We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember benpost
saying something like:

the one that came with the toilet is a foam sort of material, like
what is used for packaging things in a box. different to the rubber
one in the wickes / screwfix link.

They're pretty much all foam type - they have to be to squash down
properly.

i guess it might be a cheap one b
and q sell with suites. for 2.99 i might as well get the screwfix
package, but what is that metal plate thing?

The plate is for some cisterns that don't have two holes for fixing
bolts, it is trapped under the big plastic nut and shorter bolts slide
into it and are passed down through the pan holes.