Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am not paid for my review, I'm actually a nobody,just an everyday housewife in West Virginia cooking for my family daily and hoping to save others some money! I've read reviews on literally 50 different cookware sets.. It's a hard decision when you only want to spend no more than $200 on a set & hopefully last 5 yrs. Pretty much every set I've looked at & read reviews etc have positives & negatives, even on the more expensive sets people still found faults and or they literally shared pics of warped,broken products at that price. With the yr 2020 being the way it has,any extra $ we can save will surely help see us through the rest of this year for emergencies but we really badly needed a new cookware set as I've not bought one in 8 yrs & had to get rid of several pans,skillets etc. I no longer have all 5 children at home,only one is left at home but I'm accustomed after nearly 25 yrs of cooking meals daily for a large family and though it's only 3 of us now we still very seldom eat out/order out. So deciding on a set that will last a few yrs with the use I put on them has been nerve racking & after 3 months of indecisiveness and lack of good saucapans I looked again 2 wks ago,told myself no matter what I had to place an order so I had my set before our youngest 13th Birthday "party" on 10/18/2020. I seen this very cheap 18 pc set, I only clicked on it out of curiosity, for $38.00 US dollars you'd assume this set would be total junk. It actually had decent reviews and I threw caution to the wind because any new set was going to better than what I've been working/cooking with.. I've been using this set 2 wks now and I'm so far very pleased & surprised on how well they are doing & how easy they have neen to clean. I especially LOVE the 11' griddle!! I've made everything from pancakes,eggs,hamburgers, steakums, pork chops on it and it's so nice!!! It wipes off very easily as well as the other pans,heck sometimes you could skip an offical wash & use a paper towel in between using for example pancakes/french toast. I've not tried the steamer basket yet but you can adjustment it on the size by several sizes. The plastic utensils have been nice & make sure to use them or other plastic or wooden utensils as not to scratch the non stick coating. I hand wash my dishes so I'm not sure as how they hold up to a dish washer. The lids fit snug and have a thick black heat resistant nob for handling. I hope to save other hard working families money on something that you need to provide for your family and not necessarily want considering the hardship Corona virus has put on everyone. Even if this cookware set doesn't last my 5 yr plan, it'll be well worth it even if for a year if I'm able to cook well & wash easily. I will update my review as needed to address durability & the durability of the non stick coating. * In some of the pictures I added I made a simple but messy sticky rice dish(boiled rice,cream of chicken,butter,S&P) ***UPDATE 3 mnths LATER*** : These pots,skillets,griddle & lids have held up FANTASTIC,NONE of the non stick has peeled off etc.(I hand wash only) IF YOU USE PLASTIC OR WOODEN utensils you shouldn't scratch up the non stick surfaces. Considering I use some of them everyday,a few times a day..I cook daily so I'm very pleased as how well they cook,clean up and have held up these 3 months. You just can't beat this set for the price!! Still Happy.