A better nighlight

https://www.snappower.com/
Snap Power is selling an improved nightlight for $15 so that you don't have to waste an outlet. My preference is for these nightlights that double as flashlights.



I am a little worried about loose connections ith Snap Power especially with very old sockets.

Depends upon purposes of a night light.
Most people do not have sufficient kitchen sockets for their various electric tools and toys, much less a nightlight/flashlight combo.
Most nightlights are valuable at critical points: stair cases, bathrooms, etc. not just during power outages but to aid in avoiding turning on full lighting which will disturb others and disrupt everyone's sleep.
Some nightlights serve as infant/toddler fixation items that allow a woman to have continued sleep.
Some nightlights serve as burglar/earthquake/whatever lighting. Many people in an earthquake are injured because they awaken and start running barefoot without even looking at the shattered glass on the floor or the kid's roller skates on the stair case.

Quick search around their website doesn't show any UL or other certification. That would make it illegal to use in many jurisdictions. In Canada pretty much all new houses for the last 15 years have had the rectangular "Decora" receptacles and plates installed. Are the rounded receptacles still common in the US Paco?

My night light is a 9W compact fluorescent
(rated 40W) that I leave on 24/7 in the center
of the house. Lasts over a year, costs $5 a
year in electric.