Benkstein Elongated Toilet Toddler Release Reviews Summary

Installation

Pros:

• "It’s pretty simple to install. I managed it with 2 small children in about 10 minutes."
• "The toilet seat is easy to install and surprisingly comfortable."
• "This white soft close toilet seat is really great value. Looks great and very easy to fit with the seat and lid able to detach from the mounting at the press of a button."
• "Easy to fit bowl hole grommets which hold this seat in place no matter how heavy you are or wriggly."
• "This product was easy to install with just one sheet of clear pictures and instructions - if I can do it anyone can!"
• "Remarkably easy to install, with different-sized dowels to accommodate different-sized apertures in the porcelain."
• "Very high quality, simple straight forward instructions and so easy to fit and adjust, it took me 30 mins to fit all 3!!!"

Cons:

• "The dowels did not fit through the designated holes in our toilet."
• "The installation hardware for this is such low quality it is nearly unusable."
• "Installing was a challenge because screws didn’t fit toilet and had to use old ones."
• "Fitting was frustrating."
• "The issue for me is that when you only want the seat down and not the lid, the lid always follows the seat."
• "It was impossible to push in the strange two piece plastic fitting, as it has no rigidity or stability."
• "Installation was super easy and fast. It is fixed nicely and doesn't wobble in any way."

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "A quality product, it looks smart and strong and is not flimsy like some seats we viewed."
• "The seat itself feels as if it's very good quality and is not flimsy at all."
• "Straight out of the box, it feels like a quality item: sturdy and durable."
• "The mounting system is sturdy and durable. The materials are indeed premium ones."
• "Super strong seat with an excellent soft close mechanism, very easy to install and to keep clean and above all it looks a premium seat."
• "The seat is very well made and of good materials."
• "The design and quality of manufacture are second to none."

Cons:

• "This was a £35 seat and was made in Germany i expected better quality than this. seat only took about 15 minuets to fit and looks very nice. So i decided to give it a go and as i sat on it it snapped in half."
• "The soft close feature of this seat has failed .. it’s only been fitted for a month !! .. very poor build quality to have broken already .. can’t contact the manufacturer for replacement or refund etc .. very disappointed."
• "When I started using the seat, I discovered that it was more flexible than I would like."
• "The toilet seat is exceptionally sturdy but extremely difficult to 'permanently tighten' in position, even after several remedial attempts; effectively it just keeps working loose."
• "I bought it in August 2023 and it's only Jan 2024 and it's broken at the latches where it secures to the ceramic toilet base."
• "The lid started to make a screeching sound when is closing (soft close, not so soft anymore), and one of the hinges snapped and now the seat is moving to one side."
• "I just noticed that it has a crack in it! This is the first toilet seat to have cracked in my entire life."

Design and Features

Pros:

• "The seat does not move or slide around thanks to the fixtures which were supplied with the product."
• "I love the design feature that allows the top lid to be removed vertically by pressing the Grey soft button (as shown in the photo) for additional cleaning."
• "The soft close seat is a marked improvement to what I had before and the ability to detach the seat from its bracket at the press of a button to clean under the hinge is a great feature."
• "Like the product - robust, easy to clean and no more hearing the toilet seat come crashing down!"
• "The soft-close applies to both the seat and the lid so no more worrying that a slamming down lid may break the toilet!"
• "No unnecessary ridges and grooves for dirt to cling on to."
• "The ability to detach the seat from its bracket at the press of a button to clean under the hinge is a great feature."

Cons:

• "The plastic pieces that cover the screws constantly come off causing the seat to come loose and moves side to side."
• "I love that it’s built in but as someone who hates knowing the small seat touches me when I use the toilet makes me cringe."
• "I will have to soak it out of the crack between each seat with a napkin."
• "The hinge does two things badly - It does not close smoothly, sometimes jumps then bangs a little, not smooth."
• "The only challenge I have had is that my son sometimes pees on the back end of the seat."
• "Every time you touch it it goes out of place."
• "It is developing a louder and louder squeek."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Good quality product and fittings. Looks good too."
• "Worth paying a bit more for this over some soft close seats."
• "Quality materials and features like the soft close and easy removal fitting at a very reasonable price."
• "Very pleased with this purchase its made in Germany and the quality is there also great instructions came with it and its so easy to keep clean with the quick release system it has yes it cost 40 pounds but I can see it lasting a very long time very happy with this purchase."
• "Not cheap but you get what you pay for."
• "Good quality and good value for money."
• "Best price on Amazon for a lovely and robust seat which should last well."

Cons:

• "This is priced quite high compared to a lot of other seats on Amazon and I expected to receive a high quality, well engineered seat that would last for years."
• "I think that the seat and lid at this price of £39.99 as at 10th September 2020, is slightly more expensive than it should be."
• "A disappointing lack of quality control, this should never have left the factory and been delivered."
• "Very disappointed having paid for a Premium priced product."
• "At £40 I expected a little better quality than that after the old toilet seat (5 years old from Lidl) lasted a lot better and was only changed due to decorating in a different colour scheme."
• "Very disappointed at a £100 outlay for two seats which performs like a cheap plastic bargain store product."
• "What a waste of money."