I have noticed they tend to leak and make a mess, not to mention the waste. Grrr.

Same with shampoo. I'd hate to have one of those land on my toes because their narrow base makes them wobbly.

Short squat bottles would have a bigger "footprint", cases would be bigger and more shelf space required. I think these products have long been in thin tall bottles, I agree they're too tippy and hard to handle. I spill and drop them regularly.

Some shower shelves aren't flat/tall enough or have ridges to drain bar soap, that doesn't help

Wavy grippy sides would help.

I quit having bottles in my shower tub. So much easier to clean up without them standing around. I use:

there is room to hang a razor between the dispenser buttons, or a scrunchy. I got the picture off Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Living-Products-76345-Dispenser/dp/B000FGI254/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1542059522&sr=8-3&keywords=wall+mounted+soap+dispenser+bathroom

but I bought mine at Bed and Bath and Beyond.

I had something similar to what Oklamoni showed at a hotel during what should have been a high traffic time. I finally gave up and used my own because there were plugs in everything other than the conditioner. I would have expected the conditioner to plug things up since it was thicker but it was the clear stuff that was the problem. Next time I visited it was gone. The idea was that in the handicap rooms it was easier for the guests than using those tiny bottles or opening the bars of soap.

I use one of those squeezable bottles like we used to see on restaurant tables for ketchup. I think it holds 16 oz. I bought several to help with cake and cookie decorating and found them so comfortable to use that I dumped the cumbersome shampoo bottle.

I guess I haven’t bought what you are buying that seems so unstable. But I have noticed that everything seems to come in either small or GIANT bottles and the large bottles don’t fit as well, especially with a pump added, in even in our large shower niches. I purposely had the niches built for what we thought were over-sized bottles of body wash and shampoo. Now it seems they are coming in even larger sizes. Grrr!

I find the fat non grippable bottle of Dawn difficult to use too. Also annoying is the bottle of body wash with a pump. Now the pump does not suck up after pumping and several drips escape. I just love the blue goo on the ledge and tile.

For shampoo this is one I recently noticed.

Old style non tippy

New style tall wide and thin, tippy and harder to handle.

My pet peeve is when they make the writing so small or hard to read and I can't tell which is conditioner and which is shampoo unless I bring my glasses into the shower with me (that makes me sound old, doesn't it?).

Its not only the shampoo and bath products that has gone wacky. My great grandkids like Sunny D. I buy a bottle or two every week. They had a narrow top that was easy to grip. Last week, I bought a bottle, and it is all filled out at top, and no place to grip, and the plastic has gotten softer like some of those water bottles you can buy, so trying to pour a glass for the kids, I had a butcher block full, and a floor full. I ended up pouring the rest in a pitcher. Then I scrubbed the butcher block and then the floor. Who on earth thinks up all these crazy shaped bottles. Needless to say, I bought my last bottle of Sunny D.

I may be in the minority but I like the newer Dawn bottles. The swoosh is very ergonomically easy, a thumb and index finger grasp in the indentations and it's held sturdily, even with a wet hand. Neither of us has a hand disability or grabbing difficulty.

We also buy the smallest size, it's light and easy to use. Someone having trouble holding any product's plastic bottle may find a smaller size easier to handle.

For dish soap I buy a gallon of Dawn with a pump on it at Sam's Club. I have a small dish soap bottle from the $Tree that I fill with the pump and keep on my counter. I keep the gallon under the sink.

Oh, hey, as an aside, I think I remember those Prell bottles were glass decades ago.

We use Dawn, and I don't think we've had any grip problems, but now that you mention it, I do think they are probably getting set down unevenly and teetering over fairly often.

I don't have any problems with bottles tipping over.

I too use the small bottles of Dawn. So much easier to use. I also quit buying the super sizes of laundry soap and dishwasher soap.

I no longer buy the larger sizes of Dawn either. The 18.4 oz. size is the largest I buy. If I want to fit it into my kitchen caddy that holds brushes and scrubby I would have to go one size down from that. But ergonomically the 18.4 oz. is fine.

I don't buy the giant bottles of Clorox anymore either. The few pennies saved aren't worth the hassle of pouring a small amount form a gallon jug.

We don't use body wash. I feel cleaner with bar soap. DH has a standard sized bottle of shampoo and I have liter sized bottles with pumps. We have different preferences/needs in soap and shampoo. So one bar of soap is always in the shower and whoever is using the shower switches it out. I have a vanity tray on the toilet tank lid. It holds my liter of shampoo and conditioner nearest the shower. Next come the soap trays for the bar soaps and then DH's shampoo. He takes it in the shower with him. I just open the door a crack and reach a hand out to pump a portion of shampoo or conditioner as needed. A few drops of water on the floor aren't a big deal. They dry with the ventilation system.

