Bemis 500EC 146 Toilet Seat, 1 Pack Round, Almond

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.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Great brand. High quality toilet seats in perfect colors. I have an older house. The perfect toilets are fawn and a pale blue. I bought other toilet seats that were off a little with color. This brand was perfect match and heavy duty, feels sturdy. Nice attachment to toilet on this one too. Will stay and be easier to get Cleaner in hinge area. You get what you pay for. I now have switched three toilets to Bemis brand. Worth every penny and they look and feel great

I was very skeptical about this toilet seat because the price was so affordable. I can’t say enough, how impressed I am with it. It is a heavy duty, easy to install seat and looks great. I’m purchasing another just to have for when my other seat needs replacing.

I purchased several variations of 'almond' or 'tan' toilet seats trying to find a close match to my original 80's model Briggs toilet. This one was the closest color match I found. Overall, the seat was easy to install and seems sturdy.However, it's made of wood, which means you cannot use cleaners containing bleach without damaging the painted finish. Additionally, the seat is very heavy, causing it to slam closed if dropped.The twist-off feature makes it easy to take on and off to clean underneath, but one downside is that one side will occasionally pop off unintentionally.

So I’m laughing writing this review because well, I’m taking pics of my toilets and sharing them online, like there’s nothing weird about that! I Purchased 3 of these, two ALMOND color one white. I’m glad I purchased the almond color because they match perfectly, our house is from 1968 if that helps anyone with selecting one of the 3 beige choices. I read some reviews receiving damaged or broken seats. All 3 of mine came in perfect condition, no chips or scratches and finish is perfect. Installation was a breeze. I did read some complaining they broke within a few months or they loosen easily and you have to tighten screws on occasion. I will update if I experience any problems but as of yet I’m happy with my purchase and they arrived within 2 days of ordering

Perfect color and size, great quality and a good price.

Great quality easy to install great price

Value for money. Easy to install. Added to my toilet with a bidet.-Install the bolts first-hold a flat head screw driver on the top to keep bolt stable and then screw the nuts to desired tightness-Fit toilet seat after bolts installed-don’t be shy, make it snug on the bolts-push-Lay bolt covers over the top in the unlock position, push firmly-Turn bolt covers to the right to lockMy color match was perfect. Almond.