The media could not be loaded. It seems that the description on the size - stating a cutting tolerance of 2% - has been added since I made my purchase (or I'm blind and didn't see it), but basically what that translates into is that these are not exactly 16" x 12" x 3/8". The thickness is close enough, but the length and width are off by about 1/4" (see my short video clip). That said, I was a bit disappointed because I needed to sizing to be correct as I planned on mounting some foam absorbers on top of them to create an extension of sorts to my studio room clouds. The foam absorbers were 12"x12". Lucky for me the foam panels were super stinky, so I decided to give them a bath and throw them into the dryer for a few rounds - this ultimately made them shrink down tad, down to 11.75" x 11.75". This ended up working out in my favor as now I would only need to make one cut on each of the BXI pads in order for everything to align properly. I know what you're thinking - "why didn't this guy just buy the 12"x12" pads to begin with?!" "¦ Honestly, I don't know. This was one of those late night amazon purchases, with a "buy it in 35 seconds so you can have it by Friday" kinda things. I had a few cocktails in me, so I just went with it without thinking. "¨"¨In any case, the panels are sturdy and dense. I wish they offered a thicker option (like double thickness, not their other panels which are 0.1" thicker), as I would have gladly purchased a set of those. Instead, what I did for my situation was cut/glue a stack of two BXI panels and topped it with one of those generic foam sound absorbers. Cutting was fairly easy. I tried both a box cutter and an electric knife, and I can't say one method was more efficient than the other. They both took a bit of time and patience in order to get the cuts straight and (relatively) clean. They did the job, however, and nobody will see the imperfections where I've placed them, which is on the ceiling. To glue the panels together (both BXI to BXI and BXI to foam), I used 3M Super 77 adhesive spray. I mounted them to the ceiling using 6 square cut Gorilla brand mounting tape. "¨"¨How well do they work? Well, they do the job at the reflection point at which I've placed them. I need them to absorb some of the sound bouncing off my mixing desk, and they do just that. They probably don't work as well as my 3" thick clouds that I have adjacent to the BXI panels, but they do help with overall absorption for the room. While I haven't taken any measurements to see the real effect they have, they work well enough for now. How well will they work for you? Honestly that really depends on what you're using them for, where you place them, and what you expect out of them. In my opinion, these are great for light duty use. They work better if you stack them.

So, in a nutshell, I recommend them for light to medium duty use. If you need serious sound absorption for a music room or home theater, buy or make professional grade panels. For the price, they are worth it. If BXI were to make thicker panels, I'd definitely consider buying more to fill in some of the gaps in my room. "¨"¨"¦ Hope this review was helpful!

The sheets are smaller, meant to be tiled or used in small applications. They are quite thick, durable, and a little tricky to cut. So far I've simply lined square areas to deaden sound but I find many other uses now that I have extra. It's a firm but forgiving surface so I've even used it as a workspace protector.

One of the more interesting projects was to clean up a car radio install that had a floating screen. The material is cheap, versatile, and reasonably easy to work with so it ended up working well in this space. I cut the rectangle with a razor, then cut out the opening in the center. After that I realized I needed to thin certain areas of the material to make it fit - this was surprisingly easy. You can use the blade to dig out areas, even creating angled relief spots to get the perfect fit. Since it's a fibrous material it has some flexibility and can compress a tiny bit. At the end of the day it also cut down on the noise transfer from the once partially occupied double DIN area with a poor seal. Hacky use case, but I like it.

I wouldn't rely on this to be your main source of sound isolation. If you are needing a small amount of extra diffusion or have a small area these would work well.

I researched product and possible panel layout before installing the panels on the wall. I decided to buy these panels because the reviews were good and some mentioned sound deadening and blocking and of course they dit my budget. Unfortunately i moved from one noisy apartment to another. Walls are like paper in a NY apt. There is no such thing as quiet in NY apartments. These sound absorbing tiles will quiet your room from noise inside and coming from next door but they will not completely block all sound however, i am very happy with the outcome. Not only is my space quieter but the panels added texture and asthetic to the wall. I suggest that you use an online free tile calculator to figure out how many you need to order. There are also tile layout patterns you may want to use to add a little extra detail to the wall. I used the subway pattern and a 30% tile staggering. It Looks great! The tiles i purchased were the camel color 16x12, 6 pack. The tiles look more grey in photo but in prtson thry are a light camel color. As others have mentioned the tiles arent exactly 16x12 just a little less. The wall i was installing the tiles on is not even and my skill is novice so there were some gaps but the finished product looks great. I used scotch double sided tape in four corners and the center and so far its sticking great. Certain tiles i used more tape ex. if the wall was curved or i thiught the tile wouldnt hold overtime do to location of the tile.

Just to clarify, these little panels are for knocking down the reflections in a room, they're not for soundproofing. I knew by other reviews that they were small but that was what I wanted because I only had to cover one wall and I was kinda just experimenting because I didn't have a huge budget. I wasn't expecting miracles, but I wanted to try to dampen the area around me for mixing purposes. They do seem to help. I was a little surprised that they have no backing, it's just foam all the way through. But for the price, if you can't spend a lot, you might as well try it. Best of all, they stick easily with that Scotch double-sided adhesive. So you don't have to put push pins or screws in the wall...like I did before I realized this...😬