Elite Microchip Cat Flap with Digital Timer & LCD Display (355) - for Small to Average Sized Cats, Easy Installation in UPVC Doors, Glass, and Wood, White

We purchased this cat door for our colony of barn cats. The door works great -- allows are microchipped cats in and out and generally keeps other critters (skunks, possums, coyotes, foxes, mice) out of the garage. Just a warning for people who might want to use this to keep out raccoons -- if your microchipped cat is near the door (e.g., looking through the window or sleeping or walking nearby) while a raccoon is on the other side, the door unlocks. We have a very smart raccoon who figured this out. It would look through the window and wait for the click of the door unlocking and then come in. This isn't an error in the door -- the door works perfectly well as designed. It's just a raccoon is smart enough to figure out the mechanism and push the door in or pull it back to get in. Just wanted to let others know that this might not be a solution if the animals you are trying to keep out are raccoons.

My cats may be more skittish than yours. It took my cats over a month to get use to this cat door w/the lock deactivated (training mode). In training mode it's silent but also doesn't lock so it doesn't keep the strays out. The RFID chip sensor works great as does the lock mechanism, a very slight push & it unlocks for our cats. But when the lock actuates it makes a very loud ratcheting sound that sends my cats running for cover. By loud I mean not quite as loud as a Glock 9mm, but louder than my Byrna airsoft...not quite where humans need hearing protection but cats probably do. If your cat is deaf, no problem. Mine can hear bugs walking through my lawn so this thing sends them running...even if one is in a different room when the other triggers it, they both panic. I'm a Failure Analysis Engineer so I delved into it & found many problems. In short the mechanism rattles & the casing amplifies that & focuses it on the cat's head like a megaphone. If your cat is deaf this is the door for you but probably not a good idea to have a deaf cat go outdoors. I still need something like this so I may buy others but I'll be sure to quickly return any that make noises like this one. Updated: 4 months after installing this the PROG button no longer works. I confirmed this using several different functions involving that button. Looks like the buttons aren't sealed well against dust/weather. Again: design not appropriate for intended use. But this may work ok on doors between rooms inside your home...if your cat is deaf.

This cat door saved us. It took a while before my cat figured out, I mean like 2 months while, so be patient, but once he did, we all Iive better lives. It works as expected, it definitely took us a bit to figure out the settings and schedule but it works with a tag and with the microchip my cat has. The only negative I have the locking system is loud so don't install it anywhere near your bedroom.

Update after 9 months or so: I still love the door. Mine gets plenty of usage as its used to give my cat access to specific parts of the house while keeping my roommate's cat out (i.e. my personal room). But, I am having an issue where the batteries seem to run down in the course of a week or so (they should last between 6 months to a year, depending on usage). I am going to look into a warranty exchange and update this review again after that. This door is built well, feels sturdy, and fit my door well. I will add approx. door dimensions later. Bad first: The locking mechanism isn't the fastest in the world. Though this is part of the design, its not my ideal locking mechanism. The cat has to put there nose on the door to unlock it, assuming the lock is on. If they are exiting the house/room, then the collar tag is not used, and the door unlocks when the cat applies pressure to the door. The door provides enough wiggle room for the locks so that the door will begin to swing before the locks are withdrew. But, they still take a moment to withdraw before the door will swing open fully. When the cat is entering the house/room, the tag is required to permit access (it does this well, contrary to other reviews), but the cat must still put their nose on the door and push it for the lock to withdraw. If possible, decreasing latency times would improve the quality of this door. Additionally, the lock is of, what i would call, medium "loudness." It won't awake you from sleep, the closing door is louder, but it is annoying. It will also frighten a cat that is not used to a mechanism as such. I have yet to have my cat use the door consistently while the lock is on, but uses it constantly when the lock is off. Lastly, DON'T LET THEM PLAY WITH THE DOOR WHILE THE LOCK IS ON. When the lock is engaged, it is easy for the cat to get a tail or paw stuck by trying to pull the door the opposite way. This is user error, not product error. Another review stated that their cat almost had to have their tail amputated due to it getting caught. The door will not close to a locking position until the boney part of the tail is through, the tail (at least in the cat) is too thick to be locked on. Watch out just in case, but i have had to issues with that during times where we tested the locking feature. The positives: The flap is strong and holds up well to mild abuse. It can take my cat doing in and out constantly. The controls are easy to use and pairing is fast and simple. The tags work well when used properly. Keep them close to the cats neck so they don't jingle or get caught on the frame of the flap. The flap only requires the tag from the outside/tunnel side. See above for why you can't get the door to react from inside the house/room without touching it. The tunnel IS the sensor. Installation was easy and fit a relatively small door. Getting a new door to fit the old door frame was much more challenging than this installation. My door, where the flap is installed, is approx. 1/4in to a 1/2 in think, if not thinner, and it installed quickly and firmly. No wiggle or shaking, no rattling, it is snug. Overall, the product, when used as intended, is a good product. Making it more friendly to shy or explorative cats is my only big suggestion. A cat that uses it as intended will be fine. 👍 Update on 8/37/2020: Still no issues with appendages getting caught or stuck, and now my cat uses the door constantly. I figure I will have to replace the batteries within the next month now, but adds that extra security I was looking for. I would recommend this product.

