Any suggestions on quality pots, pans?

[nickle730]

I have Baccarat and le Crueset... love them all!

[Boo Boo]

We have Baccarat and love them.

[Miss E]

We've got circulon and I love them!

[Olive]

we have analon, wasnt a huge fan of scanpan tbh

[briggsy's girl]

we decided to go with Raco - not that well known i suspect, but i got sick of the non stick surface pots loosing their non-stick! so we went with the stainless pans. have only been using them for six months since we moved, but must admit, i am really impressed. we got them when Harris Scarf opened locally - for about a quarter of RRP so that helped!

[misty]

Scanpan, for excellent high end quality. (literally will last you a lifetime). Would love to replace all my items with this brand. Have a look during the sales you can get 30% or even up to 50% off.

For quality cheap end, Arcosteel is actually pretty decent - but it definitely won't last you as long (although 1/4 the price).

There are plenty of decent inbetween brands too.

[Roryrory]

I have Scanpan and can't wait to replace it with Esteele. All my Scanpan pots have already been replaced once under warranty due to a manufacturing fault - the replacement batch ain't much chop either! If you Google "Scanpan" and "faulty" you will see a litany of posts on cooking forums where people complain about them.

Why Esteele? They are the only 18/10 stainless steel pans with a full bonded copper base (not just a thin covering of copper, like the Baccarat and Raco).

Scanpan may be everywhere you look, but ask around. Most (honest) salespeople will tell you about how many returns they get.