GreenPan Chatham Tri-Ply Stainless Steel Healthy Ceramic Nonstick 9.5" Frying Pan Skillet, PFAS-Free, Multi Clad, Induction, Dishwasher Safe, Oven Safe, Silver

Having pet parrots for over 30 years ceramic coated non-stick pans are the only kind I use. Teflon coated non-stick pans can be fatal to pet birds. GreenPan by far make the best ceramic non-stick pans on the market. That being said no one should expect a ceramic coated pan to last a lifetime even GreenPan. If they are used daily two to three years at most will be how long they last before the non-stick coating starts to come off. If any manufacture make a claim theirs will last a lifetime you need to hold on to your receipt and the box it came in. Because you will be sending it back. I've purchased far more expensive ceramic coated pans that didn't even last three months before the ceramic coating started to come off. Save yourself some money and get the best, knowing eventually they will have to be replaced as with the case of all ceramic coated pans.

Easy to clean and lasted a long time.

I have a number of these pans from Green Pan - a couple of Chatham and another couple of the Venice series. These pans are well built and have been quite durable. The coating on this particular piece was not as smooth to the touch as the other 3, but the non-stick performance, release and cleanup was not an issue. The Venice series pans that I own are about 3 years old and still perform well. I'll see whether these last as long. You'll see a wide range of scores on reviews of these pans. For ceramic non-stick pans, these perform well and as about as durable as many other similar ceramic non-sticks. I have several pans from Scan Pan - their CTX series as well as about 6 of the TFAL Precision Ceramic series. They all generally perform about the same - they last about 4 - 5 years of usage in my kitchens with daily use. I'd say the Scan Pan was slightly more durable at about 3x the cost and the TFAL's were a little bit less durable with the coating. You do need to set the right expectation - no high heat, don't use oils that will generate a residue after prolonged cooking (I typically just use EVOO at low / medium heat) and use non-scraping utensils. I primarily use these pans for cooking delicate items or reheating foods, simmers, sauces. Anything that needs "violent" heat gets cooked with my cast iron, carbon steel or some other pan. No way the construction of ceramic coated pans is designed for primary searing, stir frying, browning or other main high heat cooking applications. Why the high score? It meets all my most important criteria for non-stick: - no potential aluminum contact with food (especially after the coating gets scratched or comes off) - ceramic non-stick - not too many options for a bio-neutral non-stick surface that would be inert if ingested. - decent / even thermal transfer Just in case you are wondering - well seasoned carbon steel and cast iron cookware is pretty non-stick, but not in the same way that these pans are so there are applications where these are useful. If you made it this far, you're probably realizing that I'm overthinking my choices in pans and that I probably have too many types of pans - busted! But for the type and range of cooking that my family does, you really do need the right tool for the right job. No cheating thermodynamics and chemistry in the kitchen!

The instructions say not to use cooking spray. I dont know if thats what caused this pan to lose its non-stick qualities by my pan lost it after the second omelet. Now its a glorified paper weight. I guess I should have read the instructions on a pan? and not used one of the most common cooking ingredients (if that was the cause)?

Cleans easily and heats so quickly on my induction cooktop. I only use the setting of 1 (out of 10) or the max of 2 while using this pan. I usually make breakfast in it. Cooking bacon and eggs is a favorite. I think that people who have cited problems may have been using too high of a heat setting, as I've had no problems with this pan and it has become my favorite cookware. Much faster heating than my old anodized aluminum pans and very easy to clean!