We use two ceramic soap dishes on the shower arm wall as shelves in the shower. Never had a problem with the tall skinny bottles tipping. When we redo that shower the plan is to add 2 corner shelves that also act as grab bars and keep the option of one soap dish on the shower head wall out of spray range.

What I've noticed is the plastic bottles of shampoo and conditioner are so hard that you cannot even squeeze them to get the product out.

I use the small bottles of Dawn that are called "trial", I have a pump that fits exactly perfectly on them that I use. It sits behind the kitchen sink...it's perfect! Crazy thing is that at Walmart, the small bottle is actually cheaper per ounce than the bigger bottles.

The worst bottle is the milk jugs from Sam's Club...how are you even supposed to pour milk from that thing?

We hand wash few dishes. I'm still using a small, old Dawn bottle, refilled from an tall and ungainly Palmolive bottle.

Another complaint: Who positions the rinse additive compartment in a dishwasher so that you have to use a funnel to fill it -- and you can't tell if it's full until it runs over (and has to be mopped up)?

Manufacturers are not giving the 'lady' (consumer) what she wants. WAKE UP out there! Opportunity knocks!

"you and can't tell if it's full until it runs over (and has to be mopped up)"

The dishwasher I have now is my first one to have this feature (it replaced a 24 year old machine) so this was very new to me. Heck I would not have even known what to buy if it had not come with a sample. :-) It has a little circle window that "turns blue" as it is being filled. I do think they could have made it easier to fill, but I have never really had a problem with overfilling, and it is easy to see when to stop.

Watchme - I thought I was the last person left on the planet who prefers bar soap! :)

The body wash/foam doesn't do it for me either.

Patrice, there's at least 4 of us, you can add me and my wife to the list. Though we each have a different preferred brand.

We use bar soaps, as well. Except in the kitchen. But my goodness, Cetaphil keeps shrinking the bars so that they hardly last a week. I'd like the option to buy bigger bars, (the size they used to be.)

DH and I now both use bar soap. He gets a rash from anything other than glycerin soap, and since I gave up on the tippy bottles, I'm using plain white DIAL bar soap. (I've been surprised not to find the bar soap making the shower icky -- no lye anymore? lol)

Bar soaps here, too. I've been using Dove since it first came out and my mother began to use it. Husband changes his brands, shops for a smell he likes.

Add another one. My BF absolutely HAS to have bar soap.

I prefer liquid. I use the bath puffs and nothing else foams up quite like they do (at least in my experience). Washcloths definitely are lacking for a really good lather. Plus I hate the soap scum down the shower where the bar sits. Just more I have to clean.

Us too, did the body wash with a pouff for a long time. Stayed at my Mom's one night, used Dove bar soap & a washcloth. I went home & threw our the pouffs, bought more generously sized washcloths and 3 or 4 kinds of bar soap. My favorite is Dove pink but I get bored and like to use the ones with pretty packaging you get at TJ Maxx. Right now I am using a grapefruit tangerine blend, it's so refreshing!

DH loves Irish Spring, lol!

chisue, I have a kitchen "hack" for the annoying spot free rinse dispenser. Go to Sally's and buy an applicator bottle for hair color or perm solution. They have long pointed spouts. Pour the stuff into that bottle and it works like a charm to put that liquid into that dumb spot free rinse compartment. applicator bottles from Sally's Mine is a tiny bit different.

While we're at it, I like bar soap the best too. I went through a phase with liquid body wash but I got tired of that.

I have one of those hanging racks in my shower and it has two hooks on the bottom. I found a body wash bottle that actually had a hook shape on one end, and I just keep refilling it. Regarding soap, I buy Amish soap on Amazon and I think it lasts a long time and I assume it's fairly organic.

The squeeze condiments bottles will work for the dishwasher rinse liquid, very cheap at the dollar store and Kroger.

I use mostly Cetaphil in both bar and liquid because of skin problems with soaps. I also use hibiclens which is always in the shower. Both of these are in a good shape and size bottles with a pump.

Since you are taking bar soap...My daughter wanted to start using bar soap. She said there is something that kind of grates a few flakes at a time so you don’t have soggy soap laying around. I checked, but can’t find anything. Don’t want to ask her with Christmas coming up.....Did you hear of a gadget like this?

Just google soap grater.

Thanks. Looks like it’s still a concept.

Actually, It looks like it came out back in 2011. If it’s dead now, there must’ve been a little demand for it.

Prell brought back memories. I liked the Prell in a tube. I have a couple of the tubes left and I refill them to keep in my travel kit. I SO much prefer them to dealing with shampoo bottles. And I did like Prell Shampoo anyway but it's gone. (Name is around, I know, but different formula since P&G sold it.) Dropping a tube? No problem. Drop a bottle these days? Problem. I refill small bottles for dish soap too.