Suggestions on decent saucepans

tea_lover

I've got a set I bought from Argos when I started uni 17 years ago. Probably cost about £20 for the five. Use one or two of them every day (and have done for all of those years) and they're absolutely fine.

Am amazed that £110 wouldn't buy three pans!

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I've had an excellent pair of stainless pans that I got from Boots twenty years ago, but I spent ages trying to find another pair like them after one of the handles cracked.

All I wanted was:

*No non-stick that wears out and needs to be mollycoddled,
*A steel lid, not a breakable glass one,
*A plastic handle so that I don't have to pick it up with a cloth.

That seemed to be asking too much until I saw these, which are as near identical as I can get. The only thing that bugs me is the pointless gimmicky vent built into the lid handle.

ampersand

I echo Azmataz: #7 - my Meyer pans, s.steel-rimmed glass lids_steam vent, decades old, bought from Heal's when I worked for Habitat, each have an individual reg.no and a Lifetime guarantee.
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Supplementaries are carboot glories, or types known from NZ childhood, good preserving pan, for example.

InsideInsurance

Have had our Meyer Anolon pans for well over a decade now, from before they were associated with Raymond Blanc, and they came with a lifetime guarantee plus a 5-10 year (cant remember which) accidental breakage cover on the glass lids.

All but the "chefs pan" (a covered frying pan) are in excellent condition inside, no signs of anything coming loose or pealing etc. The Chefs pan did start sticking a little bit but my wife has a nasty habit of putting an empty pan on maximum heat (hobs are either on or off to her) and then answering the phone etc and forgetting that she'd heating the pan to volcanic temperatures.

Whilst I was working away from home she threw the pan away and so didnt get to test their lifetime warranty claim on it.

The downsides of anodised pans like the Anolon is that you cannot put most of them in the dishwasher and the outside is prone to staining even with the scrubbing paste.

greatgimpo

katsclaws wrote: »

I have Silit pans (a German brand). Expensive but worth it.

You obviously don't need Cillit Bang to clean your Silit pans.

aggypanthus

My myers circulon are 25yrs old. They look weary lol, but still great despite being in the dishwasher. Not meant for dishwasher but we just did!

tyllwyd

We bought a set of WMF stainless steel saucepans in the House of Fraser New Year sale nearly two years ago and I'm amazed how good they still look now.

onomatopoeia99

I've been using Meyer Anolon for about a decade, first on an electric hob and then on gas, they all still have their original coating in excellent condition. I haven't put them in a dishwasher in that time, but they clean so easily that there's no need anyway.

Have Circulon to replace them when I get my induction hob fitted.

katsclaws

greatgimpo wrote: »

You obviously don't need Cillit Bang to clean your Silit pans.

Ha, it does sound like Cillit Bang. I'm not a fan of Cillit Bang as I always seem to splash a bit on my clothes and it contains bleach.

Marmite27

We have Kirkland (own brand) from Costco.

On offer last Christmas for £100.