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Not a good design, June 4, 2010

A few years ago I installed some high-end American Standard units (the ones that can flush a bucket of golf balls). They’ve been great but I’ve stuggled in finding some nice high quality oak toilet seats for them. The cheap ones from Lowes and Home Depot look OK, but they’re thin and not comfortable to sit on.

These seats seemed like the answer. I ordered 2 and was initially thrilled when they arrived. They are thick and durable with a laquer finish – very elegant. After installing them, however, 2 serious issues have come to light:

1. On the web page description it says “You just need to tap the seat and it slowly closes”. This is FALSE. It was also previously reported in a review from over a year ago (which I didn’t read thoroughly apparently) and has not been fixed.

2. The hinges are not aligned properly so the seat actually sits at an angle with the rear “legs” hovering about 1/8″ off the toilet bowl rim. This means when you sit on the seat all that weight is being put on the hinge assembly and will likely lead to cracking the wood around the hinges or possibly the toilet bowl around the bolts. Both seats have this same issue so it’s not just a one off defect. All of the inexpensive seats I’ve had over the years always sat flush on the rim and I had no fear of them breaking.

I’m going to contact Amazon and/or the manufacturer about this and will likely return the seats. So much for more money equalling better overall quality.

EDIT: I contacted the manufacturer and #2 may not be as big of a deal as I thought. After reinstalling the old seats (just for testing) 2 things surfaced: 1 of the seats has no rear legs, and the other does sit slightly off the rim (much less than these new seats, but it’s still not flush like I thought). I’m going to keep the seats for now and I’ve bumped up the stars to OK.

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