Bought the set last month, researched a lot of different options before I bought. I wanted stainless steel because my hard anodized good quality set from a different brand eventually came off. First, they came super fast! I make my cookeware do heavy duty, I still have one decent pot, but my frying pans were done, and this set was exactly what I needed and came super fast. I love cooking with it, found it heated more evenly when frying, and burned waay less. The lid on the skillet fits so smooth. Was a little thrown off by how heavy it was, and had to change my grip on the handle, but the clean up from frying was a breeze. Amazing how good quality steel is better than non stick. My husband observed the frying pans are so well balanced and made, that when you hold them up after cleaning the water nicely circles right off. Beautiful and great investment.