Diggs Revol vs Impact: Which Premium Crate Wins?

Diggs Revol vs Impact at a glance

Here’s the head-to-head on the specs that actually decide it. Both are true premium dog crates – a world apart from a $60 folding wire crate – but they’re engineered for different owners. Impact builds an all-metal fortress; Diggs builds a clever, collapsible piece of furniture. The table below lines them up on everything that matters.

The short version: Impact wins on raw strength, escape-proofing, travel safety, big-breed sizing and warranty; Diggs wins on design, ease of collapse, multi-door convenience and a lower entry price. See the best dog crates roundup for where each lands against the rest of the field.

Who each crate is for

Before the spec sheet, match the crate to your dog and your life – it decides the winner more than any single feature. These are the two best premium crates sold, but they’re tuned for very different owners.

The Impact Stationary is built for serious containment, big dogs and the road. If you have a determined chewer, a separation-anxiety escape artist, a powerful working or giant breed, or you fly and road-trip with your dog, Impact is the answer. The welded aluminum shell and recessed paddle latch are about as close to truly escape-proof as a crate gets, it’s crash-tested for travel, and it scales to a 54-inch 3XL that most premium crates simply don’t offer. The lifetime warranty – including a dog-damage guarantee on the High Anxiety model – tells you how confident Impact is in the build. The trade-off is that the Stationary doesn’t fold, has one door, and looks like serious kit rather than living-room furniture.

The Diggs Revol is built for everyday indoor life and owners who move the crate around. If your dog is a normal-to-moderate chewer, you want a crate that looks good in the house, you need to fold it flat for storage or toss it in the car, or you value being able to open it from three different sides, the Revol is genuinely delightful to live with. It folds in seconds, rolls on wheels, has a removable tray for cleaning, and the diamond steel mesh keeps teeth and paws safe without the prison-bars look. The catch: it’s escape-resistant rather than fortress-grade, it isn’t crash-rated, and the large size climbs to $1,149.

Neither is the right tool for every dog. A true Houdini with a history of bending wire and bursting latches should go straight to Impact. A toy or small breed that just needs a tidy den at home is better served by the Revol or even a far cheaper crate. With that framing set, here’s how the two compare feature by feature.

Material & build quality

This is the clearest dividing line between the two. Impact builds the Stationary from welded aircraft-grade aluminum with a two-layer aluminum door – there are no plastic panels and no removable pins for a dog to work loose. It arrives fully assembled and is, for practical purposes, indestructible to a chewing dog. The High Anxiety variant goes further with aluminum that’s 62% thicker and no-see-through ventilation holes that calm reactive, territorial barkers.

Diggs takes a smarter-materials approach: a high-strength steel frame, the signature diamond-shaped steel mesh, lightweight aluminum and reinforced impact plastic, all in non-toxic coatings. That mix is what lets the Revol fold flat and stay light while still resisting teeth – the diamond mesh gives a dog nothing to bite down on and won’t pinch paws the way old wire crates do. In independent strength testing the Revol ranked surprisingly high – just below Impact’s two all-metal crates – which is a real compliment given it’s also collapsible.

The honest summary: both are premium and both will outlast a cheap wire crate by years. But if you put a power-chewer behind each one, the all-aluminum Impact is the crate that doesn’t flinch. Diggs trades a sliver of ultimate toughness for huge gains in weight, looks and convenience.

Escape-proofing & safety

This is the section escape-artist owners came for, and it’s where Impact pulls clearly ahead.

• Impact: explicitly marketed as escape-proof. The headline feature is the recessed paddle latch – it sits inside the door so a dog can’t get any mouth-leverage on it – backed up by four butterfly latches. The welded shell has no weak panel to push out, and Impact’s crates are built to survive a high-speed vehicle impact. The High Anxiety model carries a lifetime dog-damage guarantee: if your dog escapes or seriously damages it, Impact replaces it.
• Diggs: escape-resistant. The diamond steel mesh denies a dog the snout-insertion and teeth leverage that lets them pop wire crates, and the latches are sturdier than a standard crate. It will contain the vast majority of dogs – but it is not pitched as Houdini-grade, and it ranked just below Impact’s metal crates when reviewers stress-tested the field.

For a normal dog that just needs a secure den, the Revol is plenty. For a dog that has already broken out of one crate, only the Impact-class build is worth your money.

Collapsibility & portability

Here the result flips, and Diggs wins decisively. The Revol folds flat in seconds – it’s the fastest, easiest collapse of any premium crate – rolls on built-in wheels and carries by a handle. For owners who store the crate between uses, slide it into a closet, or move it room to room, that convenience is the whole reason to buy it.

