K&H Heating Pad, Extreme Weather Kitty Pad, Indoor Outdoor, Safety Listed

My K & H Cat House is 2 1/2 years old. Many months ago, a very timid, stray cat became "a regular" visitor to my farmer's porch. I feed and water him (her?) daily and provide bedding and blankets for it to sleep upon. When the forecast called for the first severe Arctic blast to hit, I ordered the K & H Extreme Weather electric Heated Bed w/ free Fleece Cover. I paid for super fast delivery, and even in M.L King'sBirthday, it arrived in less than 48 hours. I tested it out as the instructions say, and it felt warm....not dangerously hot, but soothing. Fine! So I took it out to the porch to put in the car house, but it was about 2" longer than the cat house. I had to improvise in order to keep it lying flat on bottom of the car house. I folded the back walk, extending the length of the floor. I sealed the (now shorter) rear wall with duct tape to keep draftiness to a minimum. It worked out very well, with my porch being covered, but not fully enclosed. Because this cat is a total scaredy cat who scurried under the porch, even when I approach to feed him.... I keep the front AND rear openings open, with the plastic flaps taped up and open so he won't feel trapped - ever! I put his canned food inside alobg the corner. Both to keep food from freezing, and to lur him in the house to discover the fact that it is now heated. My fears that he wouldn't figure it out were unfounded, as the 1st overnight temps were in the mid teens, F , with a biting west wind howling between 20 - 30 m.p.h. giving the wind chill values of 4 above to 5 below zero, F. And when it started to get light out the next morning I was thrilled to find him in his heated sanctuary, where he came out and scurried under the porch so I could remove the empty feed bowl and replace it with breakfast. I leave the dry food out of his house so that there is as much room as possible. The suggestion I have us measure heated flooring / pad or buy the K & H Heated Outdoor House, to avoid my minor mismeasuring mishap. But I already had an unheated version of the house. I live 20 miles north of Boston, as I write this it's 19 degrees with wind chill value of 5 degrees. The elect. chord is housed inside sturdy metal, so it's nearly impossible for a critter to chew at it. The free Fleece Cover that comes w/ unit is nice, but attaches with elasticized bands on each corner. I opted to purchase K & H Extreme Weather cover for the unit. It slips on, and zips closed, completely enveloping the unit, which is made from a sturdy plastic. The zipping cover was only 8 or 9 bucks, with no worries that it will come off. The material is soft and breathable and made for this item, as well. I recommend this product, as the little stray has truly been a constant resident during this extremely brutal Arctic cold snap! So happens, a big N'orEaster is in the forecast, and could dump a foot + in my area in the next 48 - 72 hours. Since my porch is exposed, I will get some heavy guage, clear plastic sheeting to protect a large portion of the porch; using a few small nails along the inner area from the roof to below the floor, covering the lattice. This will keep the cat's sanctuary free from snow, and prevent water from saturating the car house or the electrical aspect of the heated flooring and fleecy covering. Monetarily, these products are reasonably priced. The stray cat isn't as well off as my 2 house cats, or my 1 indoor / outdoor cat but is FAR BETTER OFF than the countless, helpless animals who are exposed to howling frigid winds and zero degrees Fahrenheit temps. The picture I included was during the first full day, proving how I shouldn't have worried about whether the stray would figure out what to do!! The light blue sliver of color inside on left is the feed bowl I tucked inside. Like I said, even on this severely cold, cloudy day, the canned wet food stayed moist but totally unfrozen. Even though the unit is completely encased in a very sturdy plastic, I do not put water in there, just to be 100% safe! I am very very happy with the K & H products!

I've used this for two winters now and it works perfectly. It is a very hard plastic pad with a thin fleece cover on it, but for outdoor cats, its fine. One of the things I like the most about it is that its only warm when there's a cat on the pad. When the cat isn't on it, there is a very slight warmth (like room temp), so its not ice cold, but when the cat lays on it, it heats up. Great for saving electricity. The first year I used it, it was in a custom built shelter in my unheated garage. The cat that was using it spent many nights in the box with no complaints. Halfway through the winter she transitioned to an indoor/outdoor cat and ended up spending several nights in the garage when she didn't come home before I went to bed. Now she's fat and lazy and only catches the mice that make it in the house. However, two new strays have moved into my pole barn, so I moved the pad into one of the houses I have out there. The pad is a little small for the house, but still works fine, and one of the cats has started spending all night in the house. The fact that its plastic with an easily removable cover is a plus since one of the male cats sprayed inside the house. All I had to do was wipe down the plastic pad, and wash the cover and it was good to go. I don't think this is a good hot pad for indoor cats because they're used to softer things, but the outdoor cats seem to appreciate it when the temps are in the negative numbers and there's two feet of snow on the ground.

