Friday, February 28, 2014

PetSafe Staywell Original 2-Way Pet Door – Large – Brown Reviews

PetSafe Staywell Original 2-Way Pet Door – Large – Brown

Product Description :


The World's Largest Selling Pet Door.
Freedom For You And Your Pet!
No more scratching at your doors, no more getting up late at night.
It has a lockable security barrier for holidays and days away or when your pet is ill,keep them safe inside.
Suitable for solid core doors, hollow core doors and walls.
Suitable for dogs up to 45Kg (100lbs)(German Shepherds, Boxers, Retrievers, Chow Chows, Doberman Pinschers, Rottweillers etc).
Features;
- See-through rigid flap
- Energy Efficient - Keeps out draughs.
- Self Locking Magnetic Flap.
- Steel Locking Security Cover.
- Overall Size: (468mm x 391mm)(18" x 15 1/5")
- Cut out Size: (354mm x 306mm)(14 3/8" x 12 3/8")
- Maximum shoulder width: 290mm (11 3/8")
- Staywell 3 Year Guarantee.
- Instructions,Screws & Template Included.
- Not recommended for fitting to glass.


Product Features :

  • Provides an easy way out for your pet
  • Easy to install
  • For dogs up to 45 kg
  • Plastic locking closing panel for secure closing when not in use
  • Suitable for doors of any thickness with optional tunnel or customer supplied tunnel



Product Review :

Undecided - Could be designed better.

I've owned several of these over the years having moved house four times in 12 years.
They work okay, the problem is that they really need a flat door to work correctly, and most doors these days are pannelled, so I've usually spent a fair bit of time with limited wood working skills to get the door suitable.
My problem with this design though is that the screw holes need to be far too close to the main hole for the door - if you slip up, the fitting is shoddy.
We've had the plastic door break a couple of times over the years, and one of our dogs managed to chew the door so badly it needed replacing.
Having cut a hole in the door, I've had to replace it with this classic design, but if I had a new door, I'd be shopping around for a better design.

Doggy door

A bit small for a medium sized labrador despite being a large size. It cracked almost straight away, midway along the the bottom after installation so impossible to return.

Easy to fit

Yes easy to fit in a flat door. In my case a upvc door. I removed the bottom panel for easy working on a bench.
The through door fixing screws are very close to the cutout, so you need to take care when drilling.
But after all of this, the product works.
Our observation though is the product has a life of approx 2 years with one dog and one cat. We are on our 3rd door now. But at least the design is fixed. So we just unbolt the old broken door and fit the new one in a few minutes. No marking out, no more sawing, etc.

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