Here's my super-fast summary instructions: * Attach the little angle brackets to the cartridge, one on each end so it looks like the photo. You'll end up with each bracket looking like a mirror image of the other (one for left, one for right.) * Bolt it onto the rail somewhere over where the door lands in the closed position, and the open position. * Open / Close the door to where it needs to land, then place the receiver bracket into the notch. Use screws to attach it to the top. If there's a big distance between the receiver bracket and the notch, use the plastic shims underneath / adjust the bracket up and down with the little hex bolt. That's it. Legit. It does its job well, it's inexpensive, and really well engineered.

Easy install. Works like a gem.

⭐ 4/5 – Works well, but installation instructions could be clearer The soft closure kit worked perfectly once added to the track and came with everything needed for installation. If you’re handy, installation is straightforward, but the instructions aren’t very clear for everyone. Overall, a solid product that does what it promises.

Easy to install and works very well. Exactly what I expected when I purchased it.

Purchased 3 sets of these for some heavy barn doors I recently built. I installed a set on the door that was already mounted last night, took about 15 minutes. The included instructions were easy to follow. They are barely visible on the door rail which is an awesome feature. Once installed the soft close worked as it should on an 8 ft tall 30 inch wide walnut door. I was pleasantly surprised that mechanism didn't balk even with that much weight. The door opens and closes easily and quietly.

I installed these on a pair of double barn doors. They installed easily and flawlessly. Ended all the banging when closing or opening.

This was an easy installation, and I love the soft close feature. I was also impressed with how quickly it installed.

We are very pleased with this, when our soft close no longer worked on our barn door and the manufacturer no longer sold the door, we were devastated. The manufacturer suggested this soft close mechanism, we have installed it and used it for a couple of months now, we are very happy.

It works well. They should have better instructions. I figured It out finally after thinking about it. It works well but it is plastic and some metal mix construction. Will see how long it lasts.

To give you an idea of how well-designed this product is, my box was missing an installation guide and I was still able to figure out how to have it perfectly installed in less than 30 minutes. It really adds that slick finishing touch to our house.

I should have gotten this prior to mounting the door wheels so I would have had the door catch to make sure I had enough space to mount this on the top of the door so that it fits under the rail. Works as described. Great for slowing down the close and the full open.

Good Product