how long have your plates lasted?

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We got M&S ceramic plates for our wedding 7 years ago and we are down to one single plate which does not have a crack across the middle.

Looking for replacements before Christmas, but don't have £££ to spend. Do we go ceramic, stoneware or porcelain? Have 2 dc under 5 if that has any bearing.

We got our current main set for a wedding present from Debenhams. We have been married 9 years and I think only damage is one chip in a cereal bowl. They are ceramic. We still have the proper cheap set we got out of argos when we moved in together 15 years ago. Some of those bowls are a little scratched and our cat managed to break a plate once but otherwide ok.

Too bloody long. I'm so bored of my Denby but it will not break even when its dropped on the ceramic tile kitchen floor

Ah. So avoid M&S like the plague then. I'm thinking JL's cheapie stoneware set might be a winner. But I do love their spots (£££). Sigh.

well the set we bought from argos before ds1 was born (so over 7 years now) is doing fine.

cost about £15 iirc

Mine wedding deny was not appropriate once we started having children! Well that was what I told my dh! The truth is I got bored, now I buy cheap and what I fancy and once they get too broken I then have the perfect excuse to find more! Dh of course remains blissfully unaware. Normally a set lasts approx 4 yrrs.

The only thing I would say is that I avoid stoneware simply because the plate gets too hot when you microwave it!

So that's my wedding denby not deny

I have a denby set that is still perfect - apart from a small chip from being dropped. It was a wedding present - 14 years ago on 31st of January, and has been used daily and we have 5 dc. I do also have lots of cheap crappy sets aswell - nothing matches if we have lots of people over for dinner!

Name changer here, not that it matters, but we had ours from ikea about 8 years ago, and also cheap, they have lasted, well the dinner plates have. Like dustbin lids they are too. I have another china set, bought overseas, again cheapies and they are also fine, in fact I wish they weren't as sick of them really.

I've got 7yo Portmerion botanic garden and it's all fine so far. Not an entire set (it was stuff I bought or gifts) but very hardwearing, always dishwashed it.

I suspect botanic garden is pretty naff but I'm rather fond of it. It's expensive too IIRC.

we are still using the stoneware that mil gave dh and me 10 years ago.
the large bowl broke and one of the cups but the rest is holding nicely.

We still have the proper cheap set we got out of argos when we moved in together 15 years ago.

Nothing I have lasts more than 6 months, clumsy dh combined with stupid ceramic tiles is the problem.
I want to buy Denby, but think I will curse dh too much, so buy cheapy seconds usually. I have no china left at all....

Denby wedding pressies 18 years ago still fine -seems to bounce !!

I buy cheap White porcelain only ..no patterns some of it thinking about it is nearly 25 years old..god that's depressing .

Best thing to do for longevity is buy chocolate eggs with attached novelty branded mugs/ plates..those fuckers are indestructible

I started collecting Denby Juice in the early-mid 90s and just chipped my first plate last month. Typically, it was one of my newest ones, only 9 years old, and typically it will cost more to replace than it cost me to buy new, since it's discontinued.

I added to my collection by checking eBay and buying when they where cheap !

Well like josephine too darn long! I bought a set of tesco value plates earlier in the same day we found BEAUTIFUL china to spend our wedding present money on... Now we have used our V&B china only about 6 times in 4 years