I've have bought proabably a dozen of these pads over last 8 or more years, usually the 224 pack but regardless of the package count they were always consistently sized, thick and easy to open. This last batch, unless I made a mistake in ordering, is thinner, lighter, and smaller but worst of all, VERY difficult to open. Forget opening up the last fold if you have no fingernails or have feeble fingers like many 75 year olds like myself do. Unless the construction of these go back to as they were before, I'll be shopping elsewhere.