After debating about if it's possible to teach my dog to turn off the switch on the fireplace for me, I decided installing a timer would probably just be easier. Most timer switches need to have a higher load than what a fireplace pulls so wouldn't work. This works perfectly. Very easy to install. Yes, I'm stupid and didn't flip the breaker to install it but managed to install it without getting a jolt...that's how easy it is. As far as the downside...it makes a constant "click click click" sound like an old school kitchen timer when it's on. It's very quiet and ambient sound is normally enough to drown it out, but a romantic floor picnic in front of the fireplace now is undermined by "click click click". Not a deal breaker though. The other thing is the face plate. The face plate isn't attached to the switch housing. That's so you can use a normal toggle wall plate rather than having to get a Decora/GFCI wall plate. Unfortunately, my wall plate is a Decora/GFCI wall plate. The face plate is suppose to go one after putting up the wall plate and is suppose to be held in place with a locking nut and the timer knob...but it's not. It goes slightly askew when you turn the dial because it's effectively free floating. The last downside is that white isn't really white. It has a slight purplish tint too it. When you have a white wall plate behind it, the color difference is very noticeable. I'm sure that after awhile I'll quit feeling all OCD about the color and won't notice any more...but right now, it's annoying. Overall, given the fact that other timer switches won't work on this particular outlet, I would buy it again. But it wouldn't be my first choice.