Bemis500EC Durable Wood Toilet Seat with Easy Clean Hinges, Made in USA, Round, Biscuit

In my house, the previous owner installed one green, one blue, and one brown toilet. It must have been a 70’s thing or something. Well, matching the colors of these toilets is nearly impossible, at best. This one actually comes close to the right color, and actually looks quite good. For the price, these are very good wood seats (i’ve purchased 3 to date), and each has lasted several years. But, don’t expect them to last a lifetime. Eventually, the paint will wear off, or a hinge will wear out.

Pros:1. Easy to install2. High-quality, sturdy product.3. Multiple subtle color variations made it easy to match to a very old bathroom color scheme.4. Ordering from Amazon Seller was MUCH better than going to Lowe's or Home Depot where they don't carry the less popular colors.5. Contacting the company for guidance was an EXCELLENT experience in professionalism and friendly assistance!6. Easy return process for purchasing the wrong color.1. Had to order more than one color to match the bowl color.(Not really a "Con" but it did make the process take longer.)

I was looong overdue for a new toilet seat (the old one was probably 25 years old), so I did some cursory research and landed on this one as a good possibility to fit first of all, but also have some solidity to it. It has more than exceeded my expectations on all counts.The install was super easy - don't believe the person that claimed there are no instructions, there are. Even without instructions this is fairly simple. Getting the seat hinge attaching things figured out took a few seconds but was ultimately easy. Instructions helped! You just need to twist the thingie to one side, then place the whole hinge part on top of the bolt thingie, where you then untwist to lock things in.That leads me to the solidity thing. This is a heavy item, make of heavy and/or pressed wood finished to look like porcelain/ceramic or whatever, so it's definitely solid. Locks into place very solidly as well. It's everything I could have imagined in a toilet seat! Seriously, I doubt I'll ever have to buy another one, and if mechanically dense me can install it in 5 minutes, anyone can!

I would give it 5 stars but the color is noticeably different than the image online, it’s much lighter than I expected. Was super easy to install. Feels solid. Other than color difference I’m happy and would recommend.

Good quality seat. I have a Briggs toilet from the 90s. Was concerned about which color. The almond color was a perfect match. Bone would have been to light

Seat fitted perfectly. It was easy to install.

Easy to install and worked perfectly. The other reviews said there were no instructions. That was wrong. All you need is a flat head screw driver.

So this seat comes with NO INSTRUCTIONS. Here's how to install quickly and easily. It can make the difference of loving or hating this seat.Turn the hinge anchor covers to the unlock position (left). Push the long plastic bolts (phillips head first) into bottom side of hinge. They snap in. They don't screw in. Then turn the anchor covers to the lock position, locking in the plastic bolts and giving your seat some fangs.Place seat on toilet, pushing bolts through toilet's seat mounting holes.Take the little black plastic nuts, broad end first, and screw onto long plastic bolts from the bottom. Make as hand tight to toilet as possible. Broad end first makes the nut wing easier to grip from the bottom, as it goes on either way.Note: It can be hard to screw nuts on all the way for lack of finger space. Don't be afraid to trim the wing of the nut a little with a scissors if needed. This is necessary for my Kohler toilet. Then just screw it on as far and tight as you can.Now that the seat's on, you can use the quick-release feature to tighen it down harder. Turn both hinge anchor covers to the unlock position. Now pull the entire seat off the toilet. The seat comes off and the plastic bolts stay, exposing the phillips heads.Tighten them down hard with a phillips screwdriver while holding the black nuts below. Carefully place toilet seat back over bolts until seated securely. Turn covers to lock position and make sure all is tight.And there you go! It's on and it can be pulled on and off til your hearts' content without unscrewing.Note: The caps of the hinge anchor covers do NOT pry up and open. They look like they should, but don't. Down the road, it's easy to forget you can't flip those covers up to expose the phillips head for tightening. They can break off if you try. You have to pull the whole seat off to get to the bolts for tightening. Tip: Whenever you pull seat off to clean, have a screwdriver handy and tighten down harder if necessary.Confession: I used to hate this toilet seat and vowed never to buy one again. I installed my old one (same exact Bemis seat) years ago and completely forgot it even had a quick change feature. When it started to wiggle, I'd grudgingly get on the floor and tighten those annoying black plastic nuts from the bottom as I could, but couldn't get them much tighter. It would come loose again soon. I hadn't trimmed the wing edge at all so the wing hit the toilet and would get stuck. I swore my next seat would have a stay-tight feature, or metal hardware I could clamp down hard with a ratchet. I couldn't find a seat on Amazon the right size, color, and price. So I thought I'd get the same one, and order a tightening kit.I'm not convinced the seat needs a tightening kit-- or that the one sold on Amazon fits this exact seat. If you try it, please comment below. I really think tightening from the top lets you clamp it down hard enough that it shouldn't come loose very often. And it's easy to tighten when it does.I agree with many reviewers that this seat is the best value by far. Are these 1980's prices? And it's real quality, solid wood, old school. My old one never broke, and the new one is identical in every way. My old one was purchased somewhere around 2005, so it held up well. It did recently get a large chip in the finish, but something may have been dropped on it. Otherwise the finish held up well, not that anyone here pees on the seat.The seat color in the pictures is biscuit. Even though the Kohler toilet is almond. I guessed my toilet was biscuit, but you can see the biscuit is lighter. This Bemis seat does come in almond, looks like it would match, but not sure I want to bother. Kohler also has a seat in almond or biscuit. Pictures are lined up at the bottom, as the posting process would not allow them to be posted appropriately throughout the review.