The World's Best Pet Doors for Dogs and Cats
- DoubleMag™ Airtight Seal for a pet door that keeps extreme wind & temperatures outside where they belong
- Independent lab tests show the pet door performs as we say it does
- Thick, insulated pet door flap stays warm, functional, & flexible to -40° & below
- Insulating cellular PVC frame provides 3,000X more R-factor insulation than aluminum frames. It’s weatherproof, waterproof, & moldproof – the best dog door frame material on the market.
- High-quality, durable components for a door that will last for years and years and years
- Locking security panel can be used to keep your pets inside or to secure the door
- 9 pet door flap colors can be used in any combination for 81 different color possibilities
- Perfect for new construction because of code-compliant installation features and governmental approvals. Our pet doors are 15X more energy-efficient than Energy Star door standards and 10X better than California Title 24 requirements for pet doors.
DoubleMag™ Seal Technology
The best seal for the world's most energy-efficient pet doors
What's so special about DoubleMag™?
Magnet-to-Magnet Airtight Seal for Maximum Efficiency
DoubleMag seal technology was engineered to keep warm air inside in the winter and cool air inside in the summer while still being easy for small dogs or cats to use.
Our combination of proprietary magnet technologies and our unique 2-in-1 flap design. Our doors with DoubleMag Technology make an airtight seal – withstanding high winds, yet letting pets enter and exit with little effort. It seals like a refrigerator, but “unzips” like a zipper when pets want to enter or exit.
Freedom Pet Pass pet doors with DoubleMag technology are perfect for extreme weather situations, including high wind, driving rain, desert heat, and blizzard snow.
Magnet-to-Magnet Airtight Seal for Maximum Efficiency
DoubleMag seal technology was engineered to keep warm air inside in the winter and cool air inside in the summer while still being easy for small dogs or cats to use.
Our combination of proprietary magnet technologies and our unique 2-in-1 flap design. Our doors with DoubleMag Technology make an airtight seal – withstanding high winds, yet letting pets enter and exit with little effort. It seals like a refrigerator, but “unzips” like a zipper when pets want to enter or exit.
Freedom Pet Pass pet doors with DoubleMag technology are perfect for extreme weather situations, including high wind, driving rain, desert heat, and blizzard snow.
The MOST Energy-Efficient Cat and Dog Doors
Others claim it - We prove it!
Official Laboratory Testing
No stupid comparisons
If you are doing research on doggie doors, you’ve probably seen lots of claims of energy efficiency. What’s often in the small print is precisely what those claims are based upon, and there’s usually a good reason they keep it in the small print. We recommend that you read the details behind all pet door energy efficiency claims closely and compare them.
Real, meaningful testing
We don’t make wild, unsubstantiated claims about our products. Instead, we have had our doors tested by one of the leading architectural testing laboratories in North America to prove how energy-efficient they are.
The lab put our doors through some of the same tests used to qualify windows and human doors for building standards from the IRC (International Residential Code), Passive House, and Energy Star. We think our pet doors performed quite nicely, but look at the results below and judge for yourself. You can also check out the Nerd Zone if you’re interested in the actual lab reports.
Results: 15X More Airtight than Energy Star Requirements
RANGER Pet Doors by Freedom Pet Pass were evaluated using the same test required for windows and human doors (ASTM E-283) at an accredited, independent laboratory. Freedom Pet Pass cat and dog doors performed 15X better than US requirements for Energy Star certification – leaking 0.03 cfm/ft2 compared to the 0.5 cfm/ft2 limit for human doors.
Under similar conditions at a local lab, the “best selling” pet door leaked an astonishing 16.4 cfm/ft2. That’s 55X worse than Energy Star requirements for human doors and over 600X worse than RANGER Pet Doors!
Results: The Only Pet Door to Meet Title 24 Requirements
California’s Title 24 building energy-efficiency requirements are some of the most rigorous in the world. In late 2014, the California Energy Commission issued guidance for energy-efficiency requirements for pet doors. As far as we know, these were the first building code specifications for pet doors in the world.
RANGER Pet Doors are the only cat and dog doors that meet those requirements. In fact, our DoubleMag seal gives our cat and dog doors an air leakage rate 10X lower than California’s requirements and 15X lower than Energy Star requirements for human doors.
