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Thoughts on cheap no-name fully-clad stainless pans?

There are a lot of listings on Amazon for pans like [this](https://a.co/d/9YgKO8Q) for $40 or [this](https://a.co/d/dLqKbsn) for $31. No name made in China brands, but fully clad tri-ply with the same 18/10 stainless as the expensive brands (the second link is actually 18/8, but my understanding is this doesn’t make much of a difference in practice from 18/10). On top of that, they’re both rivetless which is a desirable feature for ease of cleaning and usually reserved for more premium brands like Demeyere.

I’m in the market for a sauté pan, and I was originally thinking of paying a lot for one of the heavily recommended brands here (All Clad, Made In, etc.), but when I can get something like this for a fraction of the price I have to ask… is it really worth it? What functionally makes these no name pans worse than their more expensive name brand counterparts? Even the budget champion on this sub Tramontina costs $97 for their [comparable pan](https://a.co/d/1SjETSM), and that one has the annoying to clean rivets. It’s all just the same sandwich of steel, aluminum, and steel right?

If there’s something wrong with these pans I’m not seeing, what would you recommend instead for a budget rivetless stainless sauté pan?

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