Hi JUS,
I've had a lot of pans over the years and can only give you my opinion. The first one I ever bought was a stainless steel copper bottomed pan and this was my favourite pan ever. It had a black heatproof handle and knob on the saucepan lid. Twenty years ago we had a halogen hob and the instructions with this were not to use copper bottomed pans :frown: We bought some Bella Cuisine stainless steel pans with aluminium bases with black handles and black handles on the lids. They have been wonderful. I have now added a couple of extra Prestige pans, almost identical, as below.
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Prestige Cuisine Stainless Steel Covered Saucepan 16cm 1.9lt
Meyer Group Ltd
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Product Features
Made from 18/10 stainless steel for maximum durability.
Friction bonded stainless steel and aluminium fully encapsulated base, ensures even heat distribution eliminating hot spots.
Contemporary and stylish, new "soft touch" handle for ease of grip and comfort.
Oven safe up to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 (with lid or without lid).
Close fitting lids provide an ideal cooking environment retaining moisture, flavour and nutrients.
Suitable for all cooker types including induction.
Dishwasher safe.
Prestige Lifetime Guarantee.
No picture shown for some reason. They also have them in Argos but with blue handles.
Over the years I had anodised pans (good ones discarded because I was fed up with washing them by hand). Other pans with glass lids, knobs were too hot to touch and the handles (given away). Non stick have never lasted despite buying good quality ones. My Le Creuset casseroles are hardly ever used (too big and heavy).
Four years ago we bought an induction hob and the only pans suitable were my stainless steel Bella Cuisine and Prestige pans. Bella Cuisine are now not available but both were bought from Fenwicks. They are so good for cooking and cleaning. Normally just put in the dishwasher but burnt custard, etc. a little washing up liquid and hot water left overnight and it's easy, using a washing up brush.
Malice is wise to mention induction hobs as we had to discard a wonderful wok and frying pan when we bought this hob. The stainless steel ones are good on any hobs.
Hope I'm not too late in joining this thread.
I also hope the mods didn't mind me copying an ad from another site. I wanted to show the photograph but it didn't transfer.