I've been using a buckwheat hull pillow since discovering the Sobakawa pillow while watching an infomercial during a bout of insomnia over 20 years ago. I haven't been without one since, except for the past month during a 4000 road trip to relocate across the country. I ordered my new pillow last week. It arrived today, and I'm spending the day stretched out, allowing my neck muscles to luxuriate in peace again. I'll never go 30 days without my hull pillow again. Great Offer Stock has been my buckwheat hull pillow store for 10 years now. Always able to count on them for a quality pillow! Thanks, Great Offer Stock. The rectangular shape and dimensions are the perfect size. Not too big, not too small. Just right. I long ago because used to the crunchy sound, which was only noticeable for the very first two nights. I'm used to it now, and my mind doesn't register the sound anymore. It's simply my pillow. Those with chronic neck pain issues who have found that pillow of complete bliss will understand why this one is "the one" for me. I have cervical spinal stenosis and subluxation, for which I perform daily alignment exercises learned through the Egoscie Method. Both of those tools, one a physical support, the other a therapeutic core, inside out alignment godsend, keep me as pain free as possible.