top handle weak,
September 11, 2011 Neu Hemenway "sumeto" (Wash. D.C.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Le Creuset Stoneware 4-1/2-Quart Rectangular Casserole with Lid, Fennel (Kitchen)
I've loved le Creuset for a long time and have several pieces. This casserole is the perfect size and shape for many of our favorite dinner-party dishes, BUT the handle is inadequate. Too small, and breaks easily, as I found when a son-in-law dropped it (from only about one foot above a wooden table). I'd only had the casserole for two months! I reglued it but the top came off again in the oven.
I notice le Creuset's newer casserole is identical in every way EXCEPT the handle is different -- you can grip it, and it attaches to the top in two places. I guess they must've had more than one complaint.
All that said, nothing cooks better than in le Creuset.