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Please see some of the other negative reviews. These blister/peeling bubbles happened within one to two years of normal use to all but two of the pans we bought. And we bought them based on the so called "lifetime" warrenty. Here is what happened. We packed up the blistered pans and paid $17 shipping to have them replaced, following the directions exactly from their website. Only to have the box returned unopened with a return shipping charge of $17! They did not even accept the delivery!! Do NOT purchase these pans, find another brand. What a waste of good money.

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Based on my experience after after six months of use, ScanPan is probably the biggest rip-off in cookware there is. Yes, I was thrilled about the performance the first two months, which fulfilled the claims made by the manufacturer. However, I started to notice the pots' "nonstick" properties became useless after cooking in liquid, such as boiling pasta or soups, and was a huge struggle to make macaroni and cheese in. The food would NOT stop sticking! The only somewhat useful pieces were the frying pans,which retained the nonstick properties (because of cooking in oil?) Also, all the pans and pots took too long to heat up compared to other pots and pans. I had to start buying stainless steel pot to boil my eggs in and will eventually have to replace all my pots.

For about $500 per set, I expected these to perform much better. Pots not being able to last after five times cooking in liquid is just too big of a flaw. I seriously got burned!

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We were excited about this set, but after a year, every piece but the pans started to bubble, and there was black stuff in our food as the bubbles popped. Next, the material in the pans wore off, exposing the metal beneath. The smaller pots not only bubbled, but at the usual "waterline" for the soups and sauces, the material simply flaked off. How much of this material have we consumed? I cannot recommend Scanpan. Even if you strictly adhere to each and every caution, the non-stick material eventually deteriorates.

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One of these 5-star reviews could easily have been mine about five years ago. I was over the top about them at first, but am feeling a bit different about SCANPAN these days, and I'm also in the process of replacing my entire collection for which I paid more than I care to admit.

Reading through the Amazon reviews (back then in March 2004) and reviews elsewhere, I was convinced I would be investing in the best cookware on the planet, and it would serve me the rest of my days with its lifetime warranty. At first it performed well, despite the limited size assortment of sauce pans in the titanium Classic line ... the largest being the 3-quart size, which is barely big enough to boil enough spuds for two servings of mashed potatoes. But the pans distributed the heat very well, and food didn't stick to the nonstick surface.

Though I knew I could, I never put them in the dishwasher and, as is my style, I took very good care of the cookware. Living alone, I would describe my use of the cookware as "light" ... I was the only one who ever cooked on them. Even with the surface rated tough enough for metal utensils, I never used anything but nylon or wooden spatulas, spoons, etc. I also never used PAM on the surface. I pampered this cookware.

The covered sauté pan that I used most often was the first to show signs of discoloration on the cooking surface, along with a mass of little bubbles. Some of the bubbles lost their tops, others didn't. This started within 12-15 months of being new. Slowly this worsened and the cooking surface took on an unsightly dull gold/orange hue. Though disappointing I could have lived with discoloration, but within two years food was starting to stick to the surface. REALLY STICK.

A few pieces in the collection still look like new, but only because they're used less frequently/rarely. The two pots I've used the most are not as discolored as the sauté pan, but are bubbled, spotted and scuffed/nicked. The sauté pan is now officially "toast," and I tossed it out today. I'd consider sending the pans back for warranty replacement if it was an isolated defect, but it isn't, clearly all the pots/pans are headed in the same direction ... south. The so-called titanium nonstick surface simply doesn't last. Caveat emptor.

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As others have written, my expensive ScamPans lost their non-stick properties after about a year. I didn't get the bubbles, but the surface discoloured and now is totally "sticky". I still use them occasionally, but I use a little oil when I cook in them. They are a nice weight, but a terrible waste of money if you expect them to retain their non-stick properties.