Soft close toilet seats

I have had soft close fitted on my two loos since 2011 but admittedly I live on my own so I am very careful. I am aware that anybody else who uses the loos do try to force the seats down at times. To date they have not started banging.

Yes, both mine purchased from Bathstore have given up, though I think they lasted more than 12 months. Really annoying, I thought they were wonderful while they worked properly.

No problems with ours, its 4/5yrs old we bought it in B & Q. I don't think was very expensive either. I know how annoying the noise is because I always flick other peoples toilet seats down if I happen to use them for the same reason. I think everyone should have soft close toilet seats

Never heard of such a thing! Presumably you feel the need to open them in order to have them close softly. Ours stay right where they are.

Ours is fine, it came with the bathroom which was installed by a local firm about 4 yrs ago.
Maybe it's lasted well because I'm the only one who actually puts the cover down although the men do put the seat down after use.

Luckygirl we open ours to use the toilet, the mind boggles

Oh dear I think I was confusing 'seat' with 'lid', I of course meant the lid closes softly not the seat.. sorry..

Ours are from Lidl , working well , saves that clattering noise in the middle of the night

The trouble is when you use a loo without a soft closing mechanism. I tend to forget and end up slamming the lid down. Nothing like drawing attention to yourself.

Has anyone else ever sat on the loo without actually lifting the lid first? Right old shock it is.

Luckily the coldness makes you jump up quickly.

DD1 has them so DGS1 is used to them and always crashes our ordinary ones down. At least he puts the seat down because his cats like to drink the water.

Yep especially this weather !

Yes, I have done that jingl - it certainly is a horrible shock, especially if it's the middle of the night and you're half-asleep!

Hardly ever bother putting the lid down nowadays, I must say...

It's worse when going for a middle of the night wee, trying not to wake oneself up too much, and finding that A MAN has left the seat up! Not only is the porcelain rather cold on ones derriere, but is is also lower than expected, which can cause alarm!

Fortunately it is very rare that Mr P is guilty of this heinous crime.

Oh yes! Feels like you're gonna fall down it!

That's even worse! Not just a shock to the system but a lurch of fear as well...

Oh please put the lid down unless your toilet is separate from the bathroom

tanith, it is separate!

I see I am not the only one who doesn't turn the light on in the middle of the night! Luckily my OH is very good and always closes the lid so I know, otherwise I would probably sit on the porcelain.

Ana I wish..

I've had mine for quite a few years and it still 'soft closes'. My big annoyance is that the whole seat seems to move and needs readjusting quite frequently.
I have bought new fixings but the seat still moves however tightly I fix them . It's just me that uses it now so probably don't really need 'soft close' anymore anyway.

I know it isn't hygienic but I've made cardboard gaskets to stop my loo seat moving around. My loo is a very odd shape and when the original pine seat needed replacing I found that the only seat that fitted was a very cheap soft close one. In fact, I don't know of any loo seats that don't seem to move about and break after a while. I think the Dyson man should look into redesigning toilet seats. Porcelain and plastic or metal don't seem to work well together when there is a lot of sideways movement .

Are you telling me that you all close the lids on your toilets? I don't think I have ever done that!