I've seen several problems with backstab sockets, but few or
none with wrap around the screw types.

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"albee" wrote in message
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Solely anecdotal, but seems like quite a coincidence that
I've had
problems with them staying connected, particularly in
receptacles that
received frequent use (not taking out and working on, simply
plugging
and unplugging of appliances). As a previous respondent
said, if done
correctly and not disturbed... But if "anecdotally", merely
using the
receptacle a lot in the manner intended is enough to cause
such
disturbance, well, then it's not functioning as intended.

Now, I don't have non-backstabbed ones with which to compare
them, but
I can't fathom that a non-backstabbed receptacle would have
done the
same.

My amateur and anecdotal .02 worth.