I have a small bathroom and understand that they make the room look bigger. I also think they look nice and neat (I guess it's down to personal taste) but I wonder what the weight restrictions are....would hate to sit on it and break it off the wall. :o)
MrsC....I rejected the wall mounted one for the reason you give....but I chose one with the cistern hidden in a run of cupboards....not deep and I chose a sleek, short projection pan.....x
I've done some searching on t'internet and found one website that says as long as they are installed properly they will take about 30 stones!
I'd feel more confident if I knew of a big person who had one. OH sat on one in a showroom today (he's about 17 stones) and it was a bit springy. I wonder, though, if the displays set up in showrooms are fully bolted down. I suspect they aren't (just a guess though).
The bathroom sealant (or whatever it is) round my current pan has gone a horrible brown colour and it looks disgusting. It's definitely not what it looks like and no amount of scrubbing it gets it clean.
We are redesigning the bathroom and I do like the look of these wall-hung jobbies.