I've had this pan for about a week now, used it repeatedly for a few different things, putting it through its paces, and now I feel comfortable recommending it. Here's the details...

First, this pan is a bit heavier than I expected, and definitely heavier than it looks, but not uncofmortably so. It's noticeably lighter than my cast iron, and noticeably heavier than my ceramic nonstick, so it sits right there in the middle, which is about where I want it to be. It LOOKS like it'd be light like a standard teflon nonstick, so I've found it fun to hand it to people and watch it break their expectations. That said, the weight is not awkward or anything, and it makes it feel indestructible, so no complaints.

Performance-wise the pan once again defied expectations, but in a good way. I'm sure we've all seen the advertisement, where the egg sticks a little bit on the first use, but after the seasoning builds up it glides around like a teflon nonstick pan. Well, that was not my experience. Fried eggs were part of the second meal I cooked with this pan, and they didn't stick AT ALL. To get that kind of glide on my cast iron, it takes a whackton of oil, basically almost deep-frying the eggs. This pan doesn't take nearly as much oil to get the eggs gliding around the pan. I did break the yolk on one when I flipped the eggs, but that's a skill issue, not the pan's fault. I don't like it for steak as much as my cast iron (different pans for different purposes, after all), but it WILL do…