New loo seat - wooden or plastic?

[redfruitgum]

So i'm going into town later to get a new loo seat.

Firstly, do I get a wooden one or a plastic one? Which is 1) most practical, and 2) comfortable?

Secondly, do I get a plain one or a fancy patterned seat? Are patterned loo seats naff looking?

Plastic. Wooden sounds unhygienic and could easily start to smell!

Plain. White. Plastic.

Plastic with a soft close lid 🙌🏼

What LordPickle said 👆🏻

So plastic and keep it simple then. I'll try and seek out a soft close lid.

Neither

White enamel

Plastic. Wooden is retro and grim.

Enamel? Is that like a painted one?

Plastic I think
But special coating

Pricey but worth it

Def soft close!!

Plastic.

B&Q do a good, very well priced white, soft close one.

Plastic with a soft close lid 🙌🏼 Our bathroom came with a soft close. It takes too long to close so I just push it down . I like it down and closed before I leave the bathroom.

Not wooden. It will eventually soak up the piss. Do you want that?

I agree don’t go for wooden

Ok plastic it is then.

How about colour? Are funky patterned ones naff? Do I just go for a white one? What about traditional black seats?

Gotta be white. I don't dislike wooden either as they are varished/sealed. But definitely not patterned.

Not wood unless you fancy a splintery bum!

It's not just the seat I consider, it's the "feet" on the seat underside that rest on the toilet bowl. I've sat on seats that seemed good, but the feet were crap and the seat went sideways. The seat on the toilet in my current house is clearly an inexpensive one, but seems fairly solid. (Moved in a month ago and can't tell you where the seat was from.)

We've always had wood toilet seats, plastic ones make me think of grotty public loos. Wood ones are generally varnished, so piss won't sink in nor will it give you splinters. And they aren't as cold on your bum in the night.

Plastic is much more hygienic

Plastic but a good solid one not the flimsy, bendy plastic

Plastic is more practical, wood is more comfortable.

If you like patterned ones then get one, I prefer white but my mum has a thing for sparkly glitter ones.

The wooden ones these days seem to have a resin gloss on them so they are both solid and hygenic. They can also be cleaned with bleach whereas bleach degrades plastic.

I have a wooden one and its lovely. Looms nice, comfy, solid and warm. It is also coated in something so totally smooth, no splinters and sealed/waterproof. I clean it with bleach and its fine.

Wooden toilet seats are treated and don’t soak up piss or give you splinters and are more comfortable and durable than plastic ones.