Your animal in, the neighbor’s cat out · review
The large Connect flap: app control, a programmable curfew, and an opening of 178 × 170 mm (7.01 × 6.69 in) for big cats and small dogs.
What we take from it Buy it for the curfew and the size, not for the monitoring. If neither applies, the plain SureFlap does the same reading for half the money.
The large SureFlap with app connectivity: it reads a chip or a Sure Petcare RFID tag, connects to the Sure Petcare app, locks and unlocks on a schedule, and has an opening of 178 × 170 mm (7.01 × 6.69 in).
Everything else the app does is pleasant. The curfew is the reason people buy this flap: it decides, at a fixed time, that the cat comes in and stays in. Anyone who has stood at a door at eleven at night with a torch understands the value immediately.
A standard cat flap is sized for an average cat. Maine Coons, large mixed breeds and small dogs are not average, and a flap they have to compress themselves through is a flap they eventually stop using. This one is built for them.
Connectivity runs through the Sure Petcare hub, and it is not always bundled. Read what the listing includes — the flap works mechanically without it, but every feature you paid extra for lives behind it.
Read on the day this page was built: $260 at the American Amazon shop.
Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-17. The live price is at the top of the page.
At $260, it is the 3 cheapest of the 3 models in this category published here.
| Key | Microchip ID or Sure Petcare RFID collar tag |
|---|---|
| App | Sure Petcare app — access control and monitoring |
| Curfew | Automatic timed locking and unlocking |
| Opening | 178 mm (7.01 in) wide × 170 mm (6.69 in) high |
| Suitable for | Large cats and small dogs |
| Amazon reference | B071PDLN8L (identical on 6 markets) |
| EAN | 5060180391904 |
It locks the flap at a set time and unlocks it at another. In practice it is how you get a cat in before the roads get busy without waiting up: the flap lets the cat in but not out after the curfew begins. It is the single most used feature on the Connect range.
The Connect range talks to the Sure Petcare app through a hub, and the hub is not always included in the box. Check the listing you are buying: a Connect flap without a hub is an expensive plain flap until the hub arrives.
If your cat is large, yes — 178 × 170 mm (7.01 × 6.69 in) accommodates animals that squeeze through a standard flap or refuse it entirely. If your cat is average, the extra size mostly means a bigger hole in your door.
8.8/ 10
Buy it for the curfew and the size, not for the monitoring. If neither applies, the plain SureFlap does the same reading for half the money.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 17, 2026.
A household that wants the cat in before dark without standing at the door — and a cat too big for a standard flap.
Listed because the accessory names this product itself.
Between pet devices of the same category and nearby price. Shown: what they all state. A half-filled column says nothing.
| Model | Price | Key |
|---|---|---|
| SureFlap Microchip Pet Door Connect | $260 | Microchip ID or Sure Petcare RFID collar tag |
| SureFlap Microchip Cat Flap | $135 | Microchip, or a SureFlap RFID collar tag |
| PetSafe Microchip Cat Flap | $110 | 15-digit microchip ID |
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 50.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for pet devices and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
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