The phrase "a downside to using" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is typically used to introduce a negative consequence or disadvantage of something. Example: "There is a downside to using social media for marketing, as it can sometimes lead to negative feedback from customers."
Is there a downside to using the self-cleaning mode on your oven?
Les Crocker, citrus sales manager for A. Duda & Sons Inc. in Vero Beach, Fla., said there was a downside to using the digital camera.
Still, there is a downside to using the Web for instant access to books, movies and music: a sharp reduction in our ownership rights.
Davey pointed out that there may be a downside to using social media in investigations.
This illustrates a downside to using raw term frequency--it does not take overall word usage into account, resulting in a collection of highly weighted terms that are too generic to offer much insight.
A downside to using Amazon Glacier is that obtaining the data from storage may typically take a number of hours to complete.
A possible downside to using an anatomical atlas for the interpretation of IMS data is that zones that have not been previously discovered in pathological and anatomical research and thus are not present in the atlas cannot be found in the ion images and cannot be part of their interpretation.
The downside to using a non-draining surface is that the fats that excrete off of your steak as it cooks will pool around its edges and possibly cause it to burn.
The downside to using Apigee is that it introduces a latency into the whole system.
The downside to using this Iowa-specific version of the model is that it derives from a much smaller sample of cases, potentially making it less robust when applied to new data.
The one downside to using Hotel Tonight is that you have to forgo the loyalty points you'd normally earn from a hotel stay.
