Top 10 Cookware with Lifetime Warranty: Expert Choices for Durability

Customer Review: 100% worth the buy! I bought this set to replace my nonstick pans and every single day I am so glad I did. I know this brand is solid and high quality to begin with, so the pots/pans being high quality is a given. They are sturdy, strong and have some weight to them which I believe speaks to the quality significantly when talking about a stainless steel pan.This set comes with multiple sizes, varying the capacity of each but I don’t find that I’m missing anything when I’m cooking even the most elaborate meal requiring use of all burners. This really is the perfect set of SS pans. They seem to distribute heat very well leading to better quality food, and I haven’t noticed any spots on the bottom of the pans that have charred or discolored after several uses! Sauce and food residue is easily wiped off after soaking in water/soap or putting water in the dirty pan and heating on the stove for a short period.I really cant say enough good things about this set. I wish I had switched to these years ago but I worried about food sticking and ruining the pans. If you’re considering switching to avoid nonstick pans/ toxic coatings and chipping coatings I HIGHLY recommend giving these a try!

Customer Review: I bought this cookware set and I’m very satisfied with the quality. The material feels sturdy, the finish is well done, and the pots and pans give a strong sense of durability. Heat distribution is even, which helps a lot when cooking and prevents food from sticking easily.Another positive point is how easy they are to clean even after heavier meals, they don’t stain and wash without much effort. The handles feel firm and safe, and the set works well for everyday cooking as well as more elaborate recipes.Overall, I consider it an excellent value for the price. I recommend it to anyone looking for reliable cookware with solid construction and practical performance in the kitchen.

Customer Review: I’ve bought plenty of pot & pan sets over the last few decades and I can tell you that this set is by far the best ever. I’ve bought a GreenPan large baking sheet and a flat square pan skillet and love them. When I seen GreenPan & Bobby Flay team up on cookware I was all in especially when I read all about this set. I’ve had the set now for over a month and there is NO disappointment with how they cook. They are high quality made, durable inner and outer do not chip or scratch, the ceramic nonstick is superb and even surface heating. Exterior cream color & interior white sparkle ceramic nonstick are beautiful. The silicone covered handles are a nice grip with heat resistance! Cooking with this set has been effortless with no hassle cleaning. I’m simply amazed and pleased with this purchase!!

Customer Review: These Bobby Flay pots n pans are great. I purchased a single Bobby Flay fry pan and was so impressed that I had to have the hole set. These are worth every Penny. GreenPan and Bobby Flay has come up with a great product. Love the look and the performance. I would recommend GreenPan x Bobby Flay to everyone.

Customer Review: Replaced vary old traditional metal pots and pans with this product and have not been disappointed. Nice selection of sizes with each feeling solid in your hand. Applies a consistent heat level and very easy to clean up. The blue color we selected looks nice and consider a good value for your money.

Customer Review: UPDATE after one year:These pans are great. I’ve used some of them literally every day and they look and work as well as the day I received them. I got past being bugged by the small flaw on one of them, mentioned below. The finish on these has held up one-hundred percent.Sure, there’s a tiny bit of a tendency to stick, but they clean up extremely well. I’ve resorted to using a little bit of spray-on dish soap with some baking soda and 50% vinegar/water on them a few times after an especially messy stir fry session. They have cleaned up spotless and seriously like the day I bought them. If I posted pictures today and when I bought them, you would never see the difference. I even cooked one for quite some time with no water, something has ruined pans in the past. This one took it like a champ.They’re a bit lightweight, but the heat distribution is pretty good. I’ve been using them with a glass-top electric range, if that’s any help.I’ve put back the star I took off originally. I think these deserve it.ORIGINAL REVIEW:I’ll start off by saying I really, really like this set of cookware. I’ll also say that Blue Diamond customer service is responsive and professional. However, I can’t help but take a star off due to a little bit of damage in the arrived product. I discovered four small dents in the cooking surface of the 9.5″ frying pan. They won’t affect the performance, but I can’t help being just a little bit bugged every time I see them.In the hope of not having to return the whole set I reached out to Blue Diamond customer service. They responded quickly asking for photos and order details. However, ultimately, they declined to replace just the one piece. Sure, I could have returned the whole set no questions asked but have decided not to do that.So I’m writing this to say 1) This is a really, really nice set, and 2) Check everything very, very carefully on receipt. Other than this small disappointment, I’m very very happy with the purchase. I just need to get over my OCD until such time as I bang the darn things up enough myself to no longer notice this.

