PoolOne

IEMI's one product for the home pool: the pool gate itself, made smart, so it checks every close and makes the pool area's calls, a child with no adult first, in one home app

The self-closing, self-latching pool gate the barrier already has, at the same 50 mm posts, leaf, hinges and latch, reads every close with a Hall sensor and a magnet in the leaf, watches the deck and the water with a wide camera and a tracking radar in the latch post and the strip outside the fence with a camera in the hinge post; it calls a gate that bounced, stayed ajar or was propped, weakening hinge springs, a child in the pool area with no adult, someone in after hours and a fence climbed, shows each call on the latch post with a light and a tone, and keeps a signed gate log.

Who buys it

Families with a backyard pool (US and Australia first), pool fence installers as the channel, and later holiday-rental owners who must keep a compliant barrier.

Why it pays

$699 + $3/month per gate with its posts instead of about $999 for a new pool gate (about $500, est.), a MagnaLatch ALERT (about $150), our PoolDeck kit ($249, which already folded the PoolGuard Fence Kit) and an outdoor camera (about $100, est.), with pods on the gate and fence, a hub box and three apps.

Target price

$699 per smart pool gate with its posts (fitting by the fence installer extra) + $3/month family alerts and the signed gate log (target)

First-minute wow

A child lets the gate swing shut and it bounces 40 mm open; the latch post turns red with a fast tone, and ten seconds later every family phone says "Pool gate open 40 mm". An hour later a four-year-old is in the pool area with no adult: the gate sounds loudly and all phones ring at once.