I gave this set of pots and pans to my dad for Christmas. He'd seen the same set at Kmart for twice the Price. He LOVES them. The day after, while he was admiring the set and the chinos my sister gave him, he said, "it's the best Christmas I've had since I got the bike. I was ten."  He's thrilled, my mom is thrilled, I am thrilled! He never talks like this.