Customer Review: This set is just as amazing as all the reviews I read while researching the best non toxic ceramic cookware! They are fabulous and worth the price! I just wish they came with a larger stockpot like a 7qt, but I knew what I was getting when I bought it!! Love them!!

Customer Review: I got these for my wife for Christmas, she absolutely loves them. They cook food nicely, no sticking or black flecks from Teflon. So far they appear to hold up nicely not using metal utensils or a dishwasher. It’s advertised that those can be done but there’s many reviews that suggest against it. As soon as we’re done cooking, simply apply a little bit of soap and some water and they wipe completely clean. There’s no need to put them in the dishwasher, nothing sticks to them. The one drawback that I would say is that the handles on the side of the pots heat up to almost the same temperature as the pot. The pans don’t have this problem. We’re cooking on a gas range, if that makes a difference… I believe I paid quite a bit considering the few pieces we got, however a week later the price it increased by several hundred dollars… I guess I should say I got a deal, but they’re pots and pans and just like everything they will not last forever.11 months into it and I would recommend these. Still cooking food, no flecking of cooking surface. The only potential drawback is on the pots… The handles which are made of metal get quite warm when you’re boiling water or making soup or something like that. Cannot use the handles without a pot holder of some sort. Does not change quality of the product.I’ll post an update a few months down the road to see how they’re doing still.

Customer Review: We’ve had these pans for nearly a year now. We were just about to spend a lot on HexClad pans but just couldn’t justify spending hundreds on them. We use these pans at least once if not twice a day. My wife and I both tend to cook things very well so the pans are often a mess. They have held up perfectly! Nothing sticks and they clean up easily. I rarely write reviews but have been meaning to do this for a while as they are a great value.

