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Smart Pet Doors
5 reviews
Microchip, tag and app-controlled pet doors and cat flaps that let only your own animals in and out.
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SureFlap Microchip Pet Door Connect Review: Does a Chip Keep Strays Out?
The SureFlap reads your pet's existing microchip, so no collar tag is needed. We look at how well that keeps strays out, where owners report lockouts, and what the Hub and batteries add to the cost.
- Price
- About $221, Hub sold separately
- Identification
- Reads the pet's microchip (check compatibility online)
- Flap opening
- 7.5 in wide, about 6.7 in high
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Pawport Smart Pet Door Review: Is a Locking Airlock Worth $699?
A motorised, tag-activated pet door with dual steel deadbolts that retrofits over an existing flap. We weigh the $699 price, the tag dependence and the missing battery.
- Price
- $699 (Medium, Large, Extra Large)
- Pet weight
- Up to 100 / 150 / 200 lb
- Opening (W x H)
- 13.25 x 16.25 / 20.25 / 24.25 in
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Power Pet PX-1 Wi-Fi Dog Door Review: A Locking Panel, Not a Large-Dog Door
High Tech Pet's PX-1 Wi-Fi patio door lifts a locking panel for a collared pet and costs $874.99. It is a Medium door for pets up to 25 lbs, so big dogs need the PX-2, and the wall version is $295 cheaper.
- Price
- $874.99 (AC only), $919.98 with backup battery
- Opening
- 8.25 x 10 inches (Medium)
- Pet weight
- Up to 25 lbs per the maker's sizing table
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SureFlap Cat Flap Connect Review: Is the Curfew Worth the Hub?
Sure Petcare's app-connected cat flap adds remote locking, curfews and in/out logs to a microchip flap, for about $200 plus a Hub sold separately. We look at who gets real value from that and who does not.
- Price
- About $200, Hub sold separately
- Identification
- Reads existing pet microchips, all common types
- Pets supported
- Up to 32 microchipped animals (Tech Advisor)
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PetSafe SmartDoor Connected Review: App Schedules on a $350 Pet Door
The SmartDoor Connected adds per-pet schedules, a four-mode lock and phone alerts to a collar-key pet door. It costs $349.99 for the medium, runs on D or C batteries, and wants 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi.
- Sizes
- Medium and Large
- Pet weight
- Up to 25 lb (medium), up to 100 lb (large)
- Flap opening
- 7.1 x 7.8 in (medium), 11.9 x 16.1 in (large)