Calphalon or copper?

[mtmomj]

Which is better?

 

[oldbay]

I like T-Fal non-stick aluminum pans and don't know anything about that expensive Calphalon. Do you have any experience with them? I don't think that there is any pure copper cookware as it's not safe to cook directly on, and that the copper cookware has a stainless steel or non-stick coating.

 

[BensMom]

We use all calphalon and love it!

 

[mtmomj]

Thanks! We haven't used the calphalon or copper, but it is something we were wondering about. We didn't want to go spend a lot of money without getting some opinions first.

 

[barbiedoll1973_tn]

I am in need of some new cookware really bad I was wondering how much these sets of cookware would cost?

 

[honeypsweet]

I have the calphalon and LOVE it!
It works like a charm.

 

[Raquelita]

I think copper bottom pots look really cool, and i've heard they conduct heat well.

 

[cinnamon]

Copper bottom pans really do conduct the heat well. We have some old quality Revereware stainless steel pans with the deep copper bottoms, and they really cook evenly. It's noticable. But none of the non-stick pans that I've seen offer copper bottoms. We have Circulon for our day-to-day cooking and used to have T-fal.

The Circulon looked more durable then the T-Fal, and so we'll see if that's really true. We've had the Circulon about a month, and so far we're happy with the cooking, care and clean up of the pans. They came with some heave pyrex glass lids which are nice, but hard to get really clean like the day they came out of the box without using the dishwasher.

 

[vp311]

I have some calphalon and like it. However, they are not dishwasher safe and can't be washed with regular liquid dishsoap. Because of this, If I had a choice again, I would buy copper. Actually, I think I start replacing what I have with copper.

 

[mtmomj]

Excellent point. I am more "to the point" when it comes to dinner clean up. I wouldn't like the idea of having to wash them all by hand.

 

[loubear]

Why can't calphalon be washed with regular liquid soap? I have never heard that before. I wash the few calphalon pans I have with liquid soap but maybe I am doing something wrong, please advise on this.