The Best Heated Toilet Seats

Brondell LumaWarm Heated Nightlight Toilet Seat

Take a Seat

With three available heat settings and a soft blue integrated nightlight, this heated seat is an all-around winner.

Best Overall

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Borndell’s LumaWarm makes those late-night trips to the bathroom a little more peaceful with its soft, blue light and warm, welcoming seat.  With three different heat settings, you can choose the most comfortable option for you. It also features a self-closing seat and lid, an ergonomic seat, and intuitive controls that are easy to use in the dark. It’s also a breeze to install and set up since all it takes is removing your old toilet seat and replacing it with the LumaWarm. No plumbers necessary — just a standard, GCFI 120-volt outlet.

Pros:

• Available in both round and elongated shapes
• Colors include white and off-white Biscuit
• Convenient built-in keypad

Cons:

• Make sure to measure your toilet’s bolt hole distances before ordering
• Power cable is relatively short

Bemis Radiance Heated Toilet

Warm and Secure

Featuring a proprietary fastening system, this heated toilet seat gives you surefire comfort every time.

Runner Up

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Bemis is a quality heated toilet seat with features galore, like three adjustable heat settings, a built-in blue nightlight to guide your way in the dark, and a slowly-closing seat that eliminates that awful, accidental seat-slam. But Bemis takes the heated toilet seat to the next level with their STA-TITE fastening system, eliminating that annoying wiggle that happens on some toilet seats. The system installs easily with one wrench and even features grippy bumpers to prevent additional shifting of the seat on the bowl.

Pros:

• Available in both round and elongated designs
• Removes easily for replacement
• Front-to-back adjustability for perfect fit

Cons:

• Nightlight is not automatic
• Blue light is bright and cannot be adjusted

Hogue UltraTouch Heated Toilet Seat

Wallet-Friendly Warmth

This no-frills, dependable heated toilet seat gives you comfort on a budget.

Best Value

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For a warm toilet seat that won’t blow your budget, check out Hogue’s UltraTouch. Instead of using a padded foam design, this toilet seat features a molded-in, 12-volt thermal circuit heating element that raises the seat’s surface temperature by 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Simply plug in the unit and it heats up within a minute. And since it uses only 12 watts of power — about 20% of a standard lightbulb’s average requirements — it won’t run up your electric bill.

Pros:

• Long 6′ power cord
• Safe, UL listed transformer
• Resists staining

Cons:

• No variable heat control
• Only available in white color and round design

BioBidet Bliss BB2000

Because Your Rump Deserves It

If you believe you should spare no expense when it comes to posterior comfort this heated seat and bidet combo is for you.

Best Features

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The Bliss BB2000 from BioBidet Bliss BB2000 may have more features than your microwave oven, but everyone deserves a little self-care, right? This “smart seat” provides streamlined comfort with its adjustable heated seat and built-in bidet with an automated slow-closing lid. The Energy Save mode reduces electricity and toilet paper without sacrificing the comfort of BioBidet’s oscillating, wide-clean and pulsating message technology with bubble infusion.

Pros:

• Convenient wireless remote control
• Warm air dry feature
• Bidet offers three wash options

Cons:

• Small warm water reservoir
• Quite a bit of exposed hosing

BioBidet BB-600 Ultimate Advanced Toilet Seat

Some Like It Hot

This seat's integrated control panel makes it an innovative standout.

Best Design

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BioBidet is a leader in heated toilet seat technology. Their BB600 has a fully adjustable heating element instead of the standard presets, and it even has a kid-friendly mode for its dual-nozzle system. But we think the most significant feature of this model is that its controls are all located on an integrated panel on the right-hand side. Large icons on the primary buttons make it easy to choose between bidet functions and drying, while lighted selection levels make water temperature, water pressure, and nozzle positioning easy to see and track.

Pros:

• Features an Energy-Save mode to conserve water and toilet paper
• Available in elongated and round designs
• Quick-warming system

Cons:

• Non-standard bolt connections for round design
• Complex installation

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you burn yourself on a heated toilet seat?

Most heated toilet seats have a temperature control that maxes out at about 25 degrees above room temperature, so we’d say no. But if your house is hot to begin with, you may not want to max out the temperature. An ambient temp of 90 degrees would make the unit max out at 115 degrees, which is hotter than most would like, but it’s still not enough to burn you. Conversely, if your house’s temperature drops to 50 degrees, your heated toilet seat should reach a comfortable 75 degrees.

Will my heated toilet seat have more germs?

Though bacteria thrive in a warm environment, the heat generated by your heated toilet seat will not contribute to more rapid bacterial growth. The best growth temperature for bacteria is between 40 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, which is on the low side of average for a standard, un-heated toilet seat. Besides, most disease-causing organisms can survive for only a short time on the surface of the seat.

Are there health benefits to using a heated toilet seat?

Heat is widely used as a way to help alleviate symptoms of inflammation. Some sufferers of arthritis and back pain have reported a feeling of relief from using a heated toilet seat, as have people who suffer from leg cramps and hip discomfort.