American Standard Bidet Seat, White

Lives up expectations! Easy to install & works well.

After receiving a Toto bidet seat as a Christmas gift, my husband and I have become converts. These things are a total game changer in feeling clean and fresh all day long. With this new “enlightened world view” my husband and I set out to convert all of the remaining toilet seats in our domain. Unfortunately as we began to add up the number of toilets in our two homes and the associated costs we began to consider alternatives. We began reflecting on what features were the most important to us and which ones we could live without. The American Standard was less expensive and looked promising so we decided to purchase it to test and compare with our more expensive Toto. We installed it in the powder room of our main home and we’re pleasantly surprised. While it lacks the features of a remote control, dryer, bowl pre mister, air deodorizer, presets, etc, it has the features that we want and use the most. It also produces a larger spray of water than the Toto which we prefer. It fit great on our powder room’s elongated toilet and we couldn’t have been more happy with our decision. We also have cottage which has a Kohler Memories round toilet. Since it’s round and not elongated we initially thought that the American Standard wouldn’t work. We strongly prefer the look of a low profile bidet seat (especially on a round bowl) but the only ones we could find were by Toto and they were running around a grand. Having been so pleased with our American Standard bidet seat we took some measurements and decided to take a chance and see if we could make it fit on our round toilet. The installation went great and fits with plenty of room! The bidet seat’s shape isn’t a perfect match for the round bowl but we decided that it matches up well enough for our casual beach cottage and the overall appearance was pretty good. If American Standard would ever consider making the more perfect round shaped seat available we will replace it in a heartbeat! Until that time we will happily live with this one and possibly upgrade to the more expensive round Toto model down the road once this one has lived out it’s useful existence. Since I wasn’t able to find any photos of this American Standard seat mounted to a round toilet I’ve added a few shots to this review so people can see what it looks like.

