Extreme Weather Pet Door - Triple Flap, Energy Efficient, Customisable Frame - Medium

I have 2 Dogs Samara and a Alsatian/Husky cross. great product flaps are magmetic closin seal very tight no wind draught or heat less brilliant product only took 1 hour to fit.

Fed up of opening the door for our cats and making sure they are in when we go out, I decided I would get a cat flap. We live in a cold windy part of the country so I went for this expensive "weatherproof" one. I can't say much for how weatherproof it is as I fitted it today on a quiet autumn afternoon. It was simple to fit with the right tools. It took around an hour including sealing it with sealant. It fits well and the flaps sit true In the hole, they are adjustable but didn't need Adjusting for my door. It would be sensible to tighten the screws gently and make sure they aren't too tight, or you end up pulling the frame out of shape, which will mean the flaps don't fit properly. One of my cats has taken to it easily, baring in mind he's never seen a cat flap before. The other one is an idiot but will get it eventually. I suggest sealing it well on both sides with an adhesive sealant rather than bathroom silicone. Also consider making sure that your door keys are kept away from the door for security. I have the small but it would be possible to stick an arm thru the flap and steal door keys. I'll update the review with how weatherproof once we have some bad weather! So far I'd recommend this flap it seems to be of good quality and I can see how it would help the keep the cold and draft out, in comparison to a standard single flap. EXTREME WEATHER UPDATE: This cat flap is not extreme weather proof! We are in the middle of a small storm with 30-40mph gusts of wind. The flap is opening by itself and it is very breezy in my kitchen! Probably still better than a regular single door flap but it's not as great as the packaging would make you believe.

Fantastic dog door. Easy enough to install, with a little basic DIY skill and the right tools (I fitted mine with the door still hanging, took around an hour). The triple flap is really efficient at keeping the wind and cold out. Our old flap would swing around in windy conditions, which would be noisy as well as cold. This one doesn't do that at all, even in the worst winter conditions. It's also very good at keeping the cold out and doesn't suffer from condensation, which is something we experienced with other flaps. One thing to be mindful of is that your pet will not be able to see through this flap as it's not transparent, and will need to use a bit more force to get through the door. We found this to actually be a good thing as it has forced our dog to take her time when going through, rather than sprinting through full speed! It may, though, mean it takes a little longer to train your pet to use the door.

Easy to install, very quiet compared to our last dog flap. On a very windy day (I live on top of a hill and get strong winds) it does tend to slightly open but not as bad as our last one where we didn’t have the middle flap. Easy to keep clean.

Absolute nightmare to install, if you can pay a 'little man' to do it for you, then I strongly advise you to do so. Bit heavy for the cat to easily use - still shoving her through it. Greyhound more difficult to convince. Really needed to be higher up the door for him. But then the cat would need a stepladder to get through the flap!

Superb design. This was fitted into my south-facing upvc porch door (into a pvc panel - not in the glazing). My Lhasa apso dog learnt how to work the flap within days. I did as other reviewers suggested and taped up the flaps so she learnt to hop in and out through the hole, then the next day just left the central insulated flap down. The third day I dropped one of the magnetic flaps. And the fourth day she could easily push through the full door. She has lots of dog friends who visit. I was amused to see her best mate, a Border Collie/ Labrador cross, easily use the flap too (with zero training just following my dog). We’ve recently had a very strong storm with 80 mph winds. The flap has not flapped about under any weather. It has not let rain in. It does let a small draught through - but I don’t mind that at all. Really great purchase.

Install: The install was easy, once I had made a modification because my door was only 2.5cm thick (the product suggests: most doors 4.1 \- 5.7cm thick). The issue for me was the that plastic header for the middle flap is rather thick and hits the header for the outer door flap. My hack-fix was to unscrew the middle flap and saw that header down by what I needed (for me it was about 6mm) with a hack saw. I just eyeballed the cut - was not 100% straight, but when I re-attached the middle flap I had just enough space to assemble the two frames onto my door...... just. After cutting the screw holes are still visible to screw back in the middle flap and are deep enough to do so :) .. well, it did say in the manual, under things you will need: "competent DIY skills" :o -or in my case incompetent! Weatherproof - v-strong winds can open the flap, but then that is what the "storm shield" panel is for - so no issue there really. Warmth - pretty good, better then other flaps I have used. My only slight issue here is that all three flaps leave a slight gap around the sides. It looks like they spent a lot of time perfecting the bottom seal and forgot this. A bit of foam or brushes would maybe solve this. Looks great!

Good cat flap. Quiet Heavy so suitable for a larger cat.