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Electronic Pet Door
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by Highbury Pet DoorsShould you buy it??
Check closely
based on 3 of 5 signals
Quick take
In short: what each side says
AI · critics · buyers · brand claims — each opened up in full further down ↓
perplexity ranks this product at #28.0 on average
Owners praise responsive customer service and the concept, but the plastic hinges fail within 18 months under normal use, batteries drain quickly, and the electronic lock doesn't reliably prevent dete
The juries are split — worth a closer look before you commit.
Main competitors
Top rivals in Pet Tech.
The verdict
What the panel makes of it.
Highbury makes an electronic pet door. The device opens and closes automatically. A microchip reader identifies your pet. It uses batteries to power the mechanism. Pet owners buy it to control access. They prevent strays from entering their homes. AI assistants rank it seventh for smart pet doors.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
Model by model?
How each AI sees it.
perplexity ranks this product at #28.0 on average Averaging across the AI panel, Electronic Pet Door sits around #28.0 this snapshot.
Gemini
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Rank trajectory?
Weeks of movement.
Act two · ★ new
What the people say.
The same product, judged by the owners who bought and filmed it — what they praise, what they knock, who it's for.
What buyers say?
What Google knows about it.
Beyond the video critics, Google pools 633 buyer ratings of the Electronic Pet Door from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
633 ratings · 7 written
across 2 retailers
What owners single out
Multiple buyers report hinge failure from normal wear despite not using the locking system, matching the structural weakness video reviewers likely identified.
In their words
“I bought this doggy door off of Amazon in March of 2022. My German Short Haired Pointer puppy loves this door! It has worked great. She's able to have freedom throughout the day while I'm at work and it also keeps my cats inside. I noticed some cracks in the door so I reached out to customer service. I was just barely over the one-year warranty period, by maybe a couple of weeks. I knew there was ”
megustus99 · verified purchase · petsafe.com
“I have had two of the large doors in the past three years. Each broke at the same place (upper left corner) after about eighteen months (warranty is 12 months). Like others, we do not lock and unlock, but leave open for our three labs to go in and out. It seems obvious the plastic hinge design for the larger doors is inadequate for repeated use.”
Rick · verified purchase · chewy.com
as of June 16 · 633 buyer ratings?
Frequent rivals?
What it competes against.
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The recap
Where it stands today.
- PositionBest rank #28 across 1 intent tracked (slipped 14 this week).
- FootprintStrongest in Best Smart Pet Doors (#28).
- TraitsMost often described as “automatic”.
- Closest rivalPetvation Smart Cat Door (1–0 across 1 shared intent).
- MakerBy Highbury Pet Doors — see how it ranks across other intents on its brand profile.
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