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Pros & Cons
Pros
They are pleasant tasting and i'm sure they have the advertised caloric and nutritional content.
Always keep somthing to defend your family. Look at all those people stranded on the interstate recently. A case includes 10 packs of 3-day rations, or 30 days of nutrition for a single person that will fit in a space about the size of 2 loaves of bre... Read More
These are an ideal addition to any car kit, marine kit, go-bag or emergency supply cache. The packaging is very robust and stands up for the 5 year shelf life.
Mainstay rations are an important part of a boat/travel preparedness kit. Also can be safely fed to dogs. Basic first aid, flashlights, water, and these rations.
These aren't just for tin foil hat wearers prepping for the apocalypse. Tough, but can be opened without tools, and can be folded closed to protect an unused portion. Each pack has indentations formed in the brick for easy portioning and is vacuum sea... Read More
Highlights
Quality
For emergency's this is a great product.
The taste of these rations is surprisingly pleasant, perhaps a bit too sweet for some tastes, while others may have issue with ... Read More
I don’t think you should throw them out after 5 years, but the quality of the nutritional value may be degraded though.
Label the box with the month and year it expires, in bold black marker.
Price
I bought them for my families get home bag, definitely worth the price!
Price hasnt gone up in 5 years either.
Packaging/appearance
The vacuum seals on the ones i received are all perfect, again thanks in part to the excellent packaging, i'd wager.
Starting with the packaging, the case of 10 packs came double boxed, presumably to avoid any potential shipping damage.
I was nervous about ordering this because of the bad reviews on poor packaging.
Overview
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- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 178 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 4 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I ordered a case of these for our emergency kit but we opened one to try it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They are crumbly and lemony as other reviewers have said
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Very dry but in a emergency they would be pretty easy to live off of
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They are only 1200 calories a day
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not enuff to maintain a high stress living but a xtra bar or two would make up the differnce
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You may ask yourself why i would buy a case of something that i hadn’t even tried…
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Well because even the worst tasting protein bar tastes really good when you haven’t eaten in a few days
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They crumble pretty easily when bitten into and taste like a sugar cookie not like grandmas
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