I've been using Coast bar soap since college. I use body wash sometimes, too.. but Coast is my bath soap of choice. It takes me a while to go through a pack of 8 bars. Last year I noticed not only are the bars smaller than they used to be, but they've got this weird dip in the middle which I assume is supposed to make it easier to hold, but for me is totally unnecessary. It looks to me more like it's a way to fill the mold with less soap so the company uses less product in a bar and charging more money... just like most other products.