Comfort or Standard Height toilet?

[Ivor Windybottom]

We're only middle-aged, but planning on living here forever. Currently planning a bathroom re-fit, hopefully the last!

I'm thinking I might plan ahead and get a taller "Comfort Height" toilet instead of a standard one.

Are there any downsides? I realise that children might struggle with them, not relevant to us. Would a smaller adult be OK though?

 

[Mottie]

It’s only a toilet. Get what one suits you now, change it in the future if you need to.

Are there any downsides?

Healthiest way to go to the toilet is squatting so the higher up your knees are, the better. With a 'comfort height' your knees won’t be as high as with a standard one.

 

[Rodders53]

Go sit on a few to test and measure the height you need / want. SWMBO decided a "comfort" one was too high cf the normal one next to it in a showroom when we were looking for a bidet toilet height choice.

Our son's downstairs loo is always catching us both out as it is super-low so the 'standard height' seems anything but .

Old age you can buy toilet seat raiser solutions without changing the pan. Planning for the grab rails needed in future is a wise move!

 

[Mottie]

Don’t forget to get your stair lift and rising armchair……

 

[Madrab]

Comfort height pan's are great. I installed a rimless comfort height in the en-suite as SHMBO has bionic knees and finds it much easier to use.

They can make a huge difference, especially the older one gets. It's not as if they like 200mm higher or anything, I think ours is about 60mm above regular but the fact that she notices and mentions that it make a big difference then it's a no brainer IMO.