Customer Review: We all have some of these: chipped, scratched pots and pans that wobble on a range because of being WARPED. I’ve had enough with my pans and began research on cookeware sets. I will note here that my current cookware is the high end non-stick, with my fry pans being those bought after watching some fool on TV melt candy in a wrapper in the pan and then wiping it clean. (These pans by the way are only 8 months old and are already WARPED). For new cookware, my ONE main requirement was that they were or would be NON-WARPING. The second requirement was that they be non-stick. After some research I settled on the 14 piece of T-Fal non-stick / non-warp set. Item came well packaged and unpacking the items I was impressed with the feel of each piece: not too heavy or light even with a lid. I also noted the non-stick interior surface and the very nice looking anodized exterior. Very nice touch with the vented lids (an actual hole in the glass) and the FULL insulation of the handles. Now I mention this insulation because I have (had) cookware items that had decorative (?) metal ends on the handles that would occasionally get very warm while being used.( Nothing like grabbing a pot or pan handle that want to cook your hand medium rare.) I washed each piece and WITHOUT SEASONING, took the largest frying pan, placed it on the range on MED HEAT (about 5-6 on an electric glass top range) and let it heat up. After 2-3 minutes, I noted that the T-FAL center emblem in the pan really didn’t look like it changed much. I expected it to go from the T-FAL logo to a full red dot. Didn’t happen but it was no biggie as in the past several months I began preheating my fry pans for about 3 minutes due to their warped exterior. Next I added magarine as I was going to cook sunnyside up eggs. I was impressed to note that the margarine melted quickly AND when spread about the pan, little bubbles began to show up over the ENTIRE pan surface. This meant that the pan was heating up evenly. In went the eggs and after placing a lid on the pan I turned away to get something off the counter. Now, with my older warped fry pans I could do this same act, return to the range and begin to slowly rotate the pan to get even heating on the eggs. Not so with this T-Fal fry pan. I noted the whites turning opaque quickly and the yolks getting their whitish color meaning they would be just slightly runny. In short, these eggs came out perfect and in well over 1/2 the time from my old cookware. Even my other half was impressed. Now my next “adventures in cooking” will involve sautéing, making my alfredo sauce, grilling (this set came with a VERY NICE grill pan!) and frying. So far I am following the instructions by keeping the range heat at MED or just a bit more. Noted is that one foray into frying eggs does not provide enough experience with this cookware to turn cartwheels in the kitchen. But so far, with eggs being one of my more difficult items to make because of my other warped pans with uneven heat, this T-Fal pan is impressive. So, my rating of 4 is tentative as I will update this review within a short time after I try other pieces of this set.UPDATE:First this disclaimer: I HAVE NOT and AM NOT an employee of T-Fal or Amazon, and I have NOT been hired to write a raving review. That said, now for the update. I have had this set now for over a month and have used all but one of the pans. The total experience has been incredible. I cook out of self-defense (the other half is banned by the EPA from boiling water) and am pretty fast in the kitchen when I am cooking.- WEIGHT OF PANS: I thought the pans were a bit on the light side until I started using them. Whether it was thought of during design or not, the pans are heavy enough to withstand various cooking requirements but light enough where you don’t break your wrist when lifting.- NON STICK SURFACE: Come on now! Who in their right mind melts plastic spoons or uses an electric beater on their non-stick cookware! I believe surface of this T-Fal would take this abuse with no problem, but I happen to like my food without the taste of plastic. I’ve used nearly all the pans and found them all to be amazingly non-stick as well as sturdy. I still use butter/olive oil when sautéing or frying. I have had nothing stick to the pans nor have any of these pans lost any of their non-stick capability.- HEATING: This is the BEST part of this cookware. If you cook/have cooked with slightly warped cookware, you know the problem with hot heat spots or very little heat at all. Thus, you have to move the pan around a bit to get yours items cooked. Each of the pans in this T-Fal set has VERY even heat distribution. There is a “plate” on the bottom of the pans that distributes the heat evenly. I have found that because of this, I’ve noted shorter cooking times on various items AND I now cook on a lower heat settings NOTE: This T-Fal cookware set will cause you to change how your cook and for how long. The even heat distribution is stunning. ALSO, I do preheat my pans (except for boiling water) and use only wooden or high heat tolerant silicone utensils..- STORAGE OF THE COOKWARE: I don’t stack this cookware. Instead I hang it up. This simply helps prolong the life of my investment.Overall, I am very impressed with this cookware. Even my other half (known for making ANGRY little pellets called hamburgers), has begun to learn that this cookware can even make her a decent cook. And yes, I bit on the late night adverts showing the frying pans melting plastic spoons and candy in wrappers and magically not sticking. I bought 3. Within 90 days they either lost their non-stick capability, began to warp, or both.Some people are gourmet cooks; others have trouble boiling water. This cookware will holdup very well and serve both very well. My motto is that you get what you pay for. And you WILL get more than you’ve paid for this set. I raise my rating to 5 stars and I do recommend as a BUY.

Customer Review: I cook for a larger crowd regularly, and I had come to the point of needing a few extra pieces to complement my All-Clad d5 set. However, I was not prepared to pay All-Clad prices a second time round… so I decided to go for this set, which was less for the set than the All-Clad stockpot alone. To be honest, I only realized that there was a 7 piece set after receiving this one, and maybe that was lucky, as I would have ordered the smaller set had I seen it before… but now I am happy to have the 12 set. So, comparing the two sets…- Yes, the All-Clad is better quality. Sturdier, heavier, easier to clean. But, the difference is small, and at this stage, I am not sure it’s $600 better.- Once you learn how to cook with stainless steel, both sets perform beautifully. For everyday cooking, I am not seeing much difference between the two.- The Cuisinart one still cleans nicely, even though it might take a bit more soaking for burned-on food. It reacts very nicely to Bar Keeper’s friend for more difficult stains.- The shiny inside surface makes me nervous for scratches, but no evidence of such yet. I am sure they will eventually appear, but, honestly, I don’t care as much.- The lids are much lighter than the All-Clad ones. Not sure that it matters though.- Compared to my other set, this one seems to have less surface and more height, making it more appropriate if I am cooking smaller quantities – I find myself reaching for it if I am cooking for 1 or 2 people.- It’s beautiful. Happy to see it hanging on my rack.The different sizes are the main reason I am happy I ended up buying the 12 piece set, as it gives me more flexibility in choosing the appropriate size for the job at hand. I would think that the Cuisinart version is possibly better than the All-Clad if you are routinely cooking for 1-2 people; the All-Clad may be better if cooking for 3-4. Not that either set couldn’t handle any amount of people in that range. For myself, I see that I am reaching for what I thought was going to be my backup set more often than I thought I would. And, even though I can tell the All-Clad is better quality, the difference is not such that would impact my day-to-day cooking. Of course, longevity (my All-Clad set is close to 10 years old with no signs of wear) remains to be seen.

