Best Potty Training Seat Buyer’s Guide and Reviews

There are various guides on the internet on potty training for toddlers, no matter the method, the use of potty training seat or potty chair is imperative, and the end goal remains the same; getting kids to use the toilet at the appropriate time with little or no supervision.

Potty training is one of the things that give new parent a huge concern. Would should be in-charge, when is the appropriate time to get started, how do we teach kids to use the toilet on their own, with little or no supervision. This article is strictly about the use of potting training seat, the basic things to consider when buying potty seat, and a short review on what I consider the best potty training seat in market as at the time of writing this blog post.

One of the most important aspect of potty training is deciding if you should use a potty training chair or potty training seat. While both item serves the same purpose, they have slight but significant differences in their purpose of usage. I would write briefly about their differences and move on to important factors to consider when buying potty training seat.

Potty training seat is designed specifically for older kids; aged 3 and above, while potty chair is designed for toddlers below the age of three (3), although it is quite possible to use a potty training seat for kids younger than 3, It’s not advisable to do so, most especially for the child’s safety.

It’s been shown that, kids who fall from the toilet seat usually end up with some sort of phobia for it’s usage in the nearest future. So if you have a younger kid (below the age of three, then you should read about potty chair).

Most parents would opt for potty training seat over potty chair because it’s easier to just flush away the poo when the kid is done, than having to wash the potty chair every now and then. Beyond safety and the stress of cleaning the potty chair, both items are pretty much the same thing.

Best Toilet Seat with Built in Child Seat (Ultimate Guide On Toilet Potty For Kids)

Name	Quality
Mommy's Helper Contoured Cushie Step Up (Editor’s Choice)	A+	Check Price
BABYBJORN Toilet Trainer	A+	Check Price
Cozy Greens® Potty Seat	A+	Check Price
Bemis Potty Seat	A	Check Price
Primo 4-In-1 Soft Seat Toilet	A+	Check Price
KidsKit 3 in 1 Potty Training Seat	A	Check Price

The products listed below represents the top 10 potty training seat that are being sold on amazon. Careful consideration has been giving to the rating process, such that, each of the items listed below meets about 80% of the criteria listed above. As such, the products in this section can be considered the best in market as far as potty training seat is concerned.

Mommy’s Helper Contoured Cushie Step Up

This is currently the number one bestseller potty training seat on amazon. The reason for being the best isn’t far-fetched. From the elegant design, to quality of material, comfortability and ease of use, the name mommy helper isn’t a faux.

Ergonomically designed to support the kids weight. Kids won’t feel intimidated to use the bigger toilet because this potty seat would have converted it into something less intimidating that is suitable for their use.

​Things We Like

• It’s one of the few properly designed potty training seat with ladder.
• Very nice design and perfect color (white), such that it easily blends with the actual toilet seat.
• Ease of use. It can be easily assembled and dismantled as the need arise. You don’t even need any tool to separate it.
• ​The seat is well cushioned, which makes it super comfortable for kids during usage.
• ​It’s foldable. Making it easy to move around as it does not consume much storage space.
• ​The handle at the top of the ladder provides additional support for kids
• The training seat fits perfectly for both standard and elongated toilet seat. So you’ve got little to worry about as regards if it would fit your toilet top or not.

Things We Don’t Like

• The step is made of plastic and there has been reports about it not being sturdy enough. This might result into kid’s fall if proper care is not taken. However, this complain is from a few number of buyers.

BABYBJORN Toilet Trainer

This product is made of plastic. Well designed to provide the best the required comfortability during usage. The material, though plastic is strong enough to accommodate kids weight. The surface is smooth and well finished, hence there is no fear of irritation during or after usage.

The most important feature of this potty seat is its simplicity. It’s very easy to use, and can be easily removed when it’s not needed. All you have to do is unhook the clip and keep the potty seat somewhere safe.

One of the downside of a complicated potty training seat is the difficulty that comes with cleaning it. You can avoid such stress by going to this product. It’s easy to clean, it’s also designed to avoid splash from the toilet. With a well shaped angle.

Things We Like

• Neatly designed for ease and comfortability
• It’s cheap, and serves it’s purpose
• Easy to clean after usage, since it’s made of plastic material
• It’s an all size fits all. Which means it works well for both standard toilet seat and elongated toilet seat.
• Easy to install and remove when not needed.
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Things We Don’t Like

• It doesn’t come with a stool. So you would have to buy a separate potty step stool or stay with the kids when they’re using the toilet in other to hold their hands for additional support.
• Based on buyer’s review, the item is much more suitable for girls than boys.

