Yes I've considered switching. Non of the pet stores around me have it and according to them can't get it. So I guess ill have to order online and get some to try out. I had no issues before and I don't know if their quality isn't as important to them as it was before or if something else went wrong for stones and splinters to be in the soil. That brick smelled different too. It didn't smell like dirt. It was a strange. Smell. Like a type of wood. I have had bricks that smelled funny before and swapped them out quick but never any that actually hurt my hands.