Pans, anodised or stainless steel

[a1ex2001]

Looking to invest in a decent set of pans and have a few basic requirments they need to last along time and be safe in the dishwasher the budget is probably £200 or so for a set of three could push it it required.

The thing we are really stuck with is should we go stainless steel or anodised, I've always fancied anodised but have concerns about the durability when compared to stainless.

So the great and ood of OCUK what do you recomend?

 

[a1ex2001]

Leaning towards stainless although the Analon set looks to be a right bargain at that price. I really want this to be a twenty year type purchase not one I'm going to hae to revisit in 5 years becuase the non stick has died, the think that puts me off the non stick more than anything is the rate at which I go through tefal frying pans I've never had one last more than 5 years before the non stick gives up and then they are stickier than a big bag of sticky things.

Anyone had some hard anodised pans for a couple of decades and want to tell me how they hold up?