Working great so far! Got this as an interim replacement as we wait for a Brondell Swash model to go on sale. Had picked up a round version from Genie Bidet a couple years ago and can compare the kits (though perhaps genie bidet has improved since then). Basically, this looks like all the other bidet seats of the same variety. Same lever, same markings, etc. The things that made This stand out from the Genie Bidet round model was the hardware. The mounting bracket, bolts, and adjustable spacers are basically identical. The inserts for the American Standard seat, however, or a higher-quality rubber, rather than the hard plastic ones provided with the genie bidet seat. The plastic inserts did not allow for a firm attachment and the seat would move if you were sitting on it and it shifted your weight. I ended up having to use the bolts and the plastic threaded nuts for the genie bidet version. The rubber inserts for the American Standard seat have brass threading and once you get the insert in (a bit of a challenge), they fasten up very snugly without the need for the threaded nuts. That said, if you do need the traditional bolt/nut setup, the nuts provided in this kit appear to be a higher quality plastic, also with the brass threading in the interior, less likely to strip the threads as might happen with the fully plastic ones that came with the genie bidet seat. Again, it’s possible that the hardware kits have been upgraded for the other brand since the time of purchase, so take this with a grain of salt. Be advised if you’re new to bidets, this is cold tap water! You will get accustomed to it but a cold booty spray could also be used to help wake you up in the morning! The seat was easy to install and there were no leaks on the first attempt, which is always great to see. Why 4 stars and not five? Having come from one of the fancy electric seats that finally gave up the ghost, the wider spacing on the wands is noticeable during use. For example, while using the rear wash, you effectively have to scoot a little bit over to make sure that the stream is hitting you where you need it to, to flush the seal, so to speak. This is where having a secure seat is key. If you are shifting around to try and get a good spray, you don’t want the seat to be sliding around on the bowl. Thankfully that’s not the case with this seat. That said, the wands on the electric bidet that we had were so closely spaced, that you didn’t have to move around to “center up“, so to speak, on the spray. Additionally, it’s possible that the wands on the electric version also have the nozzles rotated slightly in to avoid the need to shift around. While you can apparently pull off the heads of these nozzles to clean or replace them, it would be great if these wands could be slightly adjustable to angle them in to account for being a bit more widely spaced than other bidet seats. Also, and this appears to have been remedied with the seats by Alpha Bidet, but the front/back symbols and lever directions are a bit counterintuitive. e.g., turning the lever back should be for the rear spray while forward should be for the feminine spray. Not a dealbreaker, but you would think that would have been a natural design decision to make. Lastly, the mounting bracket and mechanism just barely worked to get a good fit on our American Standard Cadet 3 dual flush toilet using the rubber inserts to mount the seat. The seat almost mounted a bit too far back and that was with the mounting bracket installed as far forward as possible. The traditional nut/bolt mounting might have given it some extra play, but I was able to finally get the seat mounted without looking as though it was sitting further back on the bowl than a traditional seat would. Also, keep in mind that most seats like this, mechanical or electric, require room behind the mounting holes to be fully functional, like having the lid and seat stay up. I didn’t notice any specs for these mechanical seats, but I believe Brondell wants at least 1.5” to 2” of space between the mounting holes and the tank for their electric wand-based bidets. Keep that in mind for these seats as well. The seat feels a bit flat and level compared to the Brondell electric seat, which has more of a downward slope from the back to front of the seat. That slope, while taking some getting used to affords a lid that has a similar slope, which I believe gives it a bit more room for the lid and seat to go back. Both the lid and seat on the American Standard seat are more level, which is why the space between the mounting holes on the bowl and the tank will be important to attend to in getting this seat to work appropriately in terms of the lid and seat being put up and staying up. Hopefully that makes sense. Beyond that, I would recommend pulling the flow regulator. I found the pressure to be a bit low and the lever allows you to effectively determine how much pressure you get, so I don’t see the need to have the regulator installed. The extra pressure is also more effective in getting your seal fully flushed. Sorry to get graphic, butt if you have a softer BM, getting it fully flushed out will mean you won’t have any extra grit or sediment that can eek it’s way out after the fact and cause irritation back there. The extra water pressure can help with that. In sum, this appears to be a great replacement for a more expensive bidet that used a similar wand mechanism, although it required electricity to run. After we had purchased our expensive electric seat, I had wondered if anyone had come up with a similar idea that simply operated off of water pressure. Sure enough, someone had taken the idea and ran with it. If you can’t afford the more expensive electric seats, this is a great alternative that far surpasses the separate bidet attachments that dip down into the bowl and are fastened under your traditional seat (tried one of those too). Get one of these seats and you will wonder how and why you ever went without one before! You will get a much better cleaner bottom and you will use a lot less toilet paper as well.

The seat arrived a day early and was very easy to install. Everything fit perfectly and no leaks but make sure you tighten more than hand tighten on the bidet hose fittings covered by plastic. Where the bidet seat hose fits on the adapter I would push the plastic cover onto the adapter first then screw the metal fitting onto the adapter by hand and tighten with a wrench although not too tight - about 1/2 to 3/4 turn past hand tighten. You can slip the plastic cover partially back onto the metal fitting after tightening. I found it too easy to potentially cross-thread the fitting onto the plastic adapter if you tried doing it with the plastic cover covering the fitting. I have a Kohler toilet and the seat fits it perfectly. I didn't find the paper template particularly helpful. It was much easier to install the base plate snugly and adjust it accordingly by snapping the seat onto it in different positions until it fits where you want it then tighten it down. The seat easily snaps onto the base plate and comes off with a push of a button on the side. The connection hose is long enough that I was able to run it through the hole in the back of the toilet and back around to the adapter making it a much more elegant install rather than seeing the hose all twisted by the side of the toilet. The wands work perfectly and there's plenty of adjustable water pressure depending on how far you move the lever. I fully expect to be using a lot less paper and being much cleaner than with paper or wipes. BTW the cold water isn't such a big deal once you get used to it which won't take long.