This small hard mat with the soft fleece cover fits perfectly in the space I have and heats up very quickly, so I put a small bowl of dry food on a corner of it (the K&H dual heated bowl holds wet food and water). More importantly, the stray cat I am feeding loves it. The soft white fleece cover keeps the mat warmer and soaks up the moisture from kitty's feet, but it is very thin. I would love to have a thicker cover (perhaps in grey or a darker color) for this mat since stray kitty likes to eat and then take a long nap on the mat. The cover machine washes and dries very well, but the cold, rainy, snowy, Michigan weather makes the kitty's paws very dirty, which shows on the white mat. I would definitely buy this mat again. It is perfect for the space I have. The safety features are, in my opinion, the best in the industry.

I bought the Millard Indoor/Outdoor Heated Pet Pad and the K&H Manufacturing Extreme Weather Heated Kitty Pad at the same time and put them both in my outside kitty house to compare them side by side, as I expect that I will have to buy more at some point in the future and wanted to know which would work best for my needs. So far both have been performing well outside after several weeks in constantly freezing weather with occasional dips to sub-zero temperatures. (I did go out in the sub-zero temperatures to see if both were still warm to the touch, and they were.) They are in a small, insulated shelter made from an old corner kitchen cabinet, with an old felted wool sweater repurposed as door flaps. The Millard pad is warmer to the immediate touch while the K&H pad is not quite as warm immediately, but heats up in a minute or so. The other surfaces inside the shelter are noticeably warmer than the outdoor surfaces, but when I put food and water bowls in the shelter too, the water and dry food froze, so the ambient temperature is still not enough to prevent freezing. I already had the K&H Heated Kitty Cafe (two heated, stainless steel bowls) even before I had the shelter, and it works perfectly and keeps food and water from freezing even when set on a covered porch but still exposed to the outdoor, sub-zero air temperatures. So I put the Kitty Cafe inside the shelter too. As both have been performing well, the biggest difference I see so far is that the Millard plug is grounded (three prong) whereas the K&H pad is a standard (two prong) indoor plug, and the Millard cord is wrapped in PVC whereas the K&H pad is wrapped in a steel spring. The K&H box did have helpful instructions on how to modify a dog or cat house so as to have the cord exit through a rear or side wall instead of out the front door (drill with a 1 1/4" spade bit). Bottom line: So far I am happy with both pads and they seem comparable in performance and price, but the minor difference in cords and plugs may help others decide between them.

Brilliant. I bought this for the kitten that adopted us after our neighbors moved out and abandon him. (We can't make him an indoor cat as we rent and it's not permitted.) However, I was terribly worried about him in the cold and rainy season. This is perfect, he loves it, and I've added a Petnation by Firstrax Port-A-Crate E2 Indoor/Outdoor Pet Home, 20 Inches , not exactly that model but close enough., Set it on top of this HARD surface pad, and put the heating pad cover in the bottom of the crate. Such a happy cat, the cat I was so worried about under the neighbors flea ridden deck (now empty), now runs to his little heated hide away on our covered patio no matter what. As a first time cat parent.. this made me really happy! I know he's safe, he stays warm and dry and out of the wind! My only caveat about this product is that it had zero flexibility, but that's workable, it is hard plastic, so I also have it sitting on a towel, and it's not a grounded connector in the outlet. For an outdoor product, I would have expected a three prong grounded interface. But, it's working great, we've had it for a month and I expect we'll have it for a long time to come. Update 14May2011: Pad still working great, and this winter I removed the towels and found an old down jacket that I put the heating pad in and the carrier on top, zipped it up and stuffed the arms of the jacket inside around the carrier for extra warmth. A very snug little kitty hut with no wind and lots of warmth, on cold days you could put your hands in there right after he came out and it was considerably warmer than outside.

I have an outside cat and this was absolutely, hands down the best purchase. I researched and looked and looked at so many other of these heated animal pads. I didn't want to invest in somethings too expensive in case he wouldn't sit on it. He loved it! The wired wrapped cord was detrimental since I live in the woods and we have a regular possum that visits and the raccoon comes from time to time. I didn't want the cord to be able to be easily knawed on by anything, especially other stray animals that roam around. My electrical outlet is too far from where I wanted the heated pad to be, so I bought an outdoor, green extension cord (like a 6ft one), to be able to have the pad where I wanted it. It can get pretty cold in the Western NC mountains in the dead of winter (teens and single-digits), and this worked perfectly for my cat during the day while I was at work. He hates being inside but will sleep inside at night when it is extremely cold, but this heated pad calmed my anxiety about him being outside during the day in the winter. I had custom built my cat an outdoor cat house, insulated and all, and he would not get in it. This was my other resort to ensuring he was comfortable being outside during the cold. It pretty much stayed plugged in all day until he would come in at bedtime and I would unplug it and I left it plugged in for a few weekend trips with no problems.

