Customer Reviews

Circulon 10-1/2-Inch Toss-and-Turn Pan Lid

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Circulon offers this lid as a separate purchase for their 10.5 in Toss and Turn pan. This lid is a lemon. Actually all the Circulon lids are lemons.
After using my 3 new Circulon pots and lids for only 2 or 3 months, all the Circulon lids have broken plastic handles. First, when I got gouged by the broken plastic, I noticed that all three lids showed big chunks of plastic off the underside of the plastic handles. I have NO IDEA how these large hunks broke off, because I am very careful and do not own a dishwasher. Next, I saw that two of my three faulty handles now had big chuncks off BOTH ends of the plastic handles. All the breakage occured where the plastic 'cool' handle attaches to the metal part of the handle. Just today, as I removed the hot lid from the Toss and Turn pan, the black plastic totally came loose from the metal part of the handle! Only fast dancing saved me from this big hot lid falling on my feet. But at last I saw the FLAW. Instead of having a complete metal handle that is covered with the plastic for cool handling, the metal part only went up an inch to meet the plastic. The black plastic only OVERLAPS the metal part of the handle a scant half inch or so, causing the more sturdy metal part to undermine the plastic, and eventually causing the chipped plastic to separate from the metal. The lids are subjected to steam and heat on a daily basis, so no wonder the plastic broke off, the plastic has no backing. Its just carelessly and poorly attached to less than a half inch of the metal that is attached to the lid. This poorly conceived construction is why the handle broke away entirely after the plastic was chipped, A full metal handle covered with plastic would have prevented the accident where the handle completely separated from the chipped plastic. There is no metal supporting that plastic folks.
My enthusiasm for the Circulon was originally quite high, but now that I have lidless pots after less than 90 days, I'm pretty unhappy! This chipping happened to 3 out of 3 lids! AND the Toss and Turn lid is almost as expensive as the Toss and Turn pan! Now, after less than 90 days I must send in the Toss and Turn lid and my 2 smaller lids with chipped handles that go with the sauce pans. Because the Toss and Turn handle separated and broke away, this is not merely a cosmetic matter. Even before the lid handle broke entirely, the broken handles were uncomfortable to use with those sharp broken plastic edges digging into my fingers. Sending these lids back will leave me ill equiped in the kitchen after all the money spent to be well equiped. Further, I doubt their replacements will be any better, and they will probably need replacement every 90 days! Much as I love the Circulon pans, these lids make them a bad purchase. I would not buy this product again. Hopefully this review will help you make a good decision about Circulon pans and their bad lids.

Very good product. Perfect for both the 10 inch skillet and Toss and Turn pan.

I bought this lid a few months after buying the 2-pan Circulon set--the 9- and 10.5-inch pans. Since I was using them so often I started wishing they came with lids.
The 10.5 inch toss-and-turn pan lid fits the larger of the 2 perfectly and feels sturdy and sits nicely. Being able to see the pan contents is a plus. I only wish Circulon had a lid for the 9-inch pan and recently settled on a universal lid which is adequate but not as nice.

The local store where I bought my toss 'n turn pan didn't carry the lids so I have been looking for the lid for a while. Generic lids don't fit this pan. Most of the cooking I have done in the pan didn't need a cover but some things did. Then a friend suggested Amazon. Was I glad to find the lid and at a much better price and delivery time then any of the other Web sites. It fits the pan like a glove. The only item you need to be worried about is how tight the cover can fit. If you leave the cover on a warm pan after you are through cooking, the cover can create a seal when it cools and you won't be able to get the cover off. All you have to do is reheat the pan and seal is broken. Great purchase since I have heard Circulon is discontinuing this pan.

Use almost daily to steam veggies, saute and stir-fry, risotto, one-dish skillet meals. The lid makes it perfect. I can view the contents of the skillet, as well as keep the food warm after removing it from heat. The toss-and-turn pan by itself is great, but with the lid it is the "pot" I most often reach for.

This product was a wonderful accessory for my toss and turn pan. The handle is always cool and there is no steam buildup. A definate must accessory.

the picture at amazon.com is misleading with a pan included.
the return procedure of macy's is very bad. they said the return tag is included in the package but actually it's not. I have to send many emails to get it returned.