I own 4 All Clad pieces now and am slowly building my collection. Though I've tried other cookware, All Clad outlasts and out-performs the others by far. It is worth the investment since you will go through a number of pans in lieu of building your cooking skill with one single pan. The lids are wonderful, too: heavy and not glass. Strongly recommend this product.
We received a couple of Stainless pans as a wedding gifts and were very excited to start cooking. Following directions of washing the pans first and cooking on low-medium heat, EVERYTHING has stuck, especially to the smaller pan- omelettes, quesadillas, and stir fry. Every time I tried a new meal I had high hopes that the previous times were flukes and that the pans would finally cook without half my food sticking, but they never worked. After four meals worth of food now stuck to the pans, we're done with All-Clad and returning to our older cook products. Very disappointed.
Although I preferred a copper core, I am adjusting to this pan without the feature..A wee bit of maintenance after use with berkeepers helper resulting in a like new pan.
We recently bought the 10” and 12” fry pans to replace non-stick pans that had crapped out. Both are of excellent quality, heat evenly and provide an outstanding sear. Although there is sometimes more scrubbing involved during cleaning, a little elbow grease and barkeepers friend do the job easily.
First thing we noticed is that the pan did heat evenly. However, the price for the pan at this size seemed a little high, additionally it was very difficult to clean. (Even with bartenders friend after panfrying a steak... Still trying to get a few stains out)