Customer Review: I bought this set along with a few additional pieces back in 2009. This set has held up wonderfully. I cook a lot, a whole lot! I’ve cooked countless meals for my family (including 2 hungry boy teens, husband, friends and family) with this cookware. It performs fantastic! Food does not stick and it’s easy to clean. It holds temperature perfectly. When my college age son, who is in grad school wanted a good set of pots and pans this year for Christmas, I was amazed this was still available! The exact same set was for sale in 2025. He was excited to get such a great set! I feel it will truly last him a lifetime. I also like that I can give him some of the extra pieces I bought years ago to match. .The exact set. That says a lot about the quality and popularity! These pots have been thrown into the cabinet and not pampered. No dents. No defects. Still work perfectly after all these years. My daughter in law cleaned them up really nice (bottoms of all pans get discolored over time). They looked like brand new. Light scratches inside from years of cooking but that doesn’t affect the performance. I don’t baby my pans. They are workhorses in my kitchen. If these seem a little expensive, keep watching the price or wait until Prime Days/Black Friday. I’m just thrilled they still make this set and I could gift a new set to my son! I will probably be gifting another set to my other son next year. Great job Cuisinart! 10/10 A+++

Customer Review: This All-Clad HA1 cookware set is absolutely incredible — worth every penny! The build quality is outstanding, with a solid, professional feel that cooks evenly every time. The nonstick surface is top-notch — food slides right off with minimal oil, and cleanup is effortless. I love that the pots and pans are oven and broiler safe up to 500°F, and even the lids can handle up to 350°F, making them super versatile for all types of cooking.The sleek black finish looks beautiful in the kitchen, and the variety of sizes covers every need — from quick breakfasts to big family meals. Handles stay cool and feel sturdy, and the overall performance is unmatched. If you’re serious about cooking and want long-lasting, reliable cookware, this set is a perfect investment. Highly recommended — five stars all the way! 🌟

Customer Review: I bought these after a good deal of research, perhaps the most important thing I learned being, when buying non-stick, don’t spend too little and don’t spend too much. Too little gets you pans without good mass (for distributing and holding heat) and possibly a finish that won’t last. Too little is just silly. non-stick pans last 3 to 5 years even if you take really good care of them… spending more doesn’t change this. So I like All -Clad as a company and these products are priced about right. They’ve proven good and durable and I like the steel base. Very solid. One thing to mention though: These are NOT good omelet pans as the shape doesn’t allow easy flipping and sliding as you likely want to do for an omelet. I bought a separate 8″ omelet pan from another brand for that.

Customer Review: I love this skillet. No issues. To prevent food sticking I followed the instructions. Wait until the pan heats up (can check by dropping water droplets in pan) before adding food. Leave food alone. Flipping too soon can cause sticking. As for cleaning, I wait until pan cools down, deglaze with water and woodwn spoon if necessary and then use Barkeepers Friend. A little bit of scrubbing snd rinse and done.This pan heats up very well, cooks evenly and isn’t heavy. I usually cook enough for 3 meals for me and, this skillet is perfectly sized.I love it and will be getting another, deeper one with a lid next month.Well worth the money spent.

