Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Update at end on how to clean them - Jan 2017 Just gorgeous! When I first took these out of the box I felt like they were too fancy for just cooking in my house. I really did! They are SO nice. I can't stress on the nice part enough. I've worked in restaurants for over 15 years I've never seen pans this nice before but at same time I feel like this is what a fancy restaurant would be using. These pans are heavy, solid, and look like they will last a really long time. It was scary going from non stick to stainless steel, most of the information out there will say stainless is better, will last longer, and cook better. I'm sure many of you reading these reviews feel the same way. There's so many options and price points it's hard decided on one set. It's been a few months cooking with this set. I've had ups and downs (more like a learning curve) but I'm still glad I got these. Maybe 2X's month I will get out the vinegar and wipe them down to get the shine & new look back. My husband has bad habit of using a fork with pans when he makes dinner (I know! Don't get me started). They have few scratches now (not bad). I've read you don't need to have the heat as high with these but when I boil water I don't feel that is true. If it's not on high the water will take a really really long time to get to a boil. I've had a few mishaps while making hard boiled eggs. I feel I use the 10 inch pans the most. I actually perfer the higher side to other. It also has more cooking surface (to me). The small pan gets not much use. You can cook one egg in it, can cook two but they will be stuck together. When we make pasta dishes the big pan almost can't hold a 16 oz box pasta (adding once it's cooked) hubs makes this amazing spicy sausage & shrimp dish that he likes to always remind me the old pans could 'hold' it better. I still wouldn't go back to old non stick pans. This was big scary purchase but I'm really happy with this product. Highly recommended, I don't feel it needs the small pan but maybe others have more use of it. Update: so the pans are getting lots use still. Still don't use that small one very often but the last time hubs used it. I could not get it clean. No amount of elbow grease or vinegar would do it. So I asked around and got "bar keepers friend", It feels a bit like Ajax but overall it's amazing stuff. I've used it on pans, counters, glass flat top stove. I ordered off Amazon got 3 for $10.