[dymk]

Cast iron pans are less effort to maintain than nonstick pans and last longer, if you know how to maintain them.

[moffkalast]

Yeah yeah, they'll outlast me yadda yadda yadda.

There's no maintenance to do with nonstick pans. Take off shelf, use, put in dishwasher, put back on shelf, repeat. When all you use are silicone spatulas (because they are frankly the best kind of spatula) then there's also no danger of scratching them.

[postalrat]

Have you tried maintaining nonstick pans?

[callmeal]

Yeah - all you need is to accidentally use the wrong side of the scrubber and it's "hello scratch".

[dymk]

I made a comparison between the two, so hopefully you can infer that.

[DangitBobby]

Here, I'll help. Having had both, the cast iron was a massive pain in the ass, and the nonstick pan takes literally no effort to not fuck it up. I don't have a cast iron anymore. I still have nonstick pans.