Should you buy it??
Too early to call
One source so far — no reviewer, buyer or press cross-check yet.
Quick take
In short: what each side says
Buyers — each opened up in full further down ↓
Owners love the dual-scan selective access control and straightforward installation, but durability concerns emerge around the exposed control knob collecting debris and seizing up over time.
Main competitors
Top rivals in Pet Tech.
The verdict
What the panel makes of it.
The SureFlap DualScan is a microchip cat door by SureFlap. It reads microchips from cats approaching it. The dual scanner reads chips from both sides. Cat owners buy it to keep strays out. It solves the problem of unwanted animals entering homes. AI assistants rank it third among smart pet doors. The flap recognizes only your cat's microchip. It locks out other animals automatically. Installation takes minutes on most doors. The mechanism runs on four AA batteries. Cats pass through freely when recognized. Others cannot enter, no matter how they try.
Act one
What the machines think.
Several AI models read the category and place this product — model by model, list by list, over time.
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 647 buyer ratings of the DualScan Microchip Cat Flap from across retailers — a far wider, if blunter, jury. Here’s the shape of that opinion.
647 ratings · 7 written
across 1 retailer
What owners single out
In their words
“I purchased this cat flap a couple of weeks ago to manage outdoor access for both my adult cat and a kitten, specifically to prevent the kitten from going outside. The dual sided locking mechanism ensures that entry and exit are restricted with a microchip, and the settings allow for selective access, enabling one pet to exit while restricting the other. Installation was seamless, it replaced my p”
Assan · verified purchase · argos.co.uk
“Looks good. Easy to fit. The control knob is not protected on the top. The mud on the cat's paws collects in gap between the knob and the case. After a few months the knob becomes very gritty and difficult to turn and seizes up, and eventually breaks. Sureflap say they don't know the problem?? Suspect not many people turn the knob? Can't understand why the top of the knob is exposed?? Quality desi”
verified purchase · argos.co.uk
as of July 15 · 647 buyer ratings?
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The recap
Where it stands today.
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