Back in April we announced Sure Flap had released their first smart app controlled product, a wifi pet door that alerts you on an app when its used and allows you to limit access. The product works with the animals Micro Chip.

You can buy your SureFlap products straight on Amazon, from £40.

SureFlap Microchip Pet Door

One thing that always concerns us when these products are launched is how does the tech work, what platform it is on and how has an industry leading pet company developed a smart wifi IoT product.

Basically will it continue to work and can it handle the volumes effectively.  It’s one thing buying a smart light bulb that you can remove if it is buggy but cutting a hole in your houses wall for a pet door – you want to be sure!

After a little bit of digging we are pleased to say Sure Flaps smart wifi pet door is powered by Xively – part of LogMeIn Inc. They are one of the world’s leading providers of remote services, all being cloud based.

Read the full case study here: https://www.xively.com/customers/sureflap

So if like us your thinking about taking the plunge and buying a Sure Flap smart pet door when they go on sale – be safe in the knowledge the platform it runs on handles over 255 million devices across 7 world wide data centres. Impressive stuff!

Unlike a lot of smart home tech, it seems they have thought about this and the impact on its customers before releasing the product. The case study states:

…Despite it being operational it was not cost-effective and would require SureFlap’s customers to pay subscription fee. Realizing this was the wrong business model for their product, SureFlap required a service with fast response but low cost of operation in order to keep their service free to its customers.

Brilliant to see they understand their customers as the last thing we, myself being a customer, want is a subscription for our pet products or tech.

We look forward to seeing what other exciting updates Sure Flap has in the pipeline, after making such a big integration we can only assume there is lots more smart pet tech on the way.

PS: You can buy your SureFlap products straight on Amazon, from £40.

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Sure Flap the cat flap and pet experts made an interesting announcement, they have developed the worlds first Wifi App controlled – Smart Cat Flap. You can buy it now from Amazon UK for just under £50 with next day delivery.

However before we talk about the tech this is not just a cat flap it is in fact a pet door. This is due to the size, it is slightly larger than your average cat flap, meaning it is also suitable for small dogs.

Sure Flap – Smart Cat Flap

The Smart Pet door connects to your wifi via a hub, the only hub we have seen with ears, and then gives you notifications on an app when your pet uses it as well as allowing you to control access.

The door uses 4 C batteries and they claim will last more than an impressive 6 months. It has a memory of 32 pets – we are guessing this has been done to allow for commercial use or your local crazy cat lady!

Like Sure Flaps existing cat flaps the new product uses the animals microchip to identify your cat or dog. If you do not have a microchip you can use an RFID collar tag.

To us this sounds like a brilliant idea – being able to see when your cat is in or not and being able to control when it can go out and not. Our cat comes and goes as it pleases and this gives extra peace of mind being able to see when exactly he was last home.

Founder of Sure Flap, Dr Nick Hill said

“We plan to pursue more opportunities in the connected space, developing products that address real concerns for pet owners,”

Hopefully this means there is more smart pet products in development, this is for sure a booming market and one we are pretty excited about.

The Smart Pet Door Connect and Hub can be purchased together for a RRP of £159.99.
The Smart door can be purchased separately for RRP £119.99

PS. You can buy it now from Amazon UK for just under £50 with next day delivery.

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