I bought this Bemis deluxe elongated toilet seat on April 21,2012. At first, it was a nice seat and we liked the easy clean and change hinge. But, on July 17th, we noticed their was a crack in the seam which is increasing in length each day. I would think that this seat should have lasted longer than just shy of 3 months. If I had known that this seat was only going to last less than 3 months, I would NEVER have bought this seat.