Cat Mate 4-Way-Locking Large Cat Flap (221) - Secure Lockable Door for Large Cats and Small Dogs, Easy to Install and Use, for UPVC/Metal, Wall and Wood, Brown

This works well, and it looks good. I'm not impressed at all with the buttons though. I don't use them, but I would rather have a piece of plastic to snap into place when I wanted to stop kitty. I understand that it can be set to allow just entry or exit or both or neither, but I don't think they would stop a determined cat. I will be designing such a plug out of wood and weatherstripping so I can block it off during the winter months. Here's my tip to get your cat to use it. When it's dinner time, let your cat smell the bowl and then walk to the cat door. When the cat approaches, let the cat smell the food once more and then put it through the cat door. My cat didn't mind the door, but wouldn't bump it with his head to open it. I did it for him at first, and then I started gently pushing him into it. It only takes a small nudge. It took about two weeks before he started going in and out by himself. Edit: I bought this in June 2018. It is now December 2020. It worked perfectly until last night during a wet freezing night. It froze, and the cat was stuck outside. This morning, I had to tap on it quite a bit before I could open the door outward, but it wouldn't open inward. I had to hold the door open so he could come in. I came here to look for instructions on setting the four tabs that control whether the cat can go in and out. Didn't find them. Don't like that. From what I heard when I was drying off from my shower, the cat tried extremely hard to get in. Maybe one of the switches was partially moved by the cat. In any event, I don't want that to happen again, and posting a link to the instructions would have been helpful. Well, I'm a guy. I'm used to tinkering with stuff without any idea what I'm doing. Maybe it'll work this time.

Out of all the cat doors on amazon, this is the best one. It installs very easy, and is very functional. I like hot you can lock it in either way, or both ways. The brown matched my wood door very nicely.

Door works well, magnet is strong and seals well.

I installed the Cat Mate #221 Locking Cat Door on an inner door, primarily to give my large cat access to her litter and food, while keeping out our Rottweiler. It was easy to install and seems to be sturdy enough. I like that it's large because my cat is large. The magnet at the bottom of the flap is a bit strong, so I ended up taping the flap up so it's open at all times and the cat can just come and go. Now that the cat is used to going in and out that way I might drop the door again and see if she can figure it out. Overall a very good product. Thank you.

Great sturdy door, easy assembly

We bought this door in our new house to be able to lock the cat in the lower level when we went to bed. It worked great for a few weeks and then we started to hear a loud BANG when we were heading to bed. We found the cat getting his claw under the door and pulling it toward him. Since the lock was engaged, he would lose his grip and the door would bang closed. Eventually he was able to pull it far enough to squeeze through. Now, instead of having a cat door, we have a large plastic square at the bottom fo our door with duct tape all over it so the cat couldn't open it and we no longer have a usable cat door. Don't buy this if you have a determined cat.

Love these pet doors. They match our doors almost perfect. And now we can sleep with the door closed and the cats can let them selves in and out when they want. We have one on the basement door as well so the litter boxes are more enclosed. And we also took and installed these doors (white color) to the front of their litter boxes (30gallon totes). We have 2 litter boxes for 4 cats. They really help to contain the litter box smell. The cats were easy to train to use them with treats. Worth the money!

Product is decent. Door is sturdy and the flap is quite a bit quieter that my previous cat door. One major gripe is the tabs for the 4-way lock. The controls for the locking tabs are on the back side(inside) of the door. The tabs that are exposed, the ones showing in the picture, are very hard to move. Being that I have my cat door installed in a wall, the only way to get to the better set of tabs is to go onto the other side of the wall and stick my hand in the tube. While it is more than doable, I have never had a cat/dog door where the controls aren't on the same side as I am. Seems like a pro design. What is the point of have teh larger controls being on the back side of the flap? The second issue is that the company does not make an extension kit for installing this door in a wall. Amazon shows this door being bought together with a Cat Mate wall liner, but that liner does not fit this door. I contacted the company and was told they do not make an extension for this door and that I should just frame the door into the wall. I already did, but since they make the extension for the smaller door, why not this one? Review would be 5-star if they fixed the issue with the controls.

Good finishing. Good product Well written instructions

Die Katzenklappe war leicht einzubauen und funktioniert super ,die Verstellmöglichkeiten finde ich auch sehr gut und es ist leicht umzustellen .Es funktioniert auch nach mehreren Jahren noch sehr gut

Son ideales....

Rajout de bois, car mes portes sont anciennes et fines, pas réellement aux normes ISO 9000 etc::) , la chatière s'installe facilement, isolation jointe correcte, pas trop d'air passe. J'ai repris cette marque, parce que la première chatière toujours en activité a déjà plusieurs années, elle ne bouge pas, trois chats et deux chiens l'utilisent intensivement, elle fonctionne toujours parfaitement. Rapport qualité prix, excellent !

Convient très bien, c'est parfait.