In July 2011, a feral mom brought her three babies to our porch. (How did she know we'd take care of them?) We did TNR on the babies and mom, then turned them loose. We bought a small doghouse at the Farmers Co-op, closed off the big door, and made two small doors -- one at either end. (The cats wouldn't go in unless there were two options for escape, I guess.) We lined the walls with heat-reflecting mylar. We put it on the screen porch and the kittens would go in and cuddle as the days got colder. Then, as temps got lower, we started to worry that they might not survive, and we wondered if they'd be OK the next morning, so we tossed and turned every night. Then we saw this pad on Amazon and ordered it in Sept. 2011. DH cut a small hole in one of the floor slats of the doghouse for the cord, and we plugged it in. The babies loved it. By this time, their mom had cut them loose and she only came by to eat and then leave. Knowing the babies were warm, we were able to sleep through the night, pretty confident they'd be OK as far as weather was concerned. In Nov. 2011, with the threat of coyotes and evil raccoons in the area, we brought the babies indoors to join our existing four (too many cats!) We put the doghouse and kitty pad in the garage for storage. This summer, Mom Darth started to stick around the screen porch and visit with her kids through the French door window. (Abandon three babies, and then return to get all friendly a year later -- sounds like a "Lifetime" movie!) We set up the doghouse with the kitty pad a couple weeks ago, and Darth is loving her warm place. She's truly feral with no chance of taming, so we're happy she has a place where she knows she can be warm and safe. We don't worry and there's a lot to be said for peace of mind. We also bought one of the thermostat cubes (on at 35 degrees) to use in conjunction with the pad, but the cube doesn't work. We just plug in the pad when it gets down to about 40 degrees, and generally don't use it 24/7 -- just when it's sure to be cold. And we've looked at outlets that can be activated via remote control; that might be a better option than do the plug and un-plug on cold days/nights. Will be ordering another pad for backup in case this stops working. But so far it's been excellent.

I am going off of my experience with this pad, I have not gotten the neighborhood cat to stay in the little house longer than it takes for him to eat all his food. It does seem to really heat up if you stay on it. I added a temperature sensor inside the house and this will raise the temp in the cat house by 5-10 degrees with again, no cat inside. lol

As above, the extreme weather one, used 10 months of the year 24-7 on a cold floor under a thick cushion of pet bed. It has not been used outside. Cheaper than normal heated beds because of the longevity (has outlasted 3). It is also better at warming the whole bed not just one area of the cushion and a floor like concrete doesn’t steal the heat. I got this one specifically because it could be left on all the time unattended indoors, it’s over engineered for this purpose but I figured that was the safest. It’s a board of hard plastic so no worries about wires breaking inside foam or fabric and burning. It feels warm to touch all the time, like putting cold feet on a warm person. Was ordering one for a second pet and am amazed this one is from 8 yrs ago

Great product as always with K&H, shipping took much longer than expected… but seller was good about helping with tracking and updating delivery info for me

NO ENGLISH PLUG

This comes with a US plug and is specifically only compatible with 110V (Aus is 240V), - not dual power, so a simple plug adapter isn't sufficient. I need to arrange a step down transformer etc to get this to work. I bought from amazon.com.au so I would have expected items listed to be compatible with Aus power, or make it VERY clear that a step down transformer is required for it to work. I haven't had the chance to test the actual product due to messing around trying to get a transformer. Sigh.

I use a lot of K&H products, both for my own cats and for the strays in my neighborhood that I take care of. I used heated cat beds inside. My cat Max passed away from cancer this Summer, and the K&H heated beds I got for her were a source of great comfort while she was going thru chemo. Outside, I use heated cat shelters for the strays. I placed the shelters in my shed where strays can go to rest, sleep and be safe, protected from dogs by my fenced yard. This pad I bought to put into a wooden cat shelter (made by another supplier) that I installed on my deck. Since this shelter is actually outside, I was looking for the best possible heated pad for our extreme Quebec winters. The description of this heated pad said "extremee weather" and upon opening the box, I knew I had purchased the right pad. It's rigid, instead of being pliable, and after testing it before installing it, I know it will help keep some strays warm this Fall and Winter. The duvet cover is really soft and comfy. All in all, a great product, and I am grateful that K&H sells heating pad separately that can fit many different cat shelters.