62% of 45 verified owners recommend the T-fal Experience 12.5 Inch Nonstick Pan, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
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“I have the same pan and I always put small amount of olive oil and spread it across before throwing eggs into it. It never sticks.”
“T-fal works great for about 6 months. If you want a proper pan you gotta pay for it unfortunately”
“no matter how much I clean it now, no matter how much oil or butter I use, my eggs end up sticking to the pan.”
“I have this pan! I hate it, the red in the middle has now started peeling off. Biggest waste of money.”
“T-Fal is good. I can't remember if it's a lifetime or 30 year warranty. Their nonstick was the highest rated by Cooks Illustrated.”
“I have these as well and they’re fucking awful. It’s a different non stick that doesn’t work as well.”
“I showed her me cooking eggs in all my sets (Cast Iron, Aluminum, Ceramic (blue) and T-Fal) with no sticking on all of them”
“I have been using this exact pan set for about a year now, hundreds of uses and it still works completely fine”
“These are the worse non stick pans I have bought recently. Some are permanently stained.”
“I have the exact same three pack from Costco. You got to let it heat up properly and it works like a dream”
“This set of 3 ceramic pans is not good. We had the same issue and returned it.”
“I have them and they work just fine. It's been a year and a half and they still do just fine!”
“Bought those. Tried several strategies. Food still stuck. Returned for refund”
“I bought the set of three and was disappointed with their performance.”
“I have this set (from Costco). They are nonstick and stay that way for at least 6 months.”
“I now have a T-fal (small wok) that I use daily and it is still pristine after 3 months.”
“The set I replaced lasted a year, this one? Absolutely not.”
“This time I’m just surprised that the quality is so bad”
“Same. I have this exact $30 set and cook eggs in the small one every day”
“I bought exactly these and they have been terrible.”
“I have the exact same ones and they’ve been solid for like 9 months now.”
“So much for non- stick after a few uses 😉”
“I have the same pans and never have problems when used correctly.”
“I bought these pans around 6 months ago and they work perfectly.”
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“I don't have the pan but the thickness/construction seems sturdy enough, they also sell cheap pans that don't even sit flat because the handel tips them, I don't think this is the case here but it's annoying they put their name on good and bad products.”
“That's good to know about the T-fal. Have you tried any other pans that you can compare its performance to?”
“Still need to use butter/oil. Edit: nvm I can see the grease in there. Pan not hot enough.”
“This is why cast iron pans are so great for cooking certain types of food because you can drop a huge slab of meat onto them and the temperature will not drop that significantly. Another tip is that even if the manufacturer says the pan is dishwasher safe, just don't do it.”
“I thought it was me with the t fal pans and how I wasn’t putting enough oil/ butter”
“You need to let the pan heat up before pouring in the eggs.”
“I come back home from my trip (now in Canada) use a tfal that looks exactly like the one in Poland, maybe older by few months, but not scratched or anything, repeat THE SAME PROCESS of cooking an egg and this time 10/10 egg sticks to the pan. What's different? Induction stove on both occasions, butter? Eggs?”