Cuisinart MultiClad Pro Stainless 3-3/4-Quart Saucepan with Lid

After having used it for awhile, I see pros and cons between the "multiply" and "everyday" lines.

I prefer the comfort and feel of the more rounded "everyday" handles to the much flatter handle of the "multiply" line. However, the use of rivets in the "multiply" handles (to attach the handle to the pot) should be stronger than the spot welds on the "everyday" line. But the rivets make cleanup of sticky food around the rivet head inside the pot an extra nuisance.

I prefer the smoother bottom of the "multiply," and like the way it cooks slightly better than the "everyday" line. But the "multiply" pots are distinctly heavier than that of the "everyday" line, which can take a toll on your wrist, if you do as much cooking as we do. That might be a concern for an older person. Of course, we're talking about a 3 3/4 quart pot, which is a fairly good size pot.

But then, I never use anything smaller than 2 quart. In fact, I use 2 3/4 - 3 quart size pots for 70% of my cooking where a sauce pan is required.

Overall, I like it, and I'm sure that it will get alot of use.

We also own both Revere and Farberware cookware, and while I don't think that they are quite as good overall as the Cuisinart "Everyday" line, they can be purchased quite inexpensively. I keep my copper-bottomed sauce pans only for use in steaming vegetables or cooking soups, but still use the aluminum-bottomed stainless steel sauce pans for all other tasks, because they seem to heat more uniformly than the copper-bottomed ones, and are nearly as good as the Cuisinart "everyday" pans.

Note: I've had a spot-welded handle break off on a Revere sauce pan, but that is a potential problem for any sauce pan with a spot-welded handle.