Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Usenet Nutter presented the following explanation :
On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:53:30 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

Invisible Man wrote:
We like stainless steel non-stick saucepans.

In the past I have had non-stick saucepans that lasted for years.
Last 2 sets have started giving up after about 30 months each.

Anyone know of any that do last?

Experience of lifetime guarantees is that they are worthless.
Manufacturers claim anything similar is a vast upgrade and ask for
more for the upgrade than you can buy them for elsewhere.

Ive never had a non stick cooking utensil that lasted more than a
year with its non stick intact.

These days we run pure stainless and use stainless scrubbing pads to
clean them.

even when frying: there non stick is more a question of pre heeating
the pan and using the right oil..

Pro kitchens don't use non-stick do they ?

We use cast iron pans for such use. The naturally build up a patina
which is non-stick, if used and cleaned carefully.

But so do SS pans.

Dave