The Impact Stationary, by design, does not fold. It ships fully built and stays built; it’s meant to be a permanent, fortress-grade home base. (Impact does sell a separate Collapsible aluminum model for owners who need to break it down – that’s the one most often cross-shopped against the Revol on convenience, and it still collapses far more slowly than the Diggs.) The Stationary’s portability is about travel-grade toughness and military-style handles, not folding flat.

So if folding and moving the crate is central to your life – a small apartment, frequent storage, hauling it to a relative’s house – the Revol is the obvious pick. If the crate lives in one spot and never moves, the Stationary’s fixed build is a feature, not a flaw.

Travel & airline use

If you travel with your dog, this section may decide it on its own. Impact crates are crash-tested and built to travel – they’re a go-to for working dogs, hunters and anyone who needs a crate that protects the dog in a vehicle and meets the toughness bar for flying. The welded aluminum that makes it escape-proof is the same thing that makes it crash-worthy.

The Diggs Revol is portable but not a travel-safety crate. The wheels and handle make it easy to carry, and it’s fine for a calm car ride, but it is not crash-tested or airline-certified the way Impact is. Diggs makes a dedicated travel crate (the Enventur) for flying – the Revol isn’t it.

The takeaway: for road trips with a big dog, vehicle safety, or air travel, Impact is the clear answer. For carrying a crate around the house and the occasional local drive, the Revol’s portability is more than enough.

Sizes, fit & big breeds

Sizing is where giant-breed owners need to pay attention. Impact runs a full ladder – 30″ Medium, 34″ Intermediate, 40″ Large, 40″+ XL, 48″ 2XL and a 54″ 3XL – so it genuinely fits Great Danes, Mastiffs and other giants that most premium crates can’t accommodate. There’s no true “small,” because Impact is aimed at serious and larger dogs.

Diggs Revol comes in Small (≤30 lb), Medium (30-50 lb), Intermediate (50-70 lb) and Large (70-90 lb). It covers everything from a puppy up to a big retriever, and the included divider lets a puppy grow into the Medium. But it tops out around 90 lb dogs – so for a giant breed, or a tall dog that needs to stand fully, Impact’s bigger sizes are the only option.

Doors, cleaning & daily living

Day to day, the Revol is the more pleasant crate to use. Its standout is three access points – a standard side door, a garage-style door and a ceiling hatch – which means you can place it almost anywhere and still get the dog in and out easily, and the top hatch is great for lifting a puppy in or reaching a nervous dog. It also has a removable tray that pulls out for quick cleaning, plus a design that actually looks good in a living room.

The Impact Stationary keeps it simple with a single door. That’s deliberate – fewer openings means fewer potential weak points for an escape artist – but it does mean you have to orient the crate so the door is reachable, and cleaning is more of a wipe-out job than a slide-out tray. The Impact is built to be secure and tough first; everyday convenience is secondary.

If the crate is part of your living space and you’ll be opening it many times a day, the Revol’s three doors and removable tray are a real quality-of-life upgrade. If it’s a secure den that gets cleaned occasionally, the single-door Impact is no hardship.

Price & warranty: the real cost

On paper Impact looks expensive at a flat $900, but the picture changes once you map Diggs across its size range. The Revol is $599 small, $799 medium, around $899 intermediate and $1,149 large – so for a big dog, the Diggs is actually the pricier crate, while for a small or medium dog it undercuts Impact.

The warranty is the tie-breaker a lot of buyers overlook. Impact backs its crates with a lifetime warranty on hardware and craftsmanship plus a 30-day trial, and the High Anxiety model adds a dog-damage guarantee. Diggs offers a more standard limited warranty with no lifetime coverage. For a crate you intend to keep for the dog’s whole life – especially a hard-using big dog – Impact’s coverage is genuine added value, not just marketing.

So the cost verdict is size-dependent: for a small or medium dog where either fits, Diggs can be the cheaper buy; for a large or giant dog, Impact is both cheaper and the only one that fits, and it comes with the better warranty.

Diggs vs Impact: which should you buy?

There’s no single winner – there’s a winner for your dog. Here’s the buyer’s cheat sheet:

• Buy Impact if you have an escape artist or power chewer, a large or giant breed, you travel or fly with your dog, you want crash-tested safety, or you want the security of a lifetime warranty. It’s our overall pick for strength and safety.
• Buy the Diggs Revol if you want a crate that looks good and folds flat, you need three doors for flexible placement, you move the crate around or store it often, or your dog is a normal-to-moderate chewer and you’d rather have everyday convenience than fortress-grade toughness.

Our verdict: for the audience we build for here – large and giant breeds, working dogs and serious escape artists – Impact is the better premium crate. It’s stronger, safer, fits bigger dogs, travels better and is backed for life. The Diggs Revol is the smarter buy for everyday indoor life with a normal dog, where its design, easy collapse and three doors genuinely improve daily living. Read our full Impact crate review and Diggs Revol review before you commit, and use the trial windows – set the crate up with your own dog and let the results decide.