I dearly love my titanium pots and I have learned to cook in them, but if you have something that can scorch easily an aluminum pan a bit thicker does a better job of distributing the heat in the metal. like at home doing some sauces you want a heavy aluminum pan. However if you are just heating water - go titanium, except you do not get your moneys worth in cost savings, there is really no good reason to go Titanium except for the minimum weight. Jim