The complete guide
Buying Guide
This is a toilet seat and lid with a bidet built into it. Your old seat comes off, this one bolts on in its place, and a lever on the side gives you a rinse with water after you have been. It runs on the cold supply to your cistern, so there is nothing to plug in.
What it is
From the front it looks like an ordinary white toilet seat and lid. The difference is at the back of the seat opening, where two wash nozzles sit in a small housing.
One nozzle is for the rear wash and has a single hole. The other is for the front wash and has four small holes, which spread the water into a softer spray. The dial on the side labels them Rear and Lady.
The seat is PP (polypropylene) plastic. It is non electric, so there is no heater and no dryer. The water is cold, the same water that fills your cistern.
What is in the kit
The kit shown on the listing has:
- the seat and lid, with the nozzles built in
- a braided hose
- a T-valve for the cold supply to your cistern
- a mounting plate
- two bolts with their fixings
Everything needed to connect it is in the box, so there is nothing extra to buy.
How it connects
The seat fixes to the pan through the two seat bolt holes at the back, using the mounting plate. On the water side, the T-valve goes on the cold supply pipe that feeds your cistern. The cistern still fills as normal, and the braided hose carries water from the T-valve to the inlet on the side of the seat.
Installation and backflow requirements apply to anything like this that connects to the mains next to a toilet. Follow the product instructions and the water regulations where you live, and use a qualified plumber if you are unsure about any part of the job.
D shape or O shape
The seat comes in two shapes at the same price. The O shape is the round one. The D shape is a longer seat with a straighter back edge, closer to the letter it is named after.
Measure your toilet before choosing, from the seat bolt holes to the front edge of the rim. The supplier's fitting diagrams give:
- D Shape Seat: pans 432 mm to 480 mm. The seat is 500 mm long, 365 mm wide and 85 mm high at the hinge end.
- O Shape Seat: pans 406 mm to 457 mm. The seat is 475 mm long, 365 mm wide and 89 mm high at the hinge end.
Both shapes need bolt holes 134 mm to 180 mm apart. The D shape diagram also asks for at least 50.8 mm between the bolt holes and the cistern, so the hinge housing has room.
The two ranges overlap between 432 mm and 457 mm. If your toilet lands in that gap, look at the outline of the rim: a round pan suits the O shape, a longer pan suits the D shape. The diagrams also show that some one-piece toilets, where the cistern runs straight down into the pan, may not fit.
Using it
Sit down as normal. Turn the lever one way for the rear wash or the other way for the front wash, then turn it back to stop. The markings around the lever step up in size in each direction, so start with a small turn and go further if you want more. The strength also depends on your mains pressure, because the seat has no pump.
Pat dry with a little toilet paper or a towel afterwards. Rinsing first means you get through less toilet paper than wiping alone.
Cleaning and care
The listing says the nozzles rinse themselves before and after each use. For the rest, wipe the seat and lid with a soft cloth and a mild cleaner. The seat unclips from its mounting plate, so you can lift it off, clean the rim and the plate underneath, then click it back on.
The lid closes slowly on a damped hinge instead of dropping. That matters most at night, when nobody else in the house wants to hear it.
Which one from our range
- You want the bidet built into the seat and hands free: this seat.
- You like your current seat: the Bidet On The Toilet attachment fits under it.
- You would rather aim the water yourself: a handheld bidet on a hose.
- You want something for travel: the portable bidet sprayer runs on batteries, not the mains.
Delivery and returns
At £129 this seat qualifies for free UK delivery, which applies to orders of £75 or more. Orders ship after a 24 to 48 hour handling time and arrive in 5 to 7 days. You can pay by card or PayPal.
If you order the wrong shape, you have 15 days from delivery to return it. UK law gives you 14 days to cancel under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, and faulty goods are covered by the Consumer Rights Act 2015. There is no cancellation fee and no handling fee.