My Wife and I have been using a set of pots and pans that are/were completely worn out. They are old and we raised three fids off of them without any idea as to what level they had degraded to. Their heat conductivity and non-stick was over with. This T-Fal is a nice set with vented lids (my oldies did NOT) nd they are the answer that I was looking for. Modern tech. Good stuff!