Rotating Wall Outlet

Product Description

Bulky chargers won't clutter your outlets anymore when you install these rotating wall outlets. These innovative wall outlets properly cater to your modern ... [Read more]

Features

• Outlets swivel a full 360 degrees to accommodate plugs and adaptors of all sizes
• Snap-on mounts eliminates the need for screws and provides a clean, decorative finish
• Fits a standard size wall box and has sidewire and backwire compatibility
• Screwless deisgn and tough GE plastic means no more broken plates
• Premium copper blade and ground contacts provide consistent long-term retention

Top Reviews

Failed With Arcing and Smoke
by John H. Meyer (1 out of 5 stars)
August 29, 2018

This is a really clever idea, but very poorly and cheaply implemented. The problem is that whatever internal mechanism is used to make contact with the three wires in the receptacle as it rotates doesn't make sufficient contact. I rotated the sockets before I inserted anything. I was immediately concerned with the "feel" as I rotated each receptacle. I set it up so that one plug was facing up and the other was facing down. Initially, everything worked fine. However, about a month after I installed it, I needed to unplug one item to move it, and when I next plugged something into the receptacle, I could hear it arcing. I then smelled that electrical smell and saw a little smoke. That was it.

I'm quite certain the problem is this device. I wired it using the screws, rather than insert the wires into the holes. This provides a more secure connection and ensures that the connection is electrically sound.

Unfortunately, my return windows (30 days) has ended, and I'm sure I'll never get satisfaction from Amazon or the vendor.

Update (1/7/2019): I just came across the warranty claim I filed with them on 8/29/2018. They never responded and never honored the warranty.
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Works great!
by Simon (5 out of 5 stars)
March 7, 2016

It's nice and sturdy. It even clicks when you rotate it so it maintains the rotated position nicely. I paired it with a GFCI outlet. I also modified a cover plate with a Dremel to make it all fit nice. Then I just had to drill new screw holes to fit the cover on. No problem. Looks great. Check out my pictures!
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Not compatable in "old-work" single or double gang electrical boxe instalations
by DSK (2 out of 5 stars)
February 5, 2018

Great concept - poor execution. Be aware that this outlet can not be installed in "old-work" single or double gang electrical boxes.

The accompanying wall-plate is the only wall plate that will fit this outlet. However the wall plate is held on with four tabs that project through the outlet mounting plate and into the electrical box. Plastic "old-work boxes" have a smaller opening then "new-work boxes" and the tabs on the wall plate are too far apart to fit within the "old-work box." Because of that this outlet will not fit when used in "old-work" boxes.
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Only for new work!!
by P2theHill (1 out of 5 stars)
June 17, 2018

This company says the outlet fits inside a standard box, but what they left out is if you don't have a "new work" box you will be out of luck. The plate has a snap in feature (as opposed to screws) and if your box isn't big enough the tabs won't fit inside even if it is "standard." Let's be real here, that isn't very descriptive. Pretty shady thing to do for a $13 outlet. Be aware this severely limits who can actually use this outlet. Save time and money and buy someone else's product!
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Bad design of coverplate
by BTaz (3 out of 5 stars)
January 29, 2013

I had a difficult time getting this thing installed and have given up and decided to wait until I renovate the bathroom for which this was intended.

First of all, the bathroom is wallpapered so patching the wall is out. The box is installed sideways so the outlets are side by side rather than one on top of the other. Here is my experience trying to install this. I removed the old cover plate. I removed the old receptacle. I then proceeded to bend the wires (perfectly stripped) so that I could insert them into the back of the new 360 receptacle. Doable after some second attempts at straightening (with pliers). I tightened the screws. Then it was finally on to attaching the screwplate. Everything okay, if not tight in the box. The box was a little flimsily attached though, which bothered me because the outlets on the 360 were a little tight and hard to plug and unplug things. Now all that was needed was to push the coverplate into place. Can't push a coverplate into place if there is drywall behind the holes on the screwplate for the prongs on the coverplate. The prongs need almost 3/8ths inch clearance so I busted out the drywall in the area for the prongs. I'll point out here that the screwholes in the electrical box are located outside the box itself and the box was installed after the drywall so the drywall was flush with the outside of the box. The electrical box was housed in a switch box to attach it to a stud (flimsily). When I attempted to attach the screwplate again, the weakened wall behind the screwhole caved in. Luckily the screwplate is wide and just long enough to hold against the outside of the drywall so I pulled the electrical box to the opening as best I could and screwed the screwplate until I could finish without holding. Now I pushed a little on it just to see if the wall would further cave in under the strain. Again, the outlets are actually kind of tight and I worried the pressure needed to plugin anything would further mess up the wall. Now I tried to put the coverplate back on. Notice I wrote "tried." The swichbox which is this thin, flimsy, metal strapping wrapped around the electrical box and holding it in place (again flimsily) is just thick enough to keep the prongs from inserting all the way into the holes on the screwplate. The picture I added above should show how tight a space there is between the back of the receptacle and the square holes on the screwplate--barely enough room for just the box. So I either have a coverplate not all the way inserted making for impossible plug of anything bigger than the round hole (and doesn't look good at all), or I have a receptacle without a coverplate. The only alternative I see is to cut the inside prongs and just have the outside prongs holding the coverplate in place. A little too much pressure on just one prong while cutting/snapping could mean breaking the adjacent prong and ruining the whole thing. I paid 6.50 for this shipped so I'd rather not break it. Considering how flimsily installed the box is and how weakened the wall is at that one end of the box (the end NOT flimsily attached to what I can only assume is a stud), I decided to just remove the new receptacle and reinstall the old. Reinstalling the old meant putting a piece of a disposable nail file (only thing I could think to use at the time) behind the screwplate on the outside of the wall to keep the box from falling back in. That means the outlet is sticking out a little on that side so there is a noticeable gap between the coverplate and the wall. Horrible experience. At this point I only see the option of waiting for bathroom renovation which will likely be summer.

