Well, we wanted to love this. I have not actually baked with it. I had to initiate RMA for the first one due to broken plastic lid (see picture). It was obvious something impacted the box in which Amazon shipped it. Because the box had other items in it, I figured the plastic lid that came with the pan took a hit that broke it in pieces...and thought "that's Amazon's fault". Fair enough. However, the replacement pan/lid was shipped in a dedicated and well-protected box. Yet we again found the wimpy plastic lid was cracked and will certainly break with little use. It's simply a matter of extremely low-cost / low-quality production for molded plastic. The pan itself is probably okay to use.
I'm not a plastics engineer, but I did work in IT at a plastics manufacturer in the area. I can say with confidence the problem with Nordic Ware is the plastics engineering and manufacture. It's quite clear Nordic Ware management said "we need to cut costs". It's disappointing that Made in USA is really nothing to write home about (though it's worth writing a review in feeling let down). I love their cookie sheets. The aluminum cake pan will probably last a while. The lid is utterly worthless. I almost did RMA for the replacement Amazon sent me, but I'll keep the pan and file the lid in the recycle bin.
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