I am thrilled by this. I loved my last Cat Mate door that worked with magnets, but my cats hated wearing the collar (I live in a place that they collected nails, debris, and the occasional UXO on the magnet), and so I had to leave it unlocked by taping down the latch. That worked for a year until another neighborhood finally cat learned to get in (but not out), wreaking havoc. So I upgraded to the one that reacts to the microchips in their necks, to avoid fighting with them about collars. It works perfectly. I had read the mixed reviews about this model and was nervous, but now am guessing it just REALLY needs to be installed exactly as instructed. I put a plank along their entry to ensure the exact 15cm specified for the height and the cats haven't given it a second thought, they don't even pause on the way in. They were initially alarmed by the little burr-click that it makes as they enter and exit, but they got used to that in two hours. (Some reviews made me fear it makes the sound throughout the night with self-checks but it does not--there is only a slight noise when they come in and out.) They have to push a little harder to open this one than the old one, but again, they learned fast, and it's good exercise. The door is slightly irritating to program for this day and age but it isn't at all hard, you just have to follow the very clear instructions to the letter. (Is there an app for that?) The best part is that the door so far recognizes their microchips instantly on approach and unlocks the door. They didn't need any training at all since they were familiar with the theory of pushing the old door. I love checking the time since they used it to know if they've been around in my absence, though too scared (of them) to try to use the available time controls to limit their movement. Also great improvement to enable a "training mode" for cats who don't take to it instantly, rather than having to tape down the latch, which was always a possible point of failure while I was on vacation. So, I recommend the company think about a much more intuitive, user friendly interface for future upgrades but am absolutely satisfied with ease of installation and performance. Thanks much! By the way, be careful when ordering to ensure you have the model that works with microchips, since the titles are very similar. Amazon was great about letting me return the wrong one.

