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We purchased this to replace our old, battered dog door. The difference is incredible! This dog door is well made and also looks nice. Basically it made our old dog door seem like an open window... the floor is much warmer now and so is the whole room. We have a german shepherd, boxer and mini poodle the shepherd is on the larger side and had us a little worried she wouldn't fit through, but she did. Keep that in mind if you have a large dog, it says "up to 100 lbs" on the box. My shepherd is probably right around 100 lbs.

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I purchases a PetSafe door six years ago when our dog was a puppy. It has done what it was supposed to. The flap has shrunken now so rather than simply replace the flap, I thought I would upgrade to the "extreme Weather Pet Door." After all I do live in the Rockies and sometimes I've wanted more barrier between inside and the great outdoors than a single plastic flap.

My assumption was that this more expensive version would be the same quality as my original PetSafe Door. Was I fooled. Rather than carefully machined aluminum, this 'extreme' door is light weight plastic. Rather than snug fit, the pieces more or less fit together. To quote the instructions. "Note: Corners may not meet..." "Tape corners of inserts for easier installation"

There were two extra pieces of plastic included with the door that if you snip to size are an essential part of the installation process, in fact required to hold the various other plastic inserts together. These two pieces of plastic are not illustrated or mentioned in the instructions. I was lucky enough to notice them before the door was fully installed.

The cutting guide and template is about the right size, I think, but there are no dimensions specified for the hole. There is no warning that if you make the opening a fraction of an inch wider than the template, say cut on the outside of the pencil line you have drawn, the hole you've cut will not be hidden behind the plastic frame of the contraption.

The original aluminum door I purchased six years ago had a slide in panel that allowed one to securely lock the pet door and prevent strangers from wandering into the house. This new downgraded version has a snap on panel that will unlikely resist a firm kick from the outside without popping off.

What was once a quality product has been downgraded significantly. Any reviews written on older products do not apply. The hole required for this 'extreme' version is slightly larger than the older aluminum single flap door. As a result once you realize that you prefer to reinstall the older model, it's too late, the hole is too big for the old version to fit in.

It's sad to see a good company that once manufactured a quality products change so much. I was not surprised to read on the bottom of the box, "Made in China."

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This is a great product. I live in TX and it keeps the heat / Cold / Wind from coming in the house unlike the other dog doors that have only one flap.

This door needs a locking function! Its big so even my kids go through it. That would not stop a criminal!

I am creating a bar that can attach to the screw holes to allow me to drop the bar accross the hole. This at least would make it harder for someone to squeeze through.

Great price from Amazon and as always on time ship.

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We like this door and it does seem to work well, but be advised that the template we got with the large size door was apparently sized only against the flap opening itself, and was not large enough to accommodate the entire insert frame of the dog door. We had to cut an extra two inches out of the bottom of the kitchen door to make it fit. Luckily, we had some space to work with. My husband is a mechanic and carpenter and knows what he's doing, so it's not like he can't read plans and attacked this job with a pair of salad tongs and a nail file. The paper template shows that the outside edge of the template is to be used when cutting the opening for the large door, but again, be aware that you're going to need more space than that to make the assembled frame fit. Also, the thermal flap does not attach and detach quickly. If you're going to use the thermal flap only in the winter and leave it off during the summer, you'll have to take the outside face off the dog door, unscrew the thermal flap, and reassemble the plastic face again twice a year.

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I bought this door about a year ago to replace a single flap door that let cold air in and blew open in heavy winds. This door was a pain to assemble and install without falling apart and I had the door on sawhorses. After installation the best adjusting I could do and still had small gaps on sides of both doors that let in plenty of air, not so good, and it also blew open just like a single flap,(wife was not impressed either and I had to hear about it all winter). I used sticky velcro (the fuzzy side) to give the door something to seal against, I tried all kinds of things to no avail, I should have returned it right away. After about year of the weather and sun (Installed on west side of House) beating on the outside flap it is all curled up and does not even seal it has 1/2" gaps on the sides and I think should have lasted much longer than it did. The inner flap is a joke, the hinge point at the top is so stiff it never closed right and still is stiff even though our dog "FLIES" through it. The cost of flaps and lack of fit anyway is steering me to replace the whole unit again before winter sets in. I will not buy this Pet Safe Door ever again. Sorry Pet Safe but better engineering would be in order, so it may cost more, I am going to spend it anyway on another door.