Customer Reviews

Calphalon Cool Grip Handle for Professional Hard-Anodized Cookware, Small

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
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This Calphalon Small Cool Grip Handle is essential for use with the Calphalon Professional Hard Anodized cookware, such as 7- and 8-Inch Omelet Pans, 1- and 2-Quart Sauté Pans, 1- and 1 1/2-Quart Sauce Pans, and 1-Quart Windsor Pan. I leave my cool grips in place over the handles. Like the Calphalon pans, the cool grips must be hand-washed. If I don't have a cool grip for a Professional Hard Anodized pan, I use the Calphalon suede panhandler or a thick potholder because the chrome plated iron handles on these pans may be hot to the touch.

I'm giving this 3 stars instead of 5, not because this isn't a good product but because Calphalon should include these grips with their pans, rather than forcing us to fork over another bucket of dough so we don't have to burn our hands...Other than that, this works well enough.

If you use Calphalon, this is the ONLY heat handle to use. Slides on smmothly, stays put and keeps your fingers from burning. Highly recommend. Hint: To lift Calphalon lids safely, use wine corks pushed into lid handles. Lift by corks. Like a charm

I've had my Calphalon professional hard anodized set of cookware for about 10 years now. Wouldn't use any other brand, but these cool grip handles are a MUST with this particular line. The handles on the pots do get quite hot, but these handles can even handle oven temps up to 500 if you need to put the pan in the oven.

I'm ordering two or three more since I have a couple of pots I'm using more these days that don't have the cool grips on them. I usually leave the grips on my pots and take them off occasionally to clean them by hand.

I wish they would make these post-purchase type products for the lids on my pots. Those handles get quite hot as well and I have to use a potholder. I know the newer lines of Calphalon don't have hot handles on the pots or lids, but the older lines still have them.