Customer Review: In my many decades of fun and irreverent home-cheffing for my family and friends, I’ve made nearly every mistake in the book! But I’ve always eventually mastered my goals. In that time, I’ve realized my cookware and appliances really matter, and that every one worth its weight has a learning curve.What I have to say doesn’t pertain to synthetic “non-stick” surface coatings — it’s assumed we all know how toxic they’ve always been, and don’t own any …For starters, my cooktop, a GE electric coil, is over 50 years old, but I love it. It’s identical to the one Julia Child used in several of her early (late 60s, early 70s) cooking shows. Until its bottom element spontaneously kinked two years ago, my oven, also a GE electric over 50 years, was also identical to Julia’s (though her’s was the double-oven model). I’ve always felt, if Julia could master a dish on them, I can never blame my appliances.I’ve learned cast iron is my friend. But getting there has been an excruciating journey. I will never forgive myself for giving away my mother’s beautifully seasoned cast iron cookware 35 years ago, after stupidly putting the pieces in my dishwasher, destroying their (fixable) sleek finishes, and thinking they were ruined. In the time since, I’ve bought new CI, taken down their grainy pre-seasoned surfaces in my backyard with a palm-sander, learned the best foods (bacon, potatoes, and anything in tallow) and high-smoke-point oils to re-polymerize their seasoning, and learned how to clean them (dish soap and even an SOS pad can be your friends, but only if used sparingly and immediately re-oiled and heated afterward).I should have known I’d fall in love with this Made In [Italy] SS frying pan. Over 40 years ago, I’d mastered making perfect crepes using my little SS crepe pan. For years, nearly every time my husband and I entertained overnight guests, I made breakfast crepes, especially ham and fresh asparagus with Mornay sauce, or rhubarb dessert crepes. I stopped at my local farmer’s side stand so frequently for asparagus and rhubarb, the farmer knew my car. One torrential rain day, she walked up to my car in her hooded slicker and announced, “I ain’t pickin’ no asparagus or rhubard!”This Made In SS 10” skillet is my culinary circle back to the basics. Already I love its spectacular ability to sear meat for the prized Maillard reaction and brown scrapeable savory bits for gravy and sauces, alternatively cook eggs, and stir fry. Cleanup is even more forgiving than CI.I love it so much, I gifted my SIL (the chef in their house) the same pan.All that said, several points need to be made for those new to SS. First, NEVER try to heat any cookware fast. Both CI and SS can warp or even crack if they’re subject to a sudden temperature change. Second, neither CI nor SS should be subject to high or even medium-high cooktop temperatures to perform. Rather, slowly heat the cookware to the desired temperature. For dishes that start or complete in the oven, slowly warm the piece to the same. Third, understand that this SS Clad pan’s surface WILL be damaged by metal utensils. While the manufacture gave ample warning, once or twice I’ve used a metal fork to flip a steak over because it was convenient, or had metal utensils fall into the pan in the sink. Big mistake. Don’t even do that, because foods will stick where the scratches are.Too, folks need to understand that ingredients need to be brought to room temperature all the way through before frying. Meats should be patted dry, lest they just steam once they hit the hot pan. When searing, the meat’s SUPPOSED to stick to a CI or SS pan. The meat will release naturally once the Maillard reaction and ‘crust’ is complete. With eggs, lightly oiling the pan after it’s been brought to temp will help. If the raw egg is watery around the edges to start, the water should be drained off using a fine sieve before using.Because my 10” pan did not come with a lid, I often use one I have from a prior cook set. The lid is tempered, clear, has a venting hole, and can also go into the oven with the pan. A perfect pairing!Photos are of a porterhouse I made at one point, short ribs which finished in the oven, and a lovely but imperfect simple French omelette, all in my 10” SS clad Made in pan.

Customer Review: We’ve had these pans for nearly a year now. We were just about to spend a lot on HexClad pans but just couldn’t justify spending hundreds on them. We use these pans at least once if not twice a day. My wife and I both tend to cook things very well so the pans are often a mess. They have held up perfectly! Nothing sticks and they clean up easily. I rarely write reviews but have been meaning to do this for a while as they are a great value.

