Quality good but not as good as it used to be?
I have been buying Mauviel copper products for many years. I prefer the brass handles because they look better to me than other styles. Pan is fine. Quality is fine. Works fine. Only issue is the craftsmanship on the eye hole in the handle is suboptimal. It has a rough edge as though they neglected to smooth it down properly. This is a very subtle defect, and I actually am annoyed that I have to waste time doing this review. But I felt morally obligated to say something. And I know Mauviel appreciates this feedback and will jump to action in their quality control section. (I will not say the name of the person who "inspected" it prior to letting it depart the factory. ha! risible!)
A big disappointment
After owning a Mauviel copper crepe pan for 10 years, I decided to buy a small Mauviel copper saucepan. It was a major disappointment. The quality was inferior, in my opinion. I should have bought another All-Clad stainless steel saucepan.
1) The handle is too short. The copper pan is heavy, and the short handle does not balance the pan well.
2) The handle on the lid is too small. I can't really wrap my hand around it. I can't even wrap four fingers around it. To lift the lid, I basically pinch it with my thumb and index finger.
3) After only two uses, the copper cladding on the lid came off. I don't know exactly what chemical process caused it, but the heat/steam from steaming vegetables seem to have taken the copper off.
4) The instructions for use and care come in French, English, Italian, and German. The English instructions are so badly written that they are useless. Actually, they are worse than useless. The person who wrote...
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