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Petsafe Cat Flap Big 4Way White Lock | 
 enlarge | Brand: Staywell
Category: Pet Products
List Price: $33.99
Buy New: $24.89
You Save: $9.10 (27%)
New (10) from $24.89
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 49266
Color: White w/clear flap
Media: Misc.
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 2 x 11.8
MPN: 280US
Model: 280US
UPC: 053592000071
EAN: 0053592000071
ASIN: B0002AAT72
Release Date: April 2, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | for Big Cats | | • | White Color | | • | 4 Way In/Out/Both/Locked | | • | Locking |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The Staywell 280 Big Cat is a medium sized pet door designed for installation in plate glass. It would also be appropriate for installation in a plexi glas or polycarbonate panel substituted for a piece of tempered glass. A 4-way locking mechanism allows for 'in only' and 'out only' in addition to the normal 'open' and 'closed' positions. White frame only. Flap is rigid see through.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Not a good product - start to finish March 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was extremely difficult to install and our dog is constantly locking the cats wherever they happen to be at the time. The magnet broke off the bottom of the door, and two of the four plugs used to cover the screw holes are gone. I have had this door for 6 months and am looking for a replacement already (after some procrastination). I will be replacing this item unless I simply cannot find a different door that fits this one's hole or a slightly larger door hole.
 pain in the cat flap September 26, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
For the money you pay, you get two pieces of plastic door molding, a thin plastic door, and 2 plastic strips...oh and a fun hour or two of trying to do with 2 hands what you should have 6 for. There goes 1 star.
The instructions are actually wrong, which will cause you an extra hour of frustration. That's another star. The plastic strips are what line the hole that you just cut in your door. Most interior doors are hollow, and made of a pressed paperboard, basically stiff cardboard. So the plastic strips line the hollow middle of the door. The instructions tell you to cut the strips to the thickness of the door. However, the plastic inserts that they go into have a thickness of their own which go into the door by about 1/8 inch each.
You won't find this out until you perform the juggling act of putting one side door on, balancing the plastic insert in the side, putting the plastic strips into the insert, then putting the other side's insert and door in place, then finally trying to thread the screw into the loose nut that recesses into the hole. Once you get all 4 screws tight, only then will you realize that not only is there a 1/8" gap on each side of the door, but the door itself won't open because the plastic is bowed. There goes another star!
Once you have it cut *just* perfect (if you cut it a hair too short then it won't fit inside the inserts and the whole door will be useless), and tightened just right (rather like tuning a piano), then the door will swing open and shut without getting pinched. Then you can worry about the mundane things like how to fill the decorative recesses in the door that the cat-door isn't flush to.
The bottom line is that this should be 1/3 of the price for what you get...and don't get. It's cheap construction with too little thought having gone into the assembly, and it looks like a cheap white cat door screwed into the door when you're all done.
poor quality February 2, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
a couple mos ago, we bought this cat door as an answer to the problem of our cats bringing in critters. it is a four way locking door and our intention was, as we live in the country and have coyotes, owls, wild dogs etc., to lock the door so the cats could come in and be locked from going back out at night and to keep them out during the day and to prevent them from bringing mice and various other snacks in.
the door worked well for a little while, however they quickly learned to press on the plastic door hard enough to pop the hinges off and we would come home and find bloody mouse bits on our floor. i tried the secure the hinges more, but the other night one of them pressed hard enough to actually break the door right in half.
this door should be strong enough to prevent this, knowing that cats are going to try to force their way in. not to mention it has a poor insulating value, and is drafty and blows open alot
overall i was very unhappy with this door. unless if you live in the city, prefer the non locking door, live in a warm climate or have wimpy cats i would not recommend this product.
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