Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've bought a few different types of raised toilet seats for my 91-year-old dad to use - at his house, at mine (after he moved in with me), and at a friend's house where we often go to dinner. I've bought different types, because there were always problems with the ones I had bought previously. I have bought two other types similar to this one, except that they needed to be mounted on the bolts that hold on the standard toilet seat. Neither of those was stable; they rotated up to a couple of inches unless one is very careful while sitting down and getting up. Note to the manufacturers: 90+-year-olds are not that careful, and they tend to need hospitalization when they fall. On the toilets in my house, I firmed them up by bracing them against the toilet tank using wood strips, which has worked. At my friend's house, doing the same thing caused the toilet tank to leak, requiring replacement of the toilet! Those seats are a major nuisance to remove and put back, which is a problem, because unpleasant fluids work their way underneath the seats, and can't be cleaned out without removing them from time to time. In contrast, this seat has been wonderful. It attached firmly without tools in no more than a few minutes, and did not require any trips to the hardware store to get it right. It is stable, and does not shift when one sits down and gets up. I did not buy it with the intention of using it on trips, but it should work well for that, because it is so easy to attach and detach. For the same reason, it will also be easy to clean underneath, since removing it does not require removing bolts. The only downside, if one worries about such things, is that it doesn't look as nice as the others, because the standard toilet seat doesn't attach over the riser, covering it. Frankly, I'd rather have one that works, so I'm more than pleased with this one. This appears to be the original manufacturer of this type of seat, and they offer customer service and a guarantee, which, happily, I haven't had to use. There are cheaper knockoffs available, but the reviews aren't as good, and they can't be returned if there's a problem. Buyer beware.