Comfort Seats C1B1E-17BN Designer Solid Wood Toilet Seat with PVD Brushed Nickel Hinges, Elongated, Oak

by Comfort Seats

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This elongated Comfort Seat is a deluxe toilet seat made of oak wood with brushed nickel hinges. It has a regular closed front with a cover. This is very simple to install - only needing a screw driver and wrench. It is corrosion proof and comes with self-aligning hardware.

Product Description

Designer Solid Elongated Wood Toilet Seat with PVD Brushed Nickel Hinges, Oak

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19.5 x 14.4 x 2.5 inches ; 14 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001AHPKXO
• Item model number: C1B1E-17BN
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,950 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a good design, June 4, 2010

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Avid Techie (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Comfort Seats C1B1E-17BN Designer Solid Wood Toilet Seat with PVD Brushed Nickel Hinges, Elongated, Oak (Tools & Home Improvement)

A few years ago I installed some high-end American Standard units (the ones that can flush a bucket of golf balls). They've been great but I've stuggled in finding some nice high quality oak toilet seats for them. The cheap ones from Lowes and Home Depot look OK, but they're thin and not comfortable to sit on.

These seats seemed like the answer. I ordered 2 and was initially thrilled when they arrived. They are thick and durable with a laquer finish - very elegant. After installing them, however, 2 serious issues have come to light:

1. On the web page description it says "You just need to tap the seat and it slowly closes". This is FALSE. It was also previously reported in a review from over a year ago (which I didn't read thoroughly apparently) and has not been fixed.

2. The hinges are not aligned properly so the seat actually sits at an angle with the rear "legs" hovering about 1/8" off the toilet bowl rim. This means when you sit on the seat all that weight is being put on the hinge assembly and will likely lead to cracking the wood around the hinges or possibly the toilet bowl around the bolts. Both seats have this same issue so it's not just a one off defect. All of the inexpensive seats I've had over the years always sat flush on the rim and I had no fear of them breaking.

I'm going to contact Amazon and/or the manufacturer about this and will likely return the seats. So much for more money equalling better overall quality.

EDIT: I contacted the manufacturer and #2 may not be as big of a deal as I thought. After reinstalling the old seats (just for testing) 2 things surfaced: 1 of the seats has no rear legs, and the other does sit slightly off the rim (much less than these new seats, but it's still not flush like I thought). I'm going to keep the seats for now and I've bumped up the stars to OK.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Look for an updated bathroom, May 20, 2010

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Kalena (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Comfort Seats C1B1E-17BN Designer Solid Wood Toilet Seat with PVD Brushed Nickel Hinges, Elongated, Oak (Tools & Home Improvement)

I ordered this toilet seat to replace one I got 4 years ago. This one has the brushed nickel hinges and matches the rest of my bathroom. The color of the seat wood doesn't exactly match my cabinets in there, but it is close enough. This seat has a shiny finish on it that the other wood seat I had purchased from Home Depot 4 years ago didn't have. At first I was somewhat taken aback, because it is shiny. But it feels ok when you sit on it and it is VERY EASY to keep clean. The hinge is very solid and well made. I like this toilet seat design better, too, than the one it replaced because it has 4 of those bumpers on the bottom of the seat. The Home Depot one only had 2 and one of them was cracking and failing. I think this seat will last longer because it has 4 bumpers instead of 2, so it redistributes the weight better.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of wood toilet seat, April 24, 2011

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Shareen(Susie)B Weber - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Comfort Seats C1B1E-17BN Designer Solid Wood Toilet Seat with PVD Brushed Nickel Hinges, Elongated, Oak (Tools & Home Improvement)

The toilet seat is of great quality. I am happy with all of that. The only problem is too late to change...since my husband installed it on the toilet. We have a Kohler elongated toilet. The toilet seat is about 1/4 inch too short. It is working out ok and doesn't look bad, but I am very aware of it. (my husband is a former contractor and has installed hundreds of toilet seats, so he did know what he was doing. It is more a problem for me.)

I just wanted you to know that you might want to warn future buyers that the seat is a bit short for a Kohler elongated toilet seat.

We will be ok with it, but someone else might be more concerned.


Thank you for asking.
Susie Weber