Customer Reviews

Meal Ready to Eat (MRE)

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i was in the military for a year, this product has enough of anything u need 2 stay healthy for three days....on one pack....a great buy and an awesome choice for any outdoor activity....or disaster

These MREs are made by the same company that manufactures them for the military. They are just about the same product except they do not have the US government brandings. They make pretty good meals as well. Just realize if you purchase this and plan on heating your entrees, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE A HEATER.

Over the past few months I have become interested in disaster preparedness, especially since the blizzard of 09. As a result I went online and ordered a number of half cases of MREs to try with my family in the interest of determining which brands that I should purchase.

To do this I had all three members of my family taste each entrée and rate it on a four point scale: Check plus - very good, Check -acceptable to good, Check minus - I'd eat it, and X - I'd rather starve.

I also had everyone rate the general quality of the MRE on the same scale. This includes the raw amount of food, the overall quality of the side dishes (if any) and the sides, and the overall taste of the sides and snacks.

After eating MREs for the entire New Year's three day weekend these A-Packs tied for first place with the Sopacs. (There was one MRE that did better then both of these, but they are almost impossible to find and are expensive because shipping is not included in the price per case. Since these were originally made for a certain security company that used to be named after dark "water" and were sold after they scaled back their operations in Iraq you can understand their scarcity.)

The quality of the A-Packs is excellent. There is plenty of food. While there is no moist side dish in the A-packs this is made up through an increased number of snacks included in each MRE. The quality and taste of the entrée's was also very good, with one of them garnering an almost impossible to get check-plus. (Heck I'd eat that one pasta dish even if there wasn't a disaster).

With that said I have purchased a supply of A-packs in case of a "rainy day" and I plan on purchasing more in the near future. I also have a few cases of the other two brands on hand just in case. Remember that during a multi -week disaster situation you will need to eat a variety of foods to avoid "menu fatigue" - you don't want to get so tired of eating the same thing over and over to the point that you just don't want to eat anything. Thus it's a good idea to include multiple types of entrees in your disaster store for variety. You also need to remember that the U.S. government has stated that a person shouldn't eat MREs for more then 20 days at the time. So if you're planning to store more then three weeks worth of food you will want to include some freeze dried foods in addition to MREs. You will also need some multi vitamins as well...

Good luck with your disaster preparedness purchases. Remember, you need to prepare now because when a disaster strikes it is too late.

Yea, the quality of this product was great- but it didn't come with a self heating unit. Kinda POed about that...

The product arrived fast but the DO NOT KNOW the manufactured date of the product they sell. It may as well be 10 years old and they just can't answer. They told me to contact SOPACKO for the info they SHOULD KNOW.

I've had these MRE's before. there good. but I was looking to try something different. This isnt different. its the same old MRE without a heater. This picture is very misleading. Someone should fix that.

These are the real deal military. Not what they are showing
In the picture, they have 1200 - 1600 cal per pack and the heaters work great