Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

As excited as I was when I first received this product, I am now pretty disappointed with it. Oh, it was a breeze to install, it looks good, fits well, closes nicely, cleans up easily, and the kiddie insert is fabulous--good size for my 3 and 5 yo boys, picks up nicely, stays put when open, etc. My complaint, and sadly it's a big one, is that the full size seat is made of wood particle material and is coated with a thin, seemingly permeable paint described as "Superior high-gloss finish resists chipping and scratching." Unbeknownst to me, one of the boys peed on the seat a little, closed the lid, and left it soaking that way until I discovered it later. The pee had permeated the coating on the adult lid and made the paint blister and the material underneath start to swell following the outline of the smaller plastic insert. It now looks terrible--like an old, busted down nasty seat, and yet we've had it less than 3 months. I normally don't mind a wooden seat and I believe they are considered superior to plastic in general. But I wish that if the bottom seat weren't made of plastic, that they would have at least used a durable coating material that was indeed water, and, ahem--pee!--proof. I mean, it IS a toilet seat, after all! After I installed this first one, I was going to buy another for the master bath because it is so very convenient to have a built-in child size seat when you have little ones in the house. But now that I know the true quality of the seat, I am holding off in hopes of finding an all plastic seat. Excuse me for not getting in there to clean it the instant any liquid hit the seat, but this IS real life, and it IS marketed as a seat suitable for children as well as adults. For a brand-new $40 seat, I am pretty annoyed. I hope this review helps others to make a wiser purchasing decision. If anyone knows of an all-plastic seat, or at least a wood seat with a better coating, send me a link please! ****UPDATE***** 12/6/16 I am downgrading my review to a 1 star from a 3 star. I've had this seat for just over a year now, and sadly, the magnetic piece that keeps the kid's seat attached to the lid has rusted away to nothing, again, because of poorly chosen materials. So now when you open the lid, you also have to lift the child seat out of the way, then when you close the lid again, the child seat falls down and makes a loud noise. So much for a "quiet close." I will not be buying from this brand again. I would hope to not have to baby a toilet seat to make it last, nor would I have wanted to replace a $40 toilet seat every year... Very disappointed. ****UPDATE***** 10/2/2017 Wow. Too bad they don't have 0 stars as an option. I don't go around posting bad reviews of products, but this one just tops my list of Never Going To Buy Again. We've arrived at the 2-year anniversary of when I purchased this seat, and ironically enough, I was considering updating this review to let you know that not only has the magnet rusted out of the kid insert (see above update), but the kiddie insert hinges have loosened so badly that we have to reattach it every time we open the lid, as the insert pops out of place and falls off every time. But just yesterday I discovered the very last straw. The regular hinge totally sheared off and now the entire seat falls off the toilet. I have little kids. They aren't rough, destructive teenagers. Sure, they're not as delicate with things as I might be, but honestly--when's the last time you ever heard of a broken toilet seat, besides in a public restroom? I am totally disappointed. Watch out for Mayfair brand toilet seats unless you're ok with buying a new one at least every two years!