Carex Toilet Seat Elevator Elongated B306
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Customer Reviews of Carex Toilet Seat Elevator Elongated B306
Customer Review: Just the right height
Summary: 5 Stars
The 3 1/2" raised section was just the right additional height needed. By having the Carex section between the toilet bowl and the toilet seat, it meant my father sat on a familiar surface, but with the added height. We use one of those hand held electric steam cleaners to clean the seat, so we have been very happy with Carex seat, which my father has used for about a year.Customer Review: Sturdy Inexpensive Toilet Seat Riser
Summary: 4 Stars
It's a fairly-well designed toilet seat riser that installs under your existing seat, raising it by three inches. The mounting slots allow it to be adjusted forward or back slightly, to account for variances in the bowl size (something we're seeing more and more, as toilet manufacturers seem to increasingly stray from conventional dimensions - Kohler, I'm looking right at you). It's quite sturdy, and the 300-series stainless steel bolts and fixtures hold things together nicely, as long as you tighten them down. The butterfly nuts work most of the time, but on a few occasions we had to switch to a hex nut & steel washer due to the wings being obstructed (again, on a bizarre Kohler "designer" model toilet). On the rare occasion that the underside of the toilet, around the mounting holes, has an irregular surface - a large rubber washer with a steel fender washer often does the trick. We usually add 3/8" a steel washer, anyways, and occasionally a locking washer. The foam-rubber padding, installed on four points under the riser, also help prevent it from slipping around the surface of the commode.
As other reviewers have pointed out - in some cases the inner rim of the toilet is lined up with the riser in a particular way where liquid may run down the side of the riser, and between the porcelain rim of the toilet and the riser. It doesn't happen with with every toilet (1 out of 3 in my experience), but it's been an issue with several popular brand-name toilets we've installed these on. We recommend to our clients to loosen the butterfly nuts, but don't remove them. This provides an inch-or-so gap where one can use a spray washer or steamer to clean and sanitize in between the riser and toilet, without having to remove everything. We've attempted to use adhesive rubber as a gasket seal, but it didn't help very much - liquid eventually did seep in, as the riser would still move around slightly during use. Caulking worked to some extent, but made it difficult to remove the riser if needed, if the caulking didn't fail by then (the riser still moves around during use, and contracts and expands at different rates from the toilet).
Despite this problem, the Carex B306-00 Elongated riser is one of the better risers on the market, especially at this price. We've installed much-more expensive risers, and even those still had difficulty with liquid settling between the porcelain and the riser. Hinged riser designs alleviate this problem, but come with their own host of problems (installation difficulties, too much lateral movement, and breakage the most common). This riser is also far more sturdy and safe than risers that clip on top of the seat. As such, we most-often recommend this item to our physically challenged clients, who require additional height on their toilets. Despite it's problem with liquid sometimes seeping under it, it's a good quality unit that's sturdy, has very secure hookup parts, and is well-priced.
Customer Review: Messy, Messy, Messy
Summary: 2 Stars
If you dont like to clean up a messy toilet don't purchase this item. It has no seal to block water from running out between it and the commode when you flush it. Therefore you have to loosen it up or remove it to clean beneath it and it also lets a dirty mess go down the bolts that hold it on. Any seat riser needs some type of seal between the seat and the commode. Otherwise its messy, messy, messy.Customer Review: Not a well thought out design
Summary: 1 Stars
The Carex Elongated Toilet Seat Elevator 3 ½" did what it said, it raised the toilet seat 3 ½".
However, due to the design it allowed liquids to seep through onto the rim of the toilet itself creating an unsanitary condition. This is a molded plastic part and could have used a rubber gasket between the toilet and the elevator to create a more sanitary seal.
Although hardware is supplied with the Carex Toilet Seat Elevator it is not compatible with Bemis toilet seats as well as other brands of toilet seats made by Bemis. Therefore you may not just have the cost of the elevator but you may also have to purchase a compatible toilet seat.
I am not using this product and once you open the box you really can't return it. So you might say this is money down the toilet.