I was just being silly, I apologize.

I've got their French classic line. Good stuff.

i tried the cast iron frypans but my partner hated them, they didnt pass the wife test so i had to find something else.

i mainly have Le Creuset for my day to day. i have an okay ish 11 litre stock pot with a reasonably thick base for big batch stuff and a non stick frypan for when i want to make scrambled eggs.

the Le Creuset stuff ive had for 10+ years and they arent really showing any signs of wear.

Half of my Le Creuset stuff ive bought second hand or factory seconds and they are fine.

My next purchase is going to be an all clad stock pot because i want to be able to make 2 batches of stuff at the same time to cut down on my cooking a bit.

Thanks for the the sub now if you post something I’d be truly grateful lol

Ok, I'll sub haha

It's just really annoying when this sub had a lot of like, good brands to buy from (Solovair, Red Wings for a while, Pendleton, Patagonia, etc,.) and featured more the "overly-engineered" products, less the "my XYZ has been around since 1795, look!" Posts.

I appreciate a better place, still love this place but after coming back a few years later... Oof.

Yes they do, you just have to look harder.

Great call but I really don't like rivets in my pans. I have a very reasonably priced Swiss diamond pan that I love https://swissdiamond.com/9-5-stainless-fry-pan-premium-clad/ have had it 2 years now, I expect it to last a lifetime

I'd also buy Demeyer stainless.

Lol '"those" kind of people' makes absolutely zero sense outside of an argumentative context. What could that POSSIBLY infer, especially for a rather common and documented phenomenon that's been a phrase for a while.

Seems like you're in here being angry just to be angry, you good?

It’s just another term used by “those” kind of people to bitch about something on the internet.

I mean I just stared r/youcanbuyitforlife which is a similar sub for high quality items that can be purchased right now but so far it’s only got thirty members

We inherited a whole beautiful set of 1950s Magnalite cast aluminum cookware that we never got to use. Unfortunately none of it would work when we purchased an induction stove two years ago. About 2/3rd of our existing pots worked fine. No regrets about the stove however, induction is just fantastic.

This is good advice. Also keep in mind that lower quality cookware that suitable for induction might not work if previously used on another heat source. It only takes a little bit of warping for the pan not to make enough contact with the induction stovetop, rendering it useless. The thicker the bottom, the more likely it will retain its shape and survive a transition to induction.

I am getting an induction stovetop this spring and am so curious to see how much of my cookware survives. I am hopeful for my Fissler Profi pots, but I am already mentally preparing myself to have to replace something inevitably because of the switch. Fingers crossed!!

They don’t make r/BuyItForLife like they used to

It's the same argument that goes "the Victorians built all their buildings to look really pretty and last 200 years". No, they built some of their buildings that way. All the crappy and ugly Victorian buildings have long since fallen down or been demolished.

Thanks for the easy to understand explanation. That helps me, and I hope it helps others.

Ah that makes sense now. Thanks

Imagine a company made 5000 cast iron pans. In that 5000,many had flaws but a few were near perfect and didn't break over the next 100 years. Only 5 of them still exist unbroken, but no one thinks about the broken ones. So when someone shows off their 100 year old pan, they say that new stuff isn't made to last 100 years anymore. However the truth is that 99.9% of those pans weren't made to last 100 years, they just got lucky with the one that survived.

That's survivorship bias.

It’s a general term but on this sub it means look at this appliance from the 50’s that still works, while 99% of the same item have broken. Doesn’t make it a buy it for life item.

I'm from India and i just searched for that all-clad cookware .. one of their pan costs about 12000 here ...

I don’t really know what that is

I'm new to this sub. What's survivor's bias?

Years ago when Digg came over, tbh. Read the sidebar. I think the mission statement may cover it, but so many people here just use the sub to recommend brands they kinda like rather than limiting the sub to items that are truly designed for a lifetime of ownership.

I can't even begin to talk about how a lifetime guarantee doesn't have anything to do with the idea behind wanting a buy it for life item. It's a cheat code around the concept that reeks of wasteful consumerism and true product value.

We have tramontina. There are other brands about as good.

I just saw them on amazon .. it's too pricey for my country .. can someone suggest a similar brand ? With a little lower price ..