Customer Review: We all have some of these: chipped, scratched pots and pans that wobble on a range because of being WARPED. I’ve had enough with my pans and began research on cookeware sets. I will note here that my current cookware is the high end non-stick, with my fry pans being those bought after watching some fool on TV melt candy in a wrapper in the pan and then wiping it clean. (These pans by the way are only 8 months old and are already WARPED). For new cookware, my ONE main requirement was that they were or would be NON-WARPING. The second requirement was that they be non-stick. After some research I settled on the 14 piece of T-Fal non-stick / non-warp set. Item came well packaged and unpacking the items I was impressed with the feel of each piece: not too heavy or light even with a lid. I also noted the non-stick interior surface and the very nice looking anodized exterior. Very nice touch with the vented lids (an actual hole in the glass) and the FULL insulation of the handles. Now I mention this insulation because I have (had) cookware items that had decorative (?) metal ends on the handles that would occasionally get very warm while being used.( Nothing like grabbing a pot or pan handle that want to cook your hand medium rare.) I washed each piece and WITHOUT SEASONING, took the largest frying pan, placed it on the range on MED HEAT (about 5-6 on an electric glass top range) and let it heat up. After 2-3 minutes, I noted that the T-FAL center emblem in the pan really didn’t look like it changed much. I expected it to go from the T-FAL logo to a full red dot. Didn’t happen but it was no biggie as in the past several months I began preheating my fry pans for about 3 minutes due to their warped exterior. Next I added magarine as I was going to cook sunnyside up eggs. I was impressed to note that the margarine melted quickly AND when spread about the pan, little bubbles began to show up over the ENTIRE pan surface. This meant that the pan was heating up evenly. In went the eggs and after placing a lid on the pan I turned away to get something off the counter. Now, with my older warped fry pans I could do this same act, return to the range and begin to slowly rotate the pan to get even heating on the eggs. Not so with this T-Fal fry pan. I noted the whites turning opaque quickly and the yolks getting their whitish color meaning they would be just slightly runny. In short, these eggs came out perfect and in well over 1/2 the time from my old cookware. Even my other half was impressed. Now my next “adventures in cooking” will involve sautéing, making my alfredo sauce, grilling (this set came with a VERY NICE grill pan!) and frying. So far I am following the instructions by keeping the range heat at MED or just a bit more. Noted is that one foray into frying eggs does not provide enough experience with this cookware to turn cartwheels in the kitchen. But so far, with eggs being one of my more difficult items to make because of my other warped pans with uneven heat, this T-Fal pan is impressive. So, my rating of 4 is tentative as I will update this review within a short time after I try other pieces of this set.UPDATE:First this disclaimer: I HAVE NOT and AM NOT an employee of T-Fal or Amazon, and I have NOT been hired to write a raving review. That said, now for the update. I have had this set now for over a month and have used all but one of the pans. The total experience has been incredible. I cook out of self-defense (the other half is banned by the EPA from boiling water) and am pretty fast in the kitchen when I am cooking.- WEIGHT OF PANS: I thought the pans were a bit on the light side until I started using them. Whether it was thought of during design or not, the pans are heavy enough to withstand various cooking requirements but light enough where you don’t break your wrist when lifting.- NON STICK SURFACE: Come on now! Who in their right mind melts plastic spoons or uses an electric beater on their non-stick cookware! I believe surface of this T-Fal would take this abuse with no problem, but I happen to like my food without the taste of plastic. I’ve used nearly all the pans and found them all to be amazingly non-stick as well as sturdy. I still use butter/olive oil when sautéing or frying. I have had nothing stick to the pans nor have any of these pans lost any of their non-stick capability.- HEATING: This is the BEST part of this cookware. If you cook/have cooked with slightly warped cookware, you know the problem with hot heat spots or very little heat at all. Thus, you have to move the pan around a bit to get yours items cooked. Each of the pans in this T-Fal set has VERY even heat distribution. There is a “plate” on the bottom of the pans that distributes the heat evenly. I have found that because of this, I’ve noted shorter cooking times on various items AND I now cook on a lower heat settings NOTE: This T-Fal cookware set will cause you to change how your cook and for how long. The even heat distribution is stunning. ALSO, I do preheat my pans (except for boiling water) and use only wooden or high heat tolerant silicone utensils..- STORAGE OF THE COOKWARE: I don’t stack this cookware. Instead I hang it up. This simply helps prolong the life of my investment.Overall, I am very impressed with this cookware. Even my other half (known for making ANGRY little pellets called hamburgers), has begun to learn that this cookware can even make her a decent cook. And yes, I bit on the late night adverts showing the frying pans melting plastic spoons and candy in wrappers and magically not sticking. I bought 3. Within 90 days they either lost their non-stick capability, began to warp, or both.Some people are gourmet cooks; others have trouble boiling water. This cookware will holdup very well and serve both very well. My motto is that you get what you pay for. And you WILL get more than you’ve paid for this set. I raise my rating to 5 stars and I do recommend as a BUY.