The point is that you should be sure before attempting to install this thing that it will in fact install properly so as not to be left putting in a new box and patching the wall, especially if you have a wallpapered wall. There are a few types of electrical boxes that this will not work with (they have tabs or the like where the coverplate would attach) and a few it will. You just have to open and see what you have and eyeball whether it will work without modification. This old house bit me again. In the end the coverplate's prongs was the big design issue for me. Stupidly, I didn't even bother checking to see if the outlets worked before uninstalling.

As to the construction. Again, the outlets are tight-- hard to plug and unplug (may just be my receptacle). The rotation is tight and jerky when trying to rotate (probably a good thing overall for stability). The receptacle is designed rather tight against an electrical box with outside screwholes. In my house, most boxes would require the same removal of wall for the prongs on the cover plate. As to wiring, there are only two screws but four mounting holes. No description of whether you can use the screw terminals instead of the back holes for mounting the wires. I would only be guessing you could and just that, a guess. If I were to do this right, I would bust open the wall, install a stud below for sideways orientation, install a plastic single-gang electrical box (screwholes inside with no other inside tabs, etc.) mounted sideways to the new stud and flush with the drywall, patch the wall, then install the new 360 receptacle without issue. If ifs and buts were candy and nuts....
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Easy to install in place of a standard duplex outlet
by Steeley (5 out of 5 stars)
September 29, 2017

When you have an oddball power connection and limited space, this is the ONLY elegant solution if you don't want to use multitap extension cords and such.. Easy to install in place of a standard duplex outlet. Arrived a day ahead of schedule. I needed one, bought three, two for future use. I suspect if it's rotated over and over eventually the contacts will fail, but if it's rotated to the needed "sweet spot" angle and left that way it will probably last forever.
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Too tall, mkay?
by J. Windle (3 out of 5 stars)
October 1, 2013

I really wanted this to work in my AV panel, so i could spin a large power supply parallel to the door. The plug is decent build quality for the price, and comes with cover screwless trim plate. For what it is, and for the price, you cant go wrong. Except it doesn't fit in a metal "old work" box. The outlet is too tall to fit. Sometimes things just dont work like you think they will, right? This would fit in a nromal jbox no problem. For the price, I'm keeping it. I'll find a place for it. FYI - you can't gang it with anither plug or switch. It comes with a custom 1 gang plate.
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Works great for big appliances
by Caitlin Pendergraft (5 out of 5 stars)
November 11, 2018

Our home is older and has very few outlets! Our kitchen had one outlet for refrigerator and gas range (just uses electricity for spark and clock). Both appliances use big and bulky cords and have three prongs. There was no way to play in with existing outlet! My husband is fairly handy and installed this himself. We saved several hundred dollars by buying this outlet instead of having to add another outlet! No local big box stores sell these so I am very thankful amazon does
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It's okay as long as you are only doing one wire on each side.
by Mr. Adam,Top Contributor: Baking (4 out of 5 stars)
March 1, 2018

It's a good outlet but it only has one screw on each side. We needed to attach more than one wire to both sides so we had to make some pigtail connections in the box which filled up our box a lot. I didn't like that the screw plate was all plastic including where the screws went through the plate to the box. I would have felt better with a metal strap touching the screws holding the outlet in the box.
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Solved a Unique Situation.
by Jerry Feld (5 out of 5 stars)
March 2, 2015

Prior to seeing this at Amazon, didn't know such a thing existed. I had been looking for a duplex outlet in a side by side configuration. Once relatively common, I couldn't find them at the big box stores. I didn't check any wholesale electrical outlets because they are normally higher in cost but generally carry a much larger variety. Decided to try Amazon first. Without making this a long story, I prepare a lot of electrical where space is an issue. The project I was working on needed at least one outlet be horizontal. A horizontal duplex would have worked if I could have found one. But this gave me the option of having one be horizontal and keep the other vertical. A unique product for a unique situation, worked like a charm. I'll be back for more.

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