Bemis 500EC 464 500EC464 Toilet Seat, Dresden Blue, 1 Pack Round

Excellent product just not suitable for uk fittings. Not adjustable. Shame

Always buy Beris good quality and value for money, had other makes but never fitted well. Very sturdy and soft close.

The fittings did not fittings our armitage shanks toilet, entirely my fault as I had forgotten that the holes in ours were about 6.5” apart this seat states 5.5”. The seat itself is of were good quality, great hinges and identical to what we already had. So very disappointed that it didn’t fit. I Have had to make do with something else until I can find this seat with the correct spacing for my toilet

We replace our toilet seat every 2 years for hygiene reasons. Since discovering Bemis we have stuck with them, they are an excellent product

The delivery (from USA) went smoothly. It was bought to replace an existing Bemis seat, the hinge of which had cracked, once the hinge was on the point of actual failure. The Amazon site points out the new, easily released hinges, but what it DOES NOT POINT OUT is that the distance between the two hinges has also changed !! The result was that both the new hinges had to be removed and then pilot holes drilled before they could be repositioned. There are now the 'old hoes' visible until I can find a suitable powder blue filler to fill them. SUGGEST the Amazon site should specify the distance between the hinge centres AND that Bemis should provide replacement seats that matched to old measurements as an option. Other than that it is a good loo seat, albeit on the expensive side.

Bought this product as we had existing Bemis toilet seat needing replacing with 'easy replace' fittings. What the website does not say is that the toilet seats have changed - the hinges are now closer together so they do not fit the toilets!! Do not buy.

I got this a few days ago and love it. It is solid and sturdy. I thought that it would be hard to fit but did myself with not much effort. One thing is the wing nut on the screw that attaches the seat to the toilet is a little wide, I solved the problem by trimming the nut with nail clippers; this may well be different on other toilets as they could have a slightly different toilet bowl, still managed to get the seat on properly and all is well that ends well

When I first received this product I was very pleased as it is good quality and easy to install. However, I have only had the item for a couple of months and already the colour is coming off of the seat revealing the white seat underneath. :(

The quality of this seat seems great. However, the measurement of the hinges to the toilet bowl were off and there is no flexibility. I think this will be the case for most older toilet bowls. We couldn’t fit this on ours and had to return.

Solid, but heavy

The build quality is very good, but the color paint faded in less than a year!

The toilet seat is absolutely gorgeous the craftsmanship is superb. I had a slight problem with ordering to wrong size, emailed them on the 20th of Sep and all sorted out by the 22 nd. Unbelievable, the service care with incredible. Would recommend the seat and would buy from the company in a heart beat. Exactly what old businesses and their ethics where built on. Thank you

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.