Duck Brand Socket Sealers Variety Pack, 16 Outlet Sealers and 6 Switch Plates, 2 Decorative Covers, White, 283333

I bought these to insulate the electrical sockets on the exterior walls of my house against outdoor temperatures which leak through the sockets, especially with wind. While they do a good job insulating the wind that was seeping in around the electrical box, I'm disappointed to say they *don't* thoroughly block the wind coming in from the sockets themselves. I'm not sure how that happens, but with gusty cold winds, I can definitely feel a light draft when I place my hand over the electrical sockets. On the plus side, these are super easy to install with an electric drill. Just be careful to *not* tighten the plate covers so they're flush with the wall again because you'll break the plate cover around the screw since these do add about 1/16 of an inch to the depth of the outlet. The small gap that creates isn't hugely noticeable unless you're closely inspecting them. The package comes with several different precut insulation pieces for wall sockets and light switches. Most of my light switches on exterior walls are doubles though, so I couldn't use the single light switch insulators provided. Overall, I'm satisfied with the improvement these bring to my home's insulation, especially at the price.

What an incredible difference these has made in our home! We had some serious cold air blowing out of our outlets, not any more!

I like how easy these are to install into two outlet and single switch boxes. Those fit very well. This kit does not contain sealers cut to fit two or three switch boxes. I looked for multi-switch sealers and found that they cost much more than these. I cut and cobbled together some of these sealers and it works just as well as a custom made solution. It was much less expensive this way. Two discoveries made along the way: 1. One wall in my house is not insulated anywhere near as well as all of the others. These are a real energy saver on that wall. 2. Some of my doors and windows are major heat leakers. Now I need to get to work on those.

Yeah yeah yeah blah blah the hole is bigger than the insulator and it's not optimized for blah blah whatever. Look, people love to think they know something about their "gut feelings" and "experience," but the reality of heat transfer and thermodynamics is more involved in that. Slap these in, and stick a sensor near to actually record the temperature. You'll see a 4-15 degree temperature change depending on how drafty the receptacle spaces are. Most of mine didn't "fully cover" the holes, and I still got great readings. Only get like a 1-2 degree drop? Congratulations--you really didn't need one of these there. But double congratulations! They're cheap, so you didn't exactly waste any money. My only complaint is the variety, but I can't dock a point because you're told exactly what you're getting: 16, 6, and 2. My house specifically has more than the switch plates provided (relative to the ratio of everything else provided), so I'm ordering 2 more boxes of these. I'll have a bunch of the outlet sealers leftover, but they're cheap and I'm okay with that. Also, "what about switches that are, like, 4 to a single thing?" So make them overlap a bit. That's what I did. And I had no problems getting them in there with that little extra thickness because of the overlap. It's fine. It works.

They seem to be a perfect option for many reasons with only a single tiny flaw we found. 1) They are an affordable option (at least at the moment of writing this) when comparing them to some of the other options out there. They also work just as good if not better in various ways. 2) You get a good number of them per box. 3) They are indeed flame retardant. This was a HUGE deal when comparing to some of the other options we had laying around. We took a few other options that claimed to be retardant and lit them to find out they lit up like a candle. These ones, however, burned where they got hit by a flame and stopped (no spread). As you can see in the image. We held a flame to it for 4 seconds for that piece in the image. (update: I guess they aren't letting us post the picture for some reason...that makes their policies feel a little shady here) The only flaw? The decorative switch ones (only 4 in each pack) have a gap around the switch itself which prevents it from being a really good seal. It is still enough to make a difference (creating somewhat of a seal), but it isn't perfect in any way. It's a tiny flaw, but if half the pack contained these, this would lower the score. In this situation, we didn't see that as necessary. So, we felt these to be an excellent option for your home for both function and fire safety. You'll feel better at night using these vs some of the other options out there, and your insurance will love you to (god forbid, something happens where they have to even know about them).

These are absolutely excellent. The cold winter wind was coming in, making one room much colder than the others. When I removed the face plates on my electrical sockets, I could feel it blowing in. Putting one of these perfectly cut out foam inserts in there blocked the wind and the room was sooo much warmer this morning! Excellent upgrade for all of the sockets on the exterior walls of the house! Inexpensive upgrade too! I'm going to have to see if there's another version of this product made for insulating larger toggle light switches, particularly those that are 2 or 3 per face plate. It was super convenient to not have to cut any of these to fit, so I hope there are more sizes! This kit comes with a lot of two outlet electrical socket ones, a few GFIC socket ones (which could possibly be used for large toggle switches), and a few regular light switch ones. A good assortment!

Super easy to install, each outlet sealer is already pre-cut so you can just pop out the needed outlet holes. They are also easy to modify if you need more of one kind over another. These fit snug over the outlet itself and then you just screw the face plate back on once down. Due to the added padding, be careful in putting the faceplates back and not screwing them as tightly so that they don't crack. I bought an older house that had drafty outlets (cold air was blowing in through them), and after installing these, problem solved! Great product, very easy to work with. No tools required (minus the screw driver you'll need to remove the faceplate)

This product is very good and can offer a great relief if you are considering it to battle the drift. However, you should first closely investigate the wall plates to see if there is enough room to put a 3-4 mm foam into it or not. IF not, the wall plates are separated from the wall, leaving a noticeable gap which I did not appreciate. With plastic wall plates, you can not tighten the screw since it will break the plate, and adds to your troubles. However, I have to say, if you are not concerned about the gap that it might cause, it is a great product, and it has a very high quality. I wish the price was a little bit lower since right now, it is on the pricier side. Also, these are very good to avoid any bugs crawling into your home. For example, if you are living in an apartment, bed bugs can easily transverse from your neighbours to your home. So, in my case, I have used an Insectigone Bedbug and Flea Killer Powder and then installed the foams, and voila, problem solved!

Bought and installed in Jan/2021. I've read other reviews of Frost King and other cheap socket sealers being way too thin or tearing easily. These Duck Brand socket sealers have no such problems - properly thick, cut perfectly to standard dimensions, and the punchouts for the sockets, switch, and screwholes come out easily and perfectly. This is an excellent product and it does the best it can at being a socket sealer - meaning that it will block a draft and cold air as best as a few millimetres-thick piece of foam can. Don't expect huge heating cost savings, but it sure is better than nothing - every little bit helps.

I purchased this package of socket sealers to help with the air sealing for winter. It was perfect, no more drafty outlets. Great quality and value.

Good product. Only one concern was with the large rectangle cut out for light fixture: Be gentle when taking out as they will tear if you aren't careful. Also when doing multiple toggle switches you will have to modify as in cut the inserts down accordingly. I then re join them with electrical tape along the cut seam.