Great product and a good price
I've only seen one other site that has these online cheaper, and by the time you add shipping, it's about the same.<br /><br />If you've never had rations, then you need to consider taste. After all, this is something you might be eating a LOT of, if the need arises. I carry three days worth in my go-bag, another three days in my hunting bag, and I have another two cases in the pantry.<br /><br />Taste: Each serving of 400 calories is a "brick" of cream-colored powder that resembles a really thick sugar cookie. The taste is almost the same as that as well. They have a semi-sweet flavor. They're dry, but they're supposed to be.. and the advertising is correct.. they don't leave you thirsty either. I'm not really sure how they accomplish that, but they do it nicely.<br /><br />The taste is good and they do the job.<br /><br />Keep in mind if you're purchasing these for survival or camping, a normal human adult at rest needs about 1200 calories in a day, so three bars are sufficient. Three bars won't "fill you up." You'll still FEEL hungry, but they do the job of providing your body everything it needs to remain healthy for an extended period of time. If you're like me, a man who is "working" in the woods, they say you'll need 2500-3000 calories per day if you're working all day doing something like splitting wood or extreme hiking. If that's what you're doing, then you can just double or triple your intake for those days. If you had to work outside from sunup to sundown, you'd need a whole pack of 9, but that still equates to about 3 dollars for a day's meal. Compare that to MRE's which are about $6 per meal, and it's still an awesome savings.<br /><br />When we got these, we opened them up and tried them and I intentionally left the pack opened and placed it in a ziploc bag just to see how they'd last once opened. I've eaten the same pack over a month's time and they're still good and still do the job.<br /><br />My wife even started taking them like a protein bar for breakfast on her workouts (so I had to buy more!).
Rating: 5 stars