Cozy Greens® Potty Seat

If a company is so confident in her product, to the extent that they’re willing to offer a lifetime money back guarantee on the product, then I see no crime in giving them a try. This is exactly what Cozy Green is offering. If you dislike the product months or years after purchase, they would either replace the product or refund your money. How else do you gain consumer’s trust?

Anyway, the guarantee is simply worthless if the product does not serve it’s purpose. But Cozy Greens potty seat does serve it’s purpose. And listed below are the things we like about this particular product.

Things We Like

• Life time guarantee and refund policy
• Easy to use and store when not needed.
• Suitable for both boys and girls
• It has an urine splash guard, which helps in avoiding any messy splash. The guard also makes the cleaning process easier after use.
• Ergonomic design with baby’s comfortability in mind.
• Anti-slip makes it hold firm to the actual toilet, and as such there is no fear of slipping.
• It comes with a FREE ebook with various illustration on potty training. This is very handy for first time parents.
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Things We Don’t Like

• It does not have it’s own handle. This would have made it more easy for parents.
• You need to buy a potty training stool to provide additional support for kids feet.

Bemis 1583 Slow Elongated Flip Toilet Potty Seat.

What I love about this potty training seat is that, it’s built for both adult and kids. You don’t have to pass through the stress of fixing and removing the potty seat, as it is with other potty training seat listed in this article.

It’s designed simply as a replacement for the regular toilet seat. All you have to do is fix the lid, and you’re good to go. Oh, and yeah, this is one of the few wooden potty seats you would find in the market.

Things We Like

• It’s simple design and blends perfectly with the toilet seat
• No hassle as far as fixing and removing is concerned.
• The small lid for children is made of plastic, which makes it more comfortable and durable.
• It’s easy to clean.
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Things We Don’t Like

• It’s not designed for younger kids (aged 3 and below).
• It’s a little bit pricey
• It doesn’t have a foot support.

Primo 4-In-1 Soft Seat Toilet Trainer and Step Stool White with Pastel Blue Seat

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This is one of the best designed potting training seat in the market. It’s designed in such a way that, as kids grow, they gradually move from one stage to the other. This item can be used for four (4) different purpose, based on the arrangement.

It can serve as a stand alone potty for toddlers, it can also serve as step stool for kids when the lid is covered, it has an inner lid that can be used as seat reducer for adult toilets. The last but not the least of it’s feature is that the seat reducer can be removed and carried anyway; this comes handy for travelling purposes.

The design is not the only thing that makes this potty training seat one of the best in market, the material also pronounce quality. The inner seat reducer is made for comfortability, allowing the kids to take as much time as they want when using the toilet. It can be easily detached when being used as a potty chair, this makes it very easy to dispose the content when kids are doing using it.

If you’re not very sure about getting a potty chair or potty training seat, then this is the best item to get. You can easily covert it from a potty chair to seat reducer.

Things We Like

• It’s a 4 in 1 item, you can’t loose money buying it, because it serves different purposes.
• It’s easy to clean
• The seat reducer fits for both round and elongated toiler seats.
• It has an handle integrated into the seat reducer part. This makes it very easy to detach from potty chair and place on toilet seat.
• It’s mobile, as the toilet seat reducer can be carried along when travelling.
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Things We Don’t Like

• Although it’s supposed to serve as step stool for kids in the bathroom, we really don’t advice this, because they base does not have a rubber support, and as such, when placed on tile, it has the tendency of slipping.

KidsKit 3 in 1 Potty Training Seat For Boys and Girls

This item is pretty similar to the primo 4 in 1 potty training seat, the only difference being the design and the quality of materials used.

It basically has all the features of the primo potty seat, joined with a ladder. The ladder makes it more elegant than Primo. In comparison with the mommy’s helper reviewed earlier, this item is far better off, because it can be used separately as a potty chair, and also as a seat reducer.

Things We Like

• Elegant design with stylish color.
• Easy to clean after use
• Sturdy grip of ladder to the floor, preventing fall.
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Things We Don’t Like

• It’s not very easy to detach the ladder and seat reducer from toilet seat. This might be a little bit laborious every now and then.

Accessories You May Need

I love the fact that this type of toilet seat starts kids off right away using the “big boy (or girl) potty” instead of having to then transition them to it later on. But toilets are tall for kids. So you may need a way for them to get up.

Try the Bumbo Step Stool (comes in black, blue or pink). Looks like the foot of an elephant and it’s really cute. They won’t slip and they can use it for the potty or to reach the sink to brush their teeth.

Hope these ideas helped! These are all bestselling products with good reviews. May your potty training days be short and successful.