Good quality, reasonable price compared to other brands. I bought and easly installed 4 of them, all working fine since seven years.

It worked for about 4 months then developed a leak. The leak got worse. Water was dripping onto the bathroom floor all day long. I've talked to their "customer service" (they should delete the word "service" from that description) 4 times. It's supposed to have a one year warranty but lasted only 4 months. I'm pretty sure that should entitle me to a new one that works. On the first call, I was told that since I didn't buy it directly from American Standard, that they wouldn't honor the warranty. That made no sense. The warranty on a product should be valid no matter where you purchased it, right? I called again and was asked to provide proof of purchase, which I did, and I was told that they would send me a replacement. After 3 weeks elapsed with nothing being delivered, I called again and was told that "the order had been placed but it had been out of stock". If that was true (and I don't believe it was), they could have let me know but I think they were hoping I'd forget about it. Anyway, a nice lady assured me that they were now in stock (like all of a sudden they are back in stock ON THE DAY I CALLED to see what is going on but she still had to order it to be shipped to me even though it had been ordered more than 3 weeks earlier. Seemed fishy to me). She said it would take 5 to 10 business days. Not cool. So I asked if she might expedite it since I have already been waiting a month now, had to call 3 times, and the original hasn't been working properly for several months. She said she would ask permission to expedite it. She called me back to say she got permission to send it '2-Day Air". Well, that was TEN DAYS AGO and still nothing. I will call them again tomorrow but expect to get the same run-around and excuses and no results, based on my experience so far. Faulty product and HORRIBLE customer service and their warranty seems to mean absolutely nothing.

I bought this American Standard bidet for my American Standard one-piece "COLONY" model toilet. This bidet comes in at a reasonable price and is of good quality. Packing was sufficient to prevent damage to the product. The mounting assembly is well made and sturdy enough to remain in place while seated. The problem is that the connection for the water supply is at the very back of the bidet pointing toward the tank at about a 30-45 degree angle. This will likely only work on a completely tankless toilet. The fitting angle points left of straight back and placed near the 11 o'clock position on the seat (looking straight down as seen in the photo above, where the BLUE circle is). So because of the one piece design of my toilet with a raised tank in the rear, the water supply hose cannot be connected (there simply isn't enough room without bending the hose (and pinching it). My apologies for not photographing it in place. Although it is adjustable about 2" front to rear, the front of the seat would have been well off of the bowl and the water supply hose still would not connect without kinking it. I had completely installed the bidet before I realized that it would not work. The back of my toilet is 17" wide and there is about 2" between the bolt mounts and the tank. The tank on this toilet is also slightly curved. It is really frustrating for me that the manufacturer could not design a product that would most likely work on EVERY toilet if they simply would have placed the water supply connection on the side of the valve body pointing at the 9 o'clock position. Or extend the valve body out to a 90degree pointing parallel with the seat (my local and very substantial commercial plumbing supply didn't have a 90 degree fitting or a hose with a 90 degree end - this could have made it workable).

I don't have space (or power outlets) for a hot seat with dryer. This works great. Easy to install and doesn't take up much space (compared with the other ones I've seen online). The front water spray placement isn't great but the rear one works fine. The easy to remove button is needed as the seat does occlude the back of the toilet (just watch out for the pipe when removing for cleaning, it moves with the seat). Cold temperature has been fine so far after a month (its summer and at least 70F), I guess I'll find out what it's like once the weather is colder. Pipe is plastic but so far seems fine and easier to clean than a metal one (which I've seen some reviews mention as a weakness with this model/brand). 3 month update - still going strong. Cleaning is OK, as mentioned earlier the pipe stays attached when removing seat which can make it a pain. The seatback rim overhangs and occludes part of the toilet rim and cleaning that can be a little bit of a pain due to an awkward angle unless the seat is removed. The housing for the small sprays can get dirty so I'm having to keep an eye on that. Overall, still very happy with it, and wish that parts were a little bit easier to clean (or where redesigned), I would buy again.