Product Description

Highland's Universal Pet Barrier safely keeps your pet in the cargo area of your vehicle, away from the driver and passengers. It installs in minutes without any drilling, has non-marring brace pads which won't harm the vehicle interior, and the sleek and modern styling avoids the "cagey" look. The durable, heavy-gauge tubing adjusts to 45 inches in height, and 65 inches in width, making it perfect for most vehicles.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #244 in Automotive
• Color: Shadow
• Brand: Highland
• Model: 20045
• Dimensions: 3.00" h x 5.00" w x 40.00" l, 8.00 pounds

Features

• Safely keeps your pet in the cargo area, away from driver and passengers
• Doesn't harm your car's interior; -installs in minutes with no drilling, includes non-marring brace pads
• Sleek and modern styling doesn't look "cagey"
• Made with heavy-gauge tubing for durability
• Adjusts up to 45 inches high and 65 inches wide

From the Manufacturer
Universal pet barrier safely keeps your pet in the cargo area of your vehicle away from the driver and the passengers. Installs in minutes with no drilling required. Non marred brace pads won't harm vehicle interior. Height adjusts to 45" and width adjusts to 65" making it perfect for most vehicles. Large vehicles might require Extension Kit.

WARRANTIES

• 90 day Limited Warranty

Customer Reviews

Good for the price, but needs handywork - REVIEW CHANGED 4/16/08
The Good:
- Great price.
- Attractive.
- Doesn't effect visibility while driving.
- Very adjustable for any vehicle, especially with optional extension.
- Easily movable.
- Keeps my 60 lb. dog where I want him. My dog hasn't tried to wreck the barrier. NOT TRUE. HE DESTROYED IT IN ABOUT 1 MINUTES THE FIRST TIME HE TRIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY!
- Easy setup with good instructions. NOT TRUE. FIRST INSTALL WAS EASY, BUT CONSTANTLY NEEDED ADJUSTMENT
- Light weight.

The Bad:
- As somebody else mentioned, could use a spring to maintain tension. Not a problem with my vehicle. I HAD TO GLUE IN THE BASE AND LUBRICATE THE THREADED ROD TO EASILY TIGHTEN WHEN THE UNIT WAS ON THE VEHICLE. YOU DON'T WANT THIS UNIT UNLESS YOU HAVE GOOD HANDYMAN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL.
- If your dog is medium or big and tries to get through this barrier, it will not hold him or her for five minutes, and will get destroyed in the process. WHAT WAS "BAD", IS NOW UGLY. MY DOG ISN'T THAT ACTIVE OR EXCITABLE. HE JUST DECIDED HE WANTED TO SIT IN FRONT WITH ME, AND IT TOOK HIM A MINUTE OR SO TO DO SO. I STILL LOVE HIM, BUT NOT THE BARRIER.
- There is enough space between the bars for an active chewer to destroy the back of your seat. Chewers need a barrier they can't stick their head through.

The Ugly:
- The screws provided are cheap and poorly designed, with very small Philips slots than don't allow you to get enough torque to secure the barrier bars. I don't get it. For less than a dime, the factory could have included what I replaced them with: hex-head 6 x 3/4" sheet-metal screws that work great. THEY ENDED UP JUST OK. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE CLAMPS REALLY TIGHT IN DAILY USE.
- THE TUBES ARE LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM, EASILY DENTED BY STRONG DOG JAWS, EASILY BENT BY A MEDIUM SIZE DOG. THEY WOULD BE BETTER IF MADE OF MEDIUM GAGE STEEL.

In summary, if it works for your dog and you're handy enough to compensate for design and material flaws, this would rate 5 stars because of the low price, good looks, visibility, and adjustability. If your dog destroys it or chews your car seat through the wide spaces, if it slips around in your vehicle, or if you can't get the bars screwed down tight, this would rate 1 star. My rating is the average between those two. It's about 4 stars for me because a product shouldn't require so much tinkering, but it works great for me and my dog.

BUT NOW I'D CHANGE THE RATING TO 1 STAR FOR MY DOG.

Did not work for me.
My first impression is that the unit is very rugged and nice looking. Then I tried to use it. I mostly bought it for the altimeter and thermometer. In the first day of use I just ran out of patience and plan to return it.

Here's the problems I had with the Altitech2

1. Most of the time the buttons work fine, but several times I pressed the mode button and the mode did not change.

2. When setting Declination page 25 of the manual states that you can press SET/RESET/LIGHT to reverse the digits, but as soon as you press the SET/RESET/LIGHT button the unit ends the calibration mode.

3. The temperature was stuck at 87.5 degrees for about an hour after purchase. Finally after cycling through the mode buttons the temperature instantly dropped to 81.5 degrees. I held the unit in front of the AC vent in the car until the car was cooled down to 70 degrees, I suspect the air coming out of the vent was actually cooler than 70 degrees. The temperature display never budged from 81.5 degrees.

4. I constructed a rudimentary chamber and placed the Altitech2 unit and a digital thermometer in the chamber. The digital thermometer registered 78 degrees, the Altitech2 registered 81.4 degrees. I blasted hot air in the chamber with a hair dryer. The digital thermometer quickly rose to 116 degrees and I turned the heat off. The Altitech2 stayed at exactly 81.4 degrees. After removing from the chamber the Altitech2 slowly increased to 94 degrees, went down to 92.6 degrees and stayed there for a good 5 minutes. Despite the room temperature being about 78 degrees.

5. The compass will only stay on for 10 seconds, then the display turns off to conserve battery. This never seems to be long enough to get a good fix while using in reference to a map. When the display shuts down you need to press the start button again to turn on the display. Since this button is recessed, you have to reposition your hand to press the button with your fingernail (I had to). This moves the compass in relation to the map again and is very frustrating to have to constantly have to press the start button. I'll stick with my 19th century compass for now.

This unit might be worth keeping for me if the Altimeter is reliable, but after all the other trouble I had I did not even mess with setting up the altimeter as I had lost confidence in the device.

Universal Pet Barrier
Easy to install, provides sufficent barrier for pet in rear cargo area of my Subaru Forester. If you want to use it with rear seat-back folded down you will need extra bar sold seperately.