Angelcare
Soft Touch Toilet Trainer Seat
7.8/10 overallAround £15
A padded seat that fits over a regular toilet seat to make the jump from potty to toilet feel less daunting.
The Soft Touch trainer seat skips the potty stage's eventual bottleneck — the move to a full-size toilet, which can feel physically intimidating for a small child — by fitting directly over an existing toilet seat with a smaller, padded opening and side handles for grip and confidence.
Against the standalone potties in this category, this product assumes your toddler has already engaged with potty training and is ready for the next step, rather than being a starting point itself; it's best used once a child is reliably using a potty and starting to show interest in the "big toilet," typically a few months into training rather than at the very start.
The padded, soft-touch material is genuinely more comfortable than the hard plastic trainer seats some other brands sell, and the side handles give a real confidence boost for toddlers nervous about the height and openness of a full-size toilet.
What we liked
- Padded seat is more comfortable than hard plastic alternatives
- Side handles genuinely help nervous toddlers feel secure
- Fits most standard toilet seat shapes
Where it falls short
- Not a starting point for potty training, needs prior potty experience
- Needs to be lifted on and off each use unless left permanently attached
- Doesn't include a step stool, sold separately
Specs
- Fit
- Fits most standard round and oval toilet seats
- Type
- Toilet seat insert/trainer
- Handles
- Side grip handles included
- Material
- Soft-touch padded material
- Best used
- Once toddler is ready to move from potty to toilet
How we scored it
Comfort & Realistic Feel
How comfortable and toilet-like the seat feels, which affects how readily toddlers use it.
Padded seat and real-toilet setting make the transition feel natural.
Portability & Leak-Proofing
How easily it travels and whether it seals against spills and odour on the move.
Portable between toilets in the same home, but not designed for travel use.
Transition Flexibility
Whether the product adapts or converts as your toddler progresses through training.
Specifically designed to bridge from potty to full toilet use.
Weighted by importance for this category — see our editorial policy for how we test.
The alternative
Ingenuity
My Size Potty Pro
A realistic-feeling potty with a removable topper that converts into a toilet training seat as your toddler progresses.