You shouldn't have! A Bemis, elongated, stay tight, easy clean and change, whisper
close, precision fit, super grip bumpers, made in the USA, toilet seat.
You shouldn't have!
May not be a great gift, but II got it for myself, so it's cool.
18.5 inches. Fits all elongated toilets.
Let's install it and check it out.
And we're looking and we're looking and we're looking at a toilet and the reason
we're looking at a toilet is I just removed the seat and lid that came with
this toilet and you can see my other video that explains what I didn't like
about the seat, but you'll notice that even though I clean the toilet before
setting up to do the video, some residue, questionable stuff, was left behind
underneath the seat. So the cool thing about this new Bemis seat is that the
seat and lid can be entirely removed. You can clean under here, put it back, and
that's fantastic for those of us who like a clean toilet.
Here's what comes in the box. Besides the seat and the lid. Got your
instructions. Your screws. This part, which is metal. This is plastic. This is plastic.
And then you'll need your own half inch wrench.
I've got the toilet seat in my lap and I'm going to flip up this little lid. I'm going to turn the
toilet seat over entirely. I'm going to take this metal bushing and I'm going to
insert it long ways, like the seat, not like this, but long ways, and I'm going to
push down. Snap it in. It's a little crooked. Straighten that out.
Then turn the seat over again and take my bolt, and
you'll notice there's a square on the top of the bolt. Slide that down into
my bushing. I'm going to take my spacer with this round side up, and slide that
on to the bolt.
In the interest of saving time, I've already done the other side.
Before we put this on the toilet we want to make sure that the
hinge is aligned with the seat.
As opposed to putting it on the toilet like this.
So again, make sure it's aligned with the seat.
Now we're going to put the lid on the toilet.
It doesn't matter if the spacers don't sink down because they will later on
when we tighten the nuts.
When you put the nuts on you want to make sure
that the hex side is down because we're going to use our wrench to tighten those.
Now we're going to hand tighten the nuts.
Aww nuts!!! I'm going to hand tighten that
and then I'll be back.
I'm going to finish up my hand tightening and since I'm
working upside down it's lefty tighty, as opposed to righty tighty.
Now I'm going to adjust the seat front to back. Make sure it's properly aligned.
Snap these suckers down and tighten it with the wrench.
So I'm holding the toilet seat centered and I'm spinning it to the left
to tighten it because I'm working upside down. It says to tighten them
until the bottom hex portion breaks off.
I've tighten it up and it's
got a good "never loose" fit from left to right. It's got a quiet closing lid,
which is cool except for that bounce back there. Supposedly no slam.
Whisper close. Precision fit front to back. And it doesn't tell you in
instructions, but this is why I got it. You can lift these tabs in the back and
lift the toilet seat right off of the bushings so you can clean
in there. To put it back you lift these fold up tabs, put it back
on the bushings, push down, and lock it closed. Good to go!
Hopefully you can see this. There's a scratch right here along the plastic of the toilet seat and
the reason that's concerning is I like to sit on the lid and cut my toenails.
On my old seat, the grommets of my jeans would scratch it.
Unfortunately, the plastics don't seem to be as durable as wood.
One thing I like about this toilet seat is there aren't a lot of nooks and
crannies in here that you have to dig into to clean.
It's also has these super grip bumpers.
Another thing like about this toilet
seat... it's got a super comfortable mold, but you don't need to see me use it.
One thing I don't like so much is the profile is not as clean as the toilet seat
it replaced. This toilet is an American Standard Cadet 3.
You'll notice there's a little gap in here, but still it's a good looking toilet seat.
Lots of functionality!
If this video has been helpful, do me a favor and like it.
Leave your favorite toilet puns in the comments section below.
And as my mother always reminds me,
"Don't forget to wash your hands."