I was looking for a grill timer, that if it were accidentally left out in the elements, would not be destroyed. This product fits that requirement nicely. It has weathered several storms already. The controls are simple and easy to use. It has an unexpected feature that I came to like. When it counts down to zero, the alarm sounds, and the device immediately begins counting up. In this way, if you miss the alarm you can see how long ago it went off and take appropriate action.There are only two downsides to the product. One is that the alarm is not particularly loud. I cannot hear it inside the house, even with the door open.Two, you cannot reset the timer to the original time limit unless it counts down to zero. Before then, you can pause the timer, or you can reset it to zero, but you can't start it over. As an example as to how this can be annoying, imagine that you were cooking steak at four minutes per side, but decided to take it out 1 minute early. You stop the timer, but then next time you use it, you need to reset it to zero, and then set it to four minutes again.