Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I only wish I could give this product a 4.7 rating. I order this several months ago and didn't want to write a review until I used it a while. Let me tell you about how I use this: I am a bachelor and do 'bachelor cooking'. I used to do 90% of my cooking in the microwave, but wanted to do a little more 'real' cooking' The good, the bad, and the ugly. I never use the smallest pot. It is just too small for anything useful. I would have preferred they left it out all together. I also wish the largest pot were just a little larger. But that is just my choice. I would have preferred they would have turned the two skillets into one skillet somewhere 'half way in between' in size. These are just my personal preference. I have read where some people were upset because the pots and lids held heat. Um... they are metal. Metal holds heat. These are made of metal. So if you are going to cook something in them, you will need a hot pad when touching metal. Some people have posted reviews where the non-stick surface does not hold up well in a dishwasher. I'm a bachelor and even I know not to put great cookware in a dishwasher. I wash them by hand. It is pretty easy (see exceptions below). It just takes a swish of a soapy sponge. So when are they hard to clean? The lids (ALL of the lids) are built with a very thin gap where the glass of the lid connects to the metal of the rim. As the two connect, there is a VERY thin gap connecting the two materials. Cleaning between the tow materials is a pain in the back side. You almost have to get a knife and gouge down in there. Second cleaning problem: The handles of the pots and skillets are held on by rivets. Those rivets are not connected by the same non stick surface. So you will spend as much (or more) time trying to clean around those connecting rivets as the rest of the entire pot or pan. In short, I am listing the problems. These are wonderful pots and pans to cook with. NOTHING sticks. If you are willing to hand wash (which is pretty darn easy), they clean up really well.