We are going to put our house on the market in the next month. Before we do, we are replacing old ugly things with new ones which give it a cosmetic boost. Door hinges, door knobs, thermostats, and a couple of electric baseboard heaters. I just changed out all of our thermostats and replaced them with these. They are basic, look good, and work. Nothing high tech, but the buyers can buy those if they want.

This thermostat is overall good, but has a couple things for potential improvement...

1) It works well under low load, and initially under high load, but its temperature sensor is not well isolated from the heat of the wiring. If you get near its 5280 watt max (22 amps @ 240V), 10 gauge wiring will get warm, and the heat from that will cause this thermostat to shut off a bit too soon.

2) It's easy to think that you're turning it all the way Off, when you're really only setting it to its lowest setting. Not a big deal, but you have to remember that it's not off unless you turn it all the way left, beyond where you might thing it stops... There's a "hump" or point of resistance when turning the knob left that you'll need to move it beyond.

Replaced 50 year old 120V thermostats to gas heated blowers. Works like a charm and I like that they turn completely off. Only uses one side. They seem to turn on and off within a reasonable range of where they are set. The old ones were so bad anything would be better. Actual room temperature was not measured but since this is not a home but building heating control minor temperature fluctuations are no bother.

Installation was quick and painless. I just used the two black wires and cut off the red ones short but left enough if I ever needed to use that side in the future. This is just a simple inline switch application to send electric at the approximate temperature. Just make sure you turn off the electric at the circuit breaker before starting the change over.

Please read the reviews. I purchased this product and it performed exactly as the reviews indicated it would. The temp was easily 10 degrees off and not able to be calibrated. That was OK because I just figured out what the temp was that I needed and marked the scale. The reason I'm giving this 1 star though was the device failed now twice in the on position for who knows how long. This second time I wasnt even able to use the off switch to turn it off. Luckily the heater had one. You would be better off finding a different thermostat.

In our living room we have a gas fireplace. It works wonderfully to heat up just that room. Sometimes too well, even at the lowest flame height. This necessitated someone actively operating the switch on the wall to maintain a comfortable temperature.

This was not only an inconvenience, but a waste of energy, as we were over-heating the space. I went online and searched for a thermostat that would switch the fireplace on or off. Having lived in a house with electric baseboards, I knew these were available.

Amazon offered this one at a very reasonable price. It's way overbuilt for the application, but it was easily installed and works exactly as I expected it to. Setting a desired temperature with the knob, knowing it's not exactly the same temperature that is displayed, took some trial and error, but the gas was switched on and off as the temperature was reached and it cooled.

Now, onto finding a quieter fan for the fireplace...