4Patriots 72-Hour Survival Food Kit: Emergency Food Supply Designed to Last 25 Years, 20 Servings

Looks good
It looks like everything is there. I haven’t opened anything yet, so no clue on the quality. The box is nice, I had enough room to add a few other things I might need.

Wanted to give 3 stars but that’s probably a little harsh.
So I started getting the 72-hour kits in a monthly subscription just to start saving away a little extra food. Saw a good 4th of July sale and ordered a 4 week kit and some more 72-hour kits. I decided that maybe I’d better actually open one up and see what they’re all about. So I didI opened up a 72-hour bag and was surprised to see 3 large pouches. 1 pouch for breakfast, one for lunch and 1 for dinner. This confused me because the kit is for 1 person for 72 hours but I 3 bags with 4, 8 and 8 servings per bag. Maybe I didn’t research it enough but I would have expected 9 individual bags. 1 bag for each meal, each day. Why, in an emergency situation, would I want to make all these meals on day 1? Just doesn’t make sence to me.I made and ate the