I have had my cooks essentials cookware for about a year and a half. There are some things I really like about them and some I do not. Anyone who has checked on them knows they are pretty expensive. I love the stainless steel features. I really like that the lid to largest has a built in collander. I don't like the fact that the biggest skillet does not come with a lid. I use the skillet more than any of them. They advertised on the show that they would not scratch, they even took utensils and tried to scratch them on the show, and said that they would not. That is not true. Mine had scratched...