Dodging a Winter Draft with a Door Draft Stopper

What Is a Draft Stopper or Draft Dodger?

I first learned what a draft dodger, door snake or draft stopper was when I was in college living in an old dormitory with very drafty windows. My roommate and I used to roll towels into a tube shape and place them along the sill of the windows. It wasn’t perfect, but it helped keep the chill out of our room.

Then upon returning from home one weekend, my roommate brought a ready-made fabric filled tube in a box labeled “Draft Dodger“. Genius!!!! It was made with corduroy fabric and filled with rice. It was specially made for one purpose only and that was to block the gap between the bottom of a door or window and the sill preventing cold air from entering a room and warm air from escaping.

Since then I have always had one or two draft dodgers at the ready in my home to place by a door or window in the winter.