As we are aging, and with my wife's two recent knee surgeries, I was about to purchase newer, high profile toilets. I saw an ad for these new 3-inch high toilet seats and thought I'd try one. It was breeze to install and both the lid and the seat swivel up for cleaning (this isn't real clear in the description of the seat). It looks great (not like clunky medical ones). We were so pleased we bought another one for the second bathroom!