Results: Real-World Performance Validated by Blower Door Testing
note: The flap has to be pushed closed in the video only because of the constant negative pressure from the blower door test. This test uses a powerful fan to suck air out of the house to find small air leaks and improve efficiency. This is not a condition experienced in the real world. Our doors easily close on their own.
Blower door testing is a technique used by building engineers to test whole-house efficiency (specifically, air leakage). Many older houses lose up to 1/2 of their total heat through air leakage, so this is an important technique for understanding building performance.
The video shows blower door testing of a house with a RANGER Pet Door by Freedom Pet Pass. This was actual testing performed in the ultra-efficient 16th and Nebraska Passive House (read more below). The standard pressure of -50 Pa is applied (to simulate wind blowing toward house), and the testers look for leaks.
You can hear the testing technicians’ comments about there being no leakage and the test conditions being similar to a 25 mph wind (it’s actually like a 25 mph wind blowing directly at all portions of your home at the same time). As you can see, the RANGER Pet Door passed with flying colors.
Results: Ultra-Efficient Passive House Performance Documented
Blake Bilyeu, of Bilyeu Builders, was commissioned to build a house that met the strict energy efficiency guidelines of the Passive House standard. The RANGER Pet Door by Freedom Pet Pass installation was so successful that it was specifically mentioned in the book Recreating the American Home by Mary James.
“This Freedom Pet Pass door made everyone happy, especially Bilyeu, when a subsequent blower door test came in at 0.2 ACH50 – well below the 0.6 ACH performance target. Bilyeu’s team performed the blower door test as soon as the windows, doors, and pet door were installed–long before insulation and drywall could block access to any potentially leaky areas.”
Premium Materials for Extreme Weather Pet Door Performance
Made from top-grade materials for long-lasting performance in extreme cold and heat
Materials of Construction
Insulated Rugged Pet Door Flap System – The insulated pet door flap system is made from premium materials for maximum energy-efficiency, pet safety, and durability. The pet door flap has an insulating SBR rubber core, protected with marine-grade canvas on each side. The flap seal is made from thermoplastic polyolefin, a material also used for industrial roofing
Cellular PVC Dog Door Frame – Strong, weatherproof, and mold-resistant, and 3,000X more insulating than metal frames used on lower-end dog doors.
Locking Security Panel – The locking security panel comes with all through-wall pet doors and door mount pet doors. It is made from 100% acrylic, the same material used in many grades of bulletproof glass. The “up-and-in” insertion of the panel means no additional clearance is needed around the pet door. When locked, the security panel gives a similar level of security to a locked window or human door.
note: to prevent injury to pets and damage to the door, do not use the security panel to lock your pets outside.
Basic model does not have security panel
Pet Door Flap Colors
RANGER cat and dog doors are available with standard-colored flaps (chocolate/tan, gray, and clear vinyl) or any of nine colors (chocolate, tan, grey, black, white, burgundy, royal blue, and forest green). Contact us for the Mix-n-Match option to pick different interior and exterior colors, for a total of 81 different customizable looks.
Clear Flaps
We use the best clear material available, USDA-rated “low temperature” grade string-reinforced vinyl for our clear pet door flaps. While this is significantly better than competitive clear products, it does not perform as well as our standard, insulated flaps in very cold weather. If you live in an area that regularly sees temperatures below 15 – 20°F, we recommend our opaque, insulated flap. The insulated pet door flap keeps the cold out better and will last longer when exposed regularly to cold temperatures.
New Construction Ready
The only pet doors that can be installed to international building code specifications.
The Pet Door Made Like a Building Material
Engineered for New Construction
RANGER Pet Doors are made for new construction applications and major remodels. Our dog doors for walls and cat doors for walls are designed to be installed at the same time as windows and doors using the same techniques for standardized installation process and code-compliance.
Builder-Friendly
Builders will appreciate the window-like design that allows for the use of sill pan flashing, and the included nail fin will allow them to properly integrate the pet door into the weather barrier system.
Inspector-Friendly
All RANGER Pet Doors come with energy-efficiency ratings attached for easy reference by code officials.
Not Just for New Builds
Of course, RANGER Pet Doors work just fine for an already-built home, too.