Cat Mate Elite Microchip Cat Flap with Timer Control

We bought this to prevent a visiting cat from eating all our cat’s food! At first, Pat the Cat was frightened by it. We ended up baiting it with treats to get her to use it. Now, of course, she just pops in and out at will. Highly recommended.

Keeps my cat safely in at night and let’s me sleep on the weekends without him sitting on me until I get up. Very useful!

Really disappointed with this cat flap. I upgraded from a microchip cat flap due to one of my cats being hit by a car as the night was drawing in, so wanted to get a cat flap that I could set the open and closing times on . One of my cats is having real trouble getting in through the flap, sometimes it lets him in and sometimes it doesn't. The company have been helpful when contacted, but my poor cat is sometimes stranded outside and unable to get into the house :-(

we have this cat mate elite and it has started to fail. Useful functions, of timer and in only, etc. but the display goes funny and despite reset, new batteries the unit is starting to fail. Like another user we will have to replace or go back to a Sure Flap. Excellent functionality but not totally reliable

I've had two of these. Started out great, but within a year, went haywire opening/closing of it's own accord with no cats near it! Manufacturer replaced as still within 3 year warranty, but the replacement they sent me has the same fault 2.8 years later! Now impossible to use as it keeps either locking them in or out, the display is broken and I've tried resetting and new batteries to no avail. Manufacturer refuses to replace the second unit.

This cat flap is as good as previous reviews but I cannot for the life of me work out how to programme for the evening In Only mode so I have to do it manually at night and in the morning. The instructions need to be much clearer; I think there is a stage missing.

I have a problem with the locking noise. It terrifies my dog, who had a tough past before I adopted her, so I'm not sure I can keep her. I need one that's less noisy. 😱

Spent a lot of money on a cat flap with a timer lock. Made a hole in the door where this flap fits perfectly. Unfortunately, our cat can still go outside at night. The flap doesn't lock.

The cat has got stuck in the flap several times when it locked. One time she got stuck so badly that she was seriously injured. Do not buy!

Fits well, but that’s all there is to say about it.

Worst cat flap ever!!! Worked for a couple of weeks, then stopped letting the cat in so now it gets locked out!..

Worked well at first... then the cat couldn’t get in, only go out... seen several others with the same problem

It never opened to let my cats in after the curfew ended and I couldn’t adjust it at all. Disappointed with this product.

The cat often gets stuck outside. The flap doesn’t always open when she’s standing in front of it. We’ve already reset it. At first, we thought we broke the first one ourselves, so we bought another one. Same problem, so our conclusion is: we didn’t break anything. Now we have a specific hole in the wall for a cat flap that doesn’t work.