Ideal Pet Products 6-by-11.25-Inch Medium Ultra-Flex DraftStopper Pet Door with Telescoping Frame

(as of 21/04/2010 03:14 - more info)

$112 $70

Listed Under: Doors, Gates & Ramps

Durable, low-maintenance, energy-efficient pet door with inner telescoping frameMade from strong, impact-resistant ABS thermoplastic with a clear, weather-resistant Lexan flapFor dogs and cats up to 3..read more

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The Ultra-Flex flap features dual pane LEXAN® hard panels with an air gap in-between for maximum energy efficiency and wind resistance. In addition, the flaps innovative design helps eliminate the potential for trapping ears, paws and tails.

5 Reviews

  1. K. Rausch says:
    July 27, 2008 at 12:00 am

    We have had the door for less than two years now and the rubber flap that connects the glass panels broke. After locating the manufacturer’s website (Ideal Pet Prducts), we found out that the warranty does not include the flap. So basically the warranty includes the plastic frame. Thanks Ideal for standing behind your product . . .

  2. MN ATX45 says:
    June 30, 2009 at 12:00 am

    I actually purchased the X-Large version of this product which cost quite a bit more. The design idea is excellent. The magnetized articulating lexan panels do a great job of keeping the AC in and the heat out. But that’s the end of the pluses. The quality of the material is so poor that there’s no possibility of it lasting more than several months to a year without breaking. Mine didn’t even make it to my house; the plastic frame broke during shipping. The outer frame is made of thin plastic which includes the slots that you fasten the screws (that were too short) to, causing the slot to break away from the frame if you torque the screw too much (which I did; didn’t take much torque). Once that’s broken there’s nothing to fasten the screw to and you’ll have to engineer a solution (still pondering that one) or have the frame secured on only 3 sides which makes it become unseated in the door when it is slammed shut. I don’t write many reviews but this is of such obnoxiously poor quality (especially for the price) that I had to pass it on. I think a good solution would be to buy the replacement lexan panel from Ideal and build your own frame. There are lots of DIY designs online. Hope this helped.

  3. B. Al-qallaf says:
    August 10, 2009 at 12:00 am

    I purchased this doggie door from a local retailer about a year ago. It was quite expensive for the XL version and the fact that it claims to be an energy smart alternative to the conventional single soft plastic flap type doggie door convinced me to purchase it. Within 3 months one of the plastic panels tore from the other two. I looked into replacement panels and found them to also be expensive to I opted to simply duct tape the broken panel to the other two. That held perfectly fine, then the other rubber seam between the formerly intact panels also ripped. So now all three panels are attached via the amazing product that is duct tape.

    I’m a year in and the plastic bezel has now dry rotted and started to fall apart. I’ll partially blame the AZ heat for that, but realisitcally, this product is a piece of junk. It’s price, in my opinion, dictates a product that would last much longer. It’s being replaced with a metal bezeled conventional flap door. I’m hoping to have much better luck.

  4. Buzz says:
    November 9, 2009 at 12:00 am

    This was a great product. It really does seem to help with insulating the inside of our garage and keeping out the cool or hot temperatures from outside. Even though our weather is not that extreme (California outside of Sacramento) this product has only lasted about one year. I found some plastic and didn’t make the connection as to what it was. It was one of the plastic panels from this dog door which had ripped off. The panels themselves are Lexan and seem very strong, but they are held together with just a thin rubber strip between each panel! So, the panels hold up fine but the strip fails and then they rip off. Nothing you can do about it, other than either duct tape it, like one member suggested, or buy a new replacement door from the company. I don’t really want to tape it, so I’m online ordering now. They are charging $31 including shipping for the replacement door. That seems rediculous to me. This should hold up much longer for how much the door cost originally. For the price of the door, I don’t feel like I should have to replace it for the first five years. It barely lasted one year.

  5. H. Aspinwall says:
    February 1, 2009 at 12:00 am

    No complaints. Once installed, works like a charm. Great for keeping out cold air in the winter. Not sure what the other reviewer’s problem was. No problems with the articulating panels.

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