'Easy to clean' £36 five piece cookware set dubbed 'great for uni students'

With the the new University term just weeks away, students can snap up a five piece cookware set on Amazon for less than £36. The Amazon Basics Five Piece Non-Stick Cookware Set usually retails for £38 but is currently £36 on the online marketplace, and shoppers have been hailing it as ideal for University.

The set includes a 20cm frying pan, a 25cm frying pan, a 1.41L saucepan with a lid, a 1.82L saucepan with a lid, and a 2.83L casserole pan with a lid. The items feature an aluminum body with a non-stick coating and soft-touch handles that stay cool during use.

The handy set has been designed to heat evenly on gas, electric, and glass stovetops, though the pots and pans are not suitable for induction hobs. The cookware has been reviewed on Amazon over 59,000 times and boasts a 4.4 average rating out of a possible five stars.

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Other pots and pans sets available to shop for students include the £28 Dunelm Essentials Non-Stick Aluminium 5 Piece Pan Set which contains two saucepans, two frying pans, and one milk pan. One shopper said: "Super little pans as a cost effective option for moving into a new house with no kitchen equipment. Easy to clean and non stick is great! Will need adding to as not the biggest but doing the job for now."

Another budget-friendly option for those moving into student accommodation is the Salter Marblestone Four Piece Aluminium Pan Set which is £58 from Argos. The set, which includes three saucepans and a frying pan is a hit with shoppers and is suitable for a variety of hobs including induction. One customer said: "Another present for my son in his new flat. He is really impressed with the look and performance of the Marblestone saucepans and frying pan."

For anyone thinking of snapping up the Amazon Basics Five Piece Non-Stick Cookware Set, one shopper said: "I loved it. The perfect set. Great for uni students."

Another wrote: "Best cooking starter pack for any University students. When I say these are the easiest pans and pots to clean they are. As soon as water touches them it removes any food residue straight off it. They dry quickly as well within 1-2 hours if you leave them at room temperature, which is quick for anyone who’s busy and does not have time to dry them."

Despite the high praise from 69% of the Amazon reviewers who awarded the set the maximum five stars, one shopper said: "The non stick surface isn't very good and is very thin, meaning it's easily damaged." Others continued to praise the set for those leaving home for Uni, with another reviewer commenting: "Good sturdy pots and pans, bought for university so needed to be of reasonable quality, super pleased with this."

A further review reads: "When I was in University and needed to purchase a set of pots and pans, I came across this set. I was not disappointed when they arrived. For the value, you could not go wrong! I was especially pleased with how they were so easily washable and their non-stick properties allowed me to cook without worrying about burn on. They were extremely high quality and came with all the sizes of a pot and pan a college student would need."

You can shop the Basics Five Piece Non-Stick Cookware Set at Amazon.