IRIS Puppy or Dog Airline Travel Carrier Cage, 65 Pounds, Blue

5 Reviews

1. This crate is great. A little more involved to put together than the standard crate but well worth it. No chance the top and bottom halves of this crate will separate. We use this crate as our normal crate in the house but would have no question it would be the crate I would use to ship our dog if needed. Outstanding product. Great quality. Crate is a bit heavy if you have to move up and down stairs but that is expected with such a durable crate.

2. Any of you that already have this crate- is the plastic sturdy enough to stack one on top of the other? is the inside depth 34″? thanks!

3. We own several kennels, mostly Vari-Kennels from Petmate. This is our first Iris. I was impressed by the ease of assembly and small convenience touches. All of the grills for the openings are metal, and this unit comes with a water dish. The top and bottom fit easily together, whereas on the Vari-kennel there was a fair amount of squeezing of top or bottom to align the pieces. While there are a LOT of screws and nuts to tighten with the Iris, I doubt there will ever be a danger of it’s coming apart when you didn’t intend it to (a tool is supplied with the unit, but more efficiently a screw gun or power drill makes quick work of tightening everything).

   The door design is super: it is made with two latches, each of which can also be the pivot for the door, so it can swing either way even after installed, or it can be removed entirely, should you wish / need to: clever and useful. It has a handle at each end, though this might not be the way I would choose to move it with a 50-60 lb dog inside.

   I haven’t owned it long enough to proclaim durability, but it seems well made, the conveniences are great, and maybe best of all, my puppy who is not overly fond of cages in general claimed it as her own as soon as it was in place!

   One thing it does not have is a deeply depressed area surrounding the floor that some other units have (presumably to catch urine and keep it from the center of the floor). I have never found that feature useful but in case you do…. Otherwise I can’t think of anything you might want that it doesn’t have.

4. Item had large crack in bottom front corner upon arrival. Plastic must not be very strong for it to break in shipping. Also, the measurements are taken from up high in the middle of kennel. The floor space inside which is what the pet can use is 18 15/16 W x 29 3/4 L x 25 H as stated on the attached tag. Width given was 24 7/16 which you can see is almost 6 inches larger than the actual floor space. However, I really like the metal windows instead of plastic and all the metal bolts which held the top to the bottom. I did not purchase from Amazon so it’s not thier fault at all and I was able to return it.

5. The Iris Pet Carrier is a well constructed, convenient pet carrier. The larger size travel crates often do no have any carry handles but this one has two. The front cage door can open from either side. I spent hours checking our various crates and this is definitely the best one in its size category. The price through Amazon was great too and with the free shipping, it was a no brainer. One website had a reasonable price but the shipping then added another $45 which was ridiculous. Thank you Amazon.