cheap but good pans?

[petemurphy]

my pans are dieing. currently have 3 non stick ones and 3 aluminium ones. torn over what to get next. dont have huge funds at mo so looking at under £50

saw these reduced in sainsburys last week - they had a set of 3 reduced from 70ish to 40 - cant see the set online but its these:

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/pots...

anyone got them or got anything similar?

are hard anodised the best?

its for a gas cooker

thanks

[petemurphy]

thanks all

[petemurphy]

IrateNinja said:

I bought a set of the cheapest non-stick Asda ones when I first moved out about 5 years ago. I only recently ditched them after the coating started coming off for a set of all stainless steel Robert Welch ones.

dam u for telling me robert welch do saucepans! - had some knives off them for christmas and theyre fab and theyre made not far from me so so want all their stuff!

[petemurphy]

i presume stainless steel with a non stick coating are pointless - the reason to go stainless steel is u can wirewool them if needed?

ie these look good but dont want non stick coating? also well into organic food etc so bit dubious of high chemical coatings:

http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet...

i want these now someone justify them to me:

http://www.robertwelch.com/Products/Default.aspx?i...

[petemurphy]

Ultuous said:

I've a couple of got a couple of Sainsburys' hard anodised frying pans - the quality is very good (I've had one for at least 6 years, distributes heat well and still as good as new, despite being used several times a week) but check how usable they are in the store, as there's some ill-thought design...

I bought a second, smaller one a few months ago based on the quality of the first, only to find the handle 'outweighs' the pan - i.e. it's frustrating to cook with, as whilst warming oil/ garlic/ whatever before throwing in any significant weight it struggles to stay horizontal on the hob!

interesting thanks - think i'll get the sains ones for now then add the robert welch ones to my birthday list!

[petemurphy]

hmm those sains pans are 50% of now!