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by kamfeather on August 3, 2010
I purchased this cat door back in December when I had Racoons coming in my kitchen to eat my cats' food. It is installed in my sliding glass door sandwiching 2 tall pieces of Lexan (clear 1/4" plastic)which fit snugly in the door frame and are easily removed and placed in other sliding glass doors. I have 2 cats,one of which is fairly skittish. I initially installed the door and left it on "training mode," which allows the door to open in either direction and does not discriminate among critters of any species. This also prevents the gears from locking the door. This also means that it does not make the ratchety sound of the locking mechanism, which startles my one skittish cat, deterring her from using the cat door. I had to take it off training mode when the raccoons discovered how to use this door. With this door, the animal wears a flat, very light weight disc on it's collar which has to be low around it's chest for the sensor to pick up. The cat must then push on the door for the locking mechanism to work. My other cat has it all figured out and he comes and goes without issue. My more skittish cat has only recently (now 7 months later) begun to really use the cat flap. She got it under control when we were on vacation and there wasn't anybody to let her in and she got hungry enough compelling her to use the flap. This flap allows you to program the comings and goings of up to 8 cats, and you can schedule when it will lock or unlock in either direction for each cat individually. It's a really nice product and I would highly recommend it. It would be nice if the locking mechanism was more quiet. I can hear it from other parts of the house, which can be either good or bad, depending... It would also be nice if the cat did not have to push on the flap first before it unlocked. It takes 4 AAA batteries, which I have replaced once in 7 months. However, it has worked out very well for us and were it not for those 2 minor flaws, I would readily give it 5 stars.
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