Review of the MREStar MRE Meal Kit with Heaters

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Mar 292012
 


MREStar MRE Meal Kit with Heaters

There are six separate menus, and each menu is repeated. Although all the menu descriptions sound nice, unfortunately, they are not all tasty. As with our review of the A-PACK MRE kit, you would not want to eat these for anything other than a dire emergency. This really isn’t worth the $7.50 price per meal. Despite the packaging, they don’t seem to have real U.S. military components.

The Basic Facts:

Company name: MREStar of North Carolina
Product name: MRE STAR Full Meal Kits with Heaters – Case of 12 (Civilian MRE)
Purchased from: amazon.com
Purchase date: March, 2012
Purchase price: $89.99, which includes shipping
Number of meals in product: 12
Average price per meal: $7.50
Average calorie count per meal: 1,230 calories

The Pros and Cons:

  • Pros:
    1. At $7.50 per meal, this is now the cheapest of the MRE kits we’ve reviewed.
    2. At an average of 1,230 calories per meal, these kits have a very good calorie count.
  • Cons:
    1. There are only 6 different menus, each of which is repeated.
    2. The meals aren’t very nice and don’t come close to the taste of the other MREs we’ve reviewed.
    3. Every meal has exactly the same items for dessert: cookies, dried fruit and nuts. There are no proper dessert items.
    4. The non-entree items contain a very high percentage of sugar. For example, the Dried Fruits contain 50 grams of sugar in 56 grams of product.
    5. There is no bread item with any of the meals.

The Items in Detail:

MRE Menu # Main Dessert Drink
Menu 1 & 2 (1) White Chicken and Rice with Vegetables (1) Sugar cookies and (2) Dried Fruits and (3) Nut / Raisin mix Orange flavored beverage
Menu 3 & 4 (1) Chicken Noodle Stew and Vegetables (1) Sugar cookies and (2) Dried Fruits and (3) Nut / Raisin mix Orange flavored beverage
Menu 5 & 6 (1) BBQ Sauce with Chicken and Black Beans and Potatoes (1) Sugar cookies and (2) Dried Fruits and (3) Nut / Raisin mix Orange flavored beverage
Menu 7 & 8 Pinto Bean Stew with Ham (1) Sugar cookies and (2) Dried Fruits and (3) Nut / Raisin mix Orange flavored beverage
Menu 9 & 10 Cheese Tortellini with Marinara Sauce (1) Sugar cookies and (2) Dried Fruits and (3) Nut / Raisin mix Orange flavored beverage
Menu 11 & 12 (1) Lentil Stew and Potatoes flavored with Ham (1) Sugar cookies and (2) Dried Fruits and (3) Nut / Raisin mix Orange flavored beverage

** Each meal comes with a heater bag. The condiment / utensil package includes: spoon, coffee, sugar, creamer, salt, pepper, napkin and wet wipe.

Rating by MRE Reviewer: 1.5 stars
*1/2

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Good Review of the Eversafe MRE

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Mar 272012
 

Wounded Ronin gives a review of the Eversafe MRE on the Bullshido website. Money quotes:

  1. The entrees are the same ones you’ve come to know and love in the military version. However, the Eversafe only contains one entree, whereas the military version contains 2.
  2. The lack of the magic peanut butter and cheese is definitely a loss of value.
  3. Eversafes…guaranteed fresh, and pretty good for the price.
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American Preppers Network site seeks Volunteers

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Mar 262012
 

The American Preppers Network website is advertising for volunteer bloggers and blog moderators. At least one of the positions has a potential income opportunity.

For details and to apply for these positions please visit our forum post. (…)
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 Posted by wpadmin at 10:44 am

FoodStorageSurvival’s 10 Reasons to Prepare

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Mar 232012
 

The FoodStorageSurvival website lists ten reasons why you should consider preparing for an emergency.

One of the main reasons preppers are willing to put themselves in front of national audiences is to educate and help others be better prepared. (…)
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Reviewing the AmeriQual A-Pack MRE Meal Kit with Heaters

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Mar 222012
 


APack MRE Meal Kit with Heaters

The meals are very monotonous. Every single MRE package contains cookies, toaster pastry, peanut butter and crackers. To add insult to injury, all the toaster pastries in our pack were crushed. Furthermore, the case we received was old. It had a production date of June, 2011.

This really is an emergency meal. You would not want these for anything other than a dire emergency. In short, it really isn’t worth the $8 price per meal.

The Basic Facts:

Company name: AmeriQual of Indiana
Product name: APack Ready Meals – Self Heating Emergency Meals Ready to Eat
Purchased from: amazon.com
Purchase date: March, 2012
Purchase price: $87.95 plus $9.95 shipping = $97.90
Number of meals in product: 12
Average price per meal: $8.16
Average weight per meal: 436 grams
Average calorie count per meal: 1217 calories

The Pros and Cons:

  • Pros:
    1. This is one of the cheapest MRE kits we’ve reviewed.
    2. At an average of 1,217 calories per meal, these kits have a very good calorie count.
  • Cons:
    1. There are 6 different menus, each of which is repeated.
    2. None of the meals contain a side dish.
    3. They seem to be using the peanut butter to supply a significant portion of the calorie content in each meal.
    4. The condiment / utensil package only contains a wet wipe and a barely adequate spoon. There is no napkin, salt, pepper or coffee.

The Items in Detail:

MRE Menu # Main Dessert Bread Drink
Menu 1 & 2 Pasta with Garden Vegetables in Tomato Sauce (1) Oatmeal cookie and (2) Frosted Brown Sugar Toaster Pastry and (3) Peanut Butter Cracker Lemonade flavored beverage
Menu 3 & 4 Vegetable Stew with Beef (1) Chocolate Chip cookie and (2) Frosted Brown Sugar Toaster Pastry and (3) Peanut Butter and (4) Raisins Cracker Lemonade flavored beverage
Menu 5 & 6 Homestyle Chicken with Noodles and Vegetables in Sauce (1) Oatmeal cookie and (2) Frosted Brown Sugar Toaster Pastry and (3) Peanut Butter and (4) Peppermint Cracker Lemonade flavored beverage
Menu 7 & 8 Macaroni and Beef in Sauce (1) Oatmeal cookie and (2) Frosted Brown Sugar Toaster Pastry and (3) Peanut Butter and (4) Raisins Cracker Lemonade flavored beverage
Menu 9 & 10 Southwestern Style Chicken with Black Beans and Rice (1) Chocolate Chip cookie and (2) Frosted Brown Sugar Toaster Pastry and (3) Peanut Butter Cracker Lemonade flavored beverage
Menu 11 & 12 Spaghetti with Italian Style Meat Sauce (1) Chocolate Chip cookie and (2) Frosted Brown Sugar Toaster Pastry and (3) Peanut Butter and (4) Peppermint Cracker Lemonade flavored beverage

** Each meal comes with a heater bag and salt water for the heater bag. The condiment / utensil package includes: spoon and wet wipe.

Rating by MRE Reviewer: 2 stars
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