They're not very nice at all. They don't hold their shape, so when you pour the batter in, they expand. You also need to be sure to put them on baking sheets. I don't know of anyone who likes them. They're often for sale on Kijiji or given away on Freecycle.

I have some but I honestly don't know why I haven't given it away yet.

It is a hassle because it has to be supported with another pan.

I have a regular sized bread pan and a round one that I use all the time, but found the muffin pan and tubular (what is the name of that!~!)one just didn't work for me.

I've tried a couple of the smaller pieces, and didn't like them. I have the ice cube trays - now washed, dried, and in the back of a utensil drawer....I didn't like those either ;-) Someone forgot to design them in a way they would easily and willingly release the cubes (mine make oversized square cubes), or handle them when freshly filled with clean water between the sink and freezer without dripping or spilling.

I don't have any of the bake ware, for the above listed reasons. Also, I've found that silicone baking sheets kind of hang on to any fat so cleaning them is a pain. I clean them before and after use just because it bothers me. I can't imagine how difficult it would be cleaning bake ware.....because I would still grease and flour like always.

It seemed like a great idea.....

How funny you should bring this up as I am selling the pieces I own in a garage sale next weekend for the reasons other posters have already mentioned. I may keep the pie plates to use as plant coasters. Otherwise, get that stuff out of my house and give me a good metal or pottery piece.

Thank you all, I won't be buying any.

The silicone lined bread pans are old and heavy and very good. It is a good alternative coating to teflon cookware which I do not use.

The only silicone pieces I actually use are forms for making press-in protein bars (unbaked) and a number of sizes of cube forms. I love using square and round individual muffin cups (regular and jumbo-size), especially when baking in my Convection/Microwave Oven because I can load a 12" round pizza pan and if necessary, bake 2 levels. And not just for muffins --- I make side-dishes, individual cobblers/desserts, muffin-meals hubby takes to work for lunches in the muffin cups, and so many other things for individual servings.... I have a set that are black for baking in a solar oven (where black/dark bakeware work best).

The items I purchased years ago for cake and loaf pans never worked successfully for me, so they were quickly placed in the thrift store donation box, but the items I have now are in use all the time.

For baking I don't like them at all. I do have some muffin cups in various shapes and themes. I use them for candy cups or for "no bake" dessert cups. They are useful for individual dirt cakes, trifles, no bake cheesecake etc. You can use them as small dip bowls also.

Bought set (4-5 pieces) at a yard sale... brand new, never used, still in plastic... for a few bucks. Anticipated stuff almost removing itself from containers once baked... NOT! Used once, cleaned up and donated to thrift shop.