In the beginning, every toilet seat was made of wood. Then came bakelite, and after that many different kinds of plastics. Plastic has largely stayed with us, but you can now get wooden seats for toilets that are now considered very upmarket.

Plastic has some very important advantages as a material for the humble toilet seat. For one thing, it is non-porous and so doesn't absorb "nasty substances." It is extremely easy to clean, and fairly warm to the touch. In addition, it is cheap and easy to replace should the worst come to the worst.

Toilet Seat Choices

Incidentally, the only kind of wood suitable for making toilet seats is any kind of exotic hardwood. The harder the better so it doesn't become porous with time. A disadvantage with any kind of wood is that you can't use chlorine bleach or any type of strong bathroom cleaner on it. For the hygiene conscious, this could be an issue.

It had to happen sometime, and now it has. Technology has come to the toilet seat. You can even get one with a remote control now. One tries not to laugh wondering what would happen if the signals got mixed up with the remote for the TV, but seriously, it apparently is wonderfully convenient to operate the bidet function by remote.

You can get a toilet seat with electronic water pressure control, heated streams of water (to wash you with), and a heated seat. In addition there are models with an automatic shutoff should you rise and leave the thing spurting water all over the place. Here are the facts, the choices are up to us.