BRINKS Ganyon Push Pull Rotate Door Knob - Hands-Free Hall & Closet Door Lock in Satin Nickel - Easy Push, Pull or Rotate Operation - Perfect for Bedrooms, Bathrooms & Kids' Rooms

I love that these were easy to install, make opening doors easier when unlocked (especially good for people with limited twisting ability), and they're beautiful! My doorknobs have been broken for so long that it made me nervous when these worked so easily! Love them.I bought a dumpy short sale in April 2014 and have been frugally fixing it up. Because almost everything I'm buying is used, from thrift stores or Craigslist, sometimes I'm okay paying more for something special that I expect to last for a long time. Like replacing all the dingy brass doorknobs that came with my house. I wanted a sleek, Mid Century Modern knob feel that wasn't a crazy $100 per knob. After looking all over the place. This knob caught my attention. But at twice the price of so many other knobs, would it be worth it?These knobs have been installed in my home now since late April 2014. My 1300 square foot home has 4 of these knobs in the lock-less style and 3 knobs in this lock style. For this updated review, I just tested all of the knobs and only 3 of the 7 work using the special push style opening. I'm not sure if that's because of the old carpet or poorly installed doors or if it's the knobs. But using this technique to open a door is pretty loud and I honestly have probably not even tried to use this process to open the door more than... 5x.While the special push/pull/rotate isn't as wonderful, easy, or quiet as the videos suggest, I still love the look of these knobs. I also love that you can't see any of the screws to install the knobs. I'm planning an addition on my home in a year or two and decided to order a few additional knobs for the addition, just in case they go out of stock or are discontinued--I want all the knobs to match. Amazon also has the best price that I could find.This knob should work better than it does but it has a fundamental problem. That is the bolt that inserts into the jamb plate has too much friction to allow us to open the door by pulling on the knob. If you can picture the flat edge of the bolt pulling against the flat edge of the jamb plate, there is friction. The harder you pull on the knob, the more friction between the bolt and the jamb plate. The product just doesn't quite allow an easy opening of the door. In "turn mode" where you turn the knob to open the door, it works just like any knob.The knob is well made and so we like the finish and how it looks. We called the Manufacturer and told them about the problem and they were absolutely wonderful, sending us another knob at no charge. But, alas, same problem.I don't think we can possibly have installed it wrong and I hope the company is successful, because I like their business methods. I just don't see this product working exactly right in our jamb. Wish it did because it's a well made, nice looking knob.Love the push and pull feature. It really makes using the door knob a lot easier when carrying things. Sometimes I forget other knobs don’t have this feature. Didn’t take long to install. I would recommend it to anyone needing an easier way to open your door.This is a very cool idea. Who knew that there was a different way to make a door knob?? It works just like it says. My hands are filled with kids or bags. No problem - just bump the knob with my hip and it opens! Or you can turn it in the old fashioned way.Note that you can bump it from one side, so pick the side or the door that makes the most sense. At least that is how mine works. I installed one by myself - replaced the old knob. Ordered an second one and had my 15 year old install it. Follow the directions exactly and you won't have any issues.It works good but I bought this knob and the handle type and I like the handle much better. The knob on mine if you barely turn it at all it will come open. If you push on it it's not a smooth push to open but when you push you have to give a decent hit with elbow or knee or hip to open it. It's almost like it's stuck. It's easy to install The handles models are smooth to push or pull.Pro: I like the idea of not having to used your hand to turn the door knob, this is great for when your handle are full of stuff.Con: I have a hard time opening the door with my elbow, you have to push on the door know pretty hard before it will open.its good for push opening but not all the time and the handle it self is big i get my fingers caught between it and the frame. if u push to hard it just jams and if the handle is pushed only half way in then you cant turn it. my wife always has issues she thinks its locked.I really like these knobs. I have one on all the doors entering my house. I'm also slowly swapping out interior doors to them. I say slowly because of the cost. If I looked at the total cost I probably wouldn't be using them everywhere...Update January 2022:The handles have continued to work well. The ones on the exterior are still fine, something that I was concerned about. The privacy ones don't work as well. I wish they had matching closet handles.This door knob hardware worked as described. I installed this door knob on the door between our garage leading to our kitchen. This was perfect for times when we had our hands full bringing groceries in or other items, we just had to push the door knob and it would open. My only wish was I installed this years earlier and saved us countless times the grief of trying to figure out how to open the door when our hands were full. I would buy this item again.I like the concept, the non-locking handles work awesome!My privacy handle gets caught on the striker plate when attempting to use the push/pull feature and won't open.The only down side is the push side requires more force then the pull size or you must hit the push side quickly for it to work better.Otherwise a good product that was very easy to install.Works great! Good quality, easy to install.