Customer Review: The media could not be loaded. I had T-fal when I got my first apartment- it was given to me as a gift and my first complete set of cookware ever. So when it came time to purchase a new cookware set, I went through Amazon and saw T-fal- for everything you got in the twelve-piece set, and you couldn’t beat the price- and I knew it was top-of-the-line cookware (in my opinion), from previous use.Everything I needed was in the set- except for the bigger cooking pot. So I bought my birthday present for myself. And yes, cookware is a gift item, in my opinion, even when bought for the home- because it is so nice. And there was nothing more that I wanted than some good cookware to make my life easier- and nicer- to make better food for my loved ones.Let me tell you about the video I made to illustrate my point- of how T-fal is top of the line, high quality made and no other line can give you what T-fal does, at the price- Please excuse that I had to make the video by myself. And I had no stick to hold my phone- only one hand and the other- and these old hands have nerve damage and problems so know that I tried my best.I mixed an egg and poured it into the bare pan- meaning no butter, no oil, just the egg mixture (which was only eggs beaten in my mixing cup). Watch as I cook it (one-handed, the other videoing), and how nothing sticks, it all came up great– you can see for yourself how nothing sticks!!And, in the video- look and see that there are no signs of oil, butter, or anything that could help the egg not stick. (And excuse the large scraper- while I could have used the one that came with the set- I figured instead of unpacking it, I’d use the one that we had out). All that is there to help prevent sticking is the wonderfulness of T-fal’s non-stick technology. Honestly, it was all amazing- to again cook with T-fal and see the wonders of great heat distribution (which also helps the non-stick), along with the non-stick elements.Had I known what would happen next, I would have kept the video rolling but one-handed and all, I quit as early as I could- not knowing how to edit videos either (yet). But I took the pan to the sink to wash it- all I really needed to do- and did- was take a paper towel and wipe the access off. And then it was sparkling clean- nothing left to wash. The picture I included after the video was the pan after it was wiped out with a paper towel, no other cleaning was needed (or done). Especially since no butter or oil was used. And even though the egg was a little bland without anything to grease the pan- I added a little salt and thought how much better my health would be- without clogging my pores with oil and butter.All the T-fal in the set are that amazing. And while I would add more photos of it- the pan is the smallest of the set that I used- all the others look as they appear online in photographs- you don’t really need my extra photos because they look the same at home as they do on Amazon.I think the set I had was great for me when I was younger- because at that time I hadn’t mastered cooking in a way that made me want to be patient- cook right- and spend the time doing it. Youth can be that way. This is why this set is great- it makes up for the error of youth and the impatience- because that is normally when you are going to get things that stick to the pan- with that kind of attitude. So if you are looking for anyone’s set of first cookware- you have found it.But now I take the time to cook and do it well. Even master complicated dishes that take a long time.- however, I want some good cookware to do this. T-fal is still the best for me. Also- for those health issues I have- I would like to cut out added butter and oil- especially when I use it just for the non-stick element and the recipe would be great, still, without it. As you saw in my video- no butter or oil is needed.I am so happy that T-fal has stayed affordable, and even become more affordable over time. This whole set was an amazing price- I didn’t pay more than $10 per item- with all that was included- which is amazing when you look at the quality. A small pan that works this well should see for over $20 on its own.Thanks to T-fal for being such a large part of my life- and making it so much easier with the best cookware ever!Please note: I shot the video with one hand to work on everything, the other was on the camera. Sorry I’m not really set up to make great videos- wish I was but I tried my best to show how great the pan is. Also, the second photo shows it after cooking the eggs in the pan and I used a paper towel to wipe out whatever didn’t land in the bowl. What was left- a clean pan needing no further wash!!Addition to Review on 11/13If you watched my video, you see that I used a metal spatula- which isn’t the best idea with T-fal. If you want to keep the great results of the pots and pans, use the included plastic spatulas and spoons- While nonstick seems like magic, it needs to be treated well to keep working. I just wanted to add this- so people don’t follow my bad example.My husband actually reminded me of this, after seeing the video and chiding me on my bad decision, so I don’t ruin our new pots and pans (and my birthday present to myself). Isn’t that the reason we keep em’ around ;)?

Customer Review: T-fal is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE cookware. It really is Nonstick and washes SOOOOOO easy!! I will NEVER go back to any other cookware as long as I live. My husband and I actually came across this brand at a resort and loved it so much!