We have an outdoor cat that adopted us. We keep her food in the garage so that raccoons and other cats don't use our house as their Hometown Buffet. I placed this cat door in the people door of our detached garage and the hope was that she would go in and out as needed while no unauthorized 'visitors' would be able to get to her food. I also got the collar tag for her because she doesn't have a chip (she's a stray that adopted us so I'm not putting a lot of cash into an outdoor stray cat). All that said; here's what we got: 1) The door itself is well made and straightforward to install. I'm a fairly accomplished mechanic and handyman so for me it was fairly easy to get set into the metal people door. The hatch itself seals well and there’s no issues with construction or installation. 2) It's fairly easy to program and set up BUT the instructions are not that great. Once you've got it figured out it all makes sense but documentation isn't the strong suit of this cat door. The batteries are easy to replace but it’s a PAIN to get the battery hatch off. Nothing here is a deal breaker but it can be frustrating. 3) Success depends on your cat's demeanor. If your cat won't stick its head in a tunnel, this isn't going to work for you. Your cat will have to bump her head against the door to activate it and that is probably why some folks have zero success with this hatch. Our experience is going out is no big deal for the cat. The hatch door is flush with the people door with no tunnel and the cat goes right out. She bumps her head, the hatch unlocks and out she goes. However, she will not go in. She's won’t put her head in the tunnel, bump the hatch to activate, then bump again to go through. I've tried numerous ways to get her comfortable with this as has my former zookeeper wife. It's just not happening. So we keep her food in there anyway and she will come to the back door and let us know she’s hungry. Then we open the main garage door and she’ll run inside. We can then close her in the garage knowing she’ll go out on her own. Overall the cat hatch solved half our problem because we don’t have to leave food outside and the cat can get out of the garage. We’ve had no raccoons or other animals get in the garage and we’ve got plenty of wildlife around. However, she won’t go in which is kind of a bummer and makes us have to keep tabs on the cat to a certain extent. I’d make sure your cat is comfortable going into a tunnel before you buy this cat hatch.

Love this cat door took a while for my cat to figure out going out was OK but practice makes perfect. She now goes in and out at her ease. I like that it keeps other animals out. The chip works with the door well

Let's start with what really matters most. Does the cat flap work as claimed / required? To which the answer has to be a resounding NO. Details will vary but the basic function everyone needs from a cat flap is the provision of a doorway through which your cat(s) and only your cat(s) can travel. You may have several cats and want different ingress and egress policies for them. You way want to control the time(s) of day the flap is operational. You may like to know if a cat is one side or another of the doorway. But all of those requirements are of no import if the cat flap does not actually lock/unlock according to the rule(s) you have set. And that's where the Cat Mate Elite Super Selective Cat Flap fails abysmally. Unless you have set the flap to what the manufacturer terms "training mode", which leaves the flap completely unlocked, the flap's default state should be locked. As in anything and in particular any animal other than your cat(s) pushing against it will be unable to open it. Some of the time that's what this cat flap does. Some of the time it does not. When it does not, just gently pushing against the flap from either side results in the flap opening. Hello raccoon. Welcome to my home. Come wreak havoc and crap all over the place because this Cat Mate Elite Super Selective Cat Flap let you in. It's a real shame the manufacturer has done such a poor job of building a flap with RFID technology that is sensitive enough to read embedded chips (in your cat). Their less expensive Cat Mate Elite I.D. Disc Cat Flap that only works with collar mounted rfid tags works really well. (I have one and it's been doing what it should for several years). I understand that reading embedded chips is more challenging - smaller size means less power in returned transmissions which is generally handled in commercial RFID systems by using more powerful transmitters and/or more sensitive receiving antennas. More power isn't really an option for battery powered transmitters if battery life is to be acceptable. It would appear also that conservation of battery life is the main reason your cat has to push against the cat flap door before it will unlock as pushing the door activates the RF transmitter. A more sensitive antenna is, I believe, the reason behind the longer exit tunnel built into the Cat Mate Elite Super Selective Cat Flap. That exit tunnel is really disliked by my cat and, I would guess, by many other cats since the manufacturer is at pains the emphasise that the tunnel should not be cut off or trimmed. However, arcane discussions of how the RFID setup is configured has nothing to do with whether the flat operates correctly. In the case of the Cat Mate Elite Super Selective Cat Flap it simply does not. No ifs, ands or buts. It just does not do what it is supposed to. (Foot note: the flap I am reviewing was purchased from chewy.com - a great bunch of people. They replaced the first flap I purchased - probably at their expense - when I found it always let my cat out as in never locked from the inside. The replacement I am now reviewing appeared to work initially and was in use for a while. I'm now rather suspecting it never worked correctly at all but I just happened to test it at times the door was locked.)

Très heureux de l'achat. A capté mon chat du premier coups. Il fonctionne à merveille depuis une semaine et je vois déjà à l'autonomie en croquettes que nous avons moins de visiteurs. Mon chats est apaisé et moi aussi.

Dit is inmiddels mijn 2e luik van dit merk, de 1e is er na 5 jaar mee gestopt. De binnenzijde vh luik (met de timer) is een keer nat geregend terwijl de deur open stond. Sindsdien bleef de tijd niet op zijn tijd staan en daardoor liep ook de timer niet goed en waren de katten nog binnen terwijl ze naar buiten hadden moeten kunnen of s'nachts op pad terwijl ze binnen hoorde te zijn. De vorige had 3 jaar garantie en deze 2, dus de nieuwe eigenaar heeft er een jaar afgehaald. (jammer) Het luik werkt prima zoals gezegd, het instellen lijkt moeilijker dan het is. Ja de knopjes moet je stevig indrukken, maar daar raak je gewend aan. De katten met een geinplanteerde chip 'inscannen' kun je het beste doen voordat je het luik plaatst. Onze katten zijn hem gewend maar blijven het soms wat spannend vinden om in of uit te gaan door het luik, maar voor een snoepje vliegen ze er doorheen. De prijs is wel hoog voor deze luik, maar hij heeft ons bewezen dat hij het waard is. Als wij er een paar dagen niet zijn kunnen de katten gewoon naar binnen en buiten op de tijden die wij ingesteld hebben.

The tunnel depth of the cat flap is 10 cm, which I was not aware of at the time of purchase. My door is only 6 cm thick. When I asked what should be done with the excess 4 cm, I was advised to saw off the surplus. However, there was a sticker on the cat flap clearly stating that nothing should be sawn off, as there is a wire running along the side. This is contradictory and concerning. Although I do not particularly mind the 4 cm excess, the conflicting instructions are problematic. After preparing the opening in the door, I proceeded to programme the cat flap. The registration of the cats worked without issue, and I was able to set the curfew between 19:00 and 06:00. However, there are no instructions explaining how to set the actual system time. I spent a frustrating hour attempting to resolve this (including consulting AI assistance), but without success. I have contacted customer support regarding this issue but have not yet received a response. We then installed the cat flap in the door, ensuring that it was correctly aligned and able to open in both directions. However, even when the cats were directly in front of the flap, it did not unlock or respond. I have now ordered ID tags at EUR 12 each and hope this will resolve the issue.

I read many review for many different cat flaps before finally deciding on this one . Its reasonably easy to install , mines in a UPVC door , I needed a drill and jigsaw. It takes 4 AA batteries , not included . The setting up of the functions was a bit fiddly but with patients and reading the instructions carefully , even I managed it . You have to press quite hard and in the middle of the small buttons. Its best to programme the cats microchip in before installing . Plenty of Dreamies enticed mine through the opened flap to do this . Then once installed sort out the rest of the programming . I had a little trouble programming in the actual now time . I felt the instructions weren't clear for that step but managed . Then i programme what time the flap unlocked and could be accessed both ways in the morning and what time it locked to 'come in only" at the night time by following the instructions . You must remember to save each step . Maybe an app on the phone would make programming a bit less fiddly , just a suggestion . I like the fact there is a little icon for each cat on the display strip that shows whether they are in or out . There is also apparently a function that shows how long they have been in or out but I haven't felt the need to set that up. There was mention of the flap being noisy when unlocking with the microchip recognition but my 2 kitties soon realised that noise ment it would open and let them through. . There was some catflap reviews of the flaps closing hard ,trapping tails . This flap closes gently on the tail if they don't move quickly through then locks once the tail is clear . I no longer feel guilty at having to leave my furry friends shut in the house while I'm on a long work day . Though a bit pricy I would highly recommend 5⭐️

高いものなので使えなかったらどうしようかと迷いましたが、普通に使えました。 猫たちも慣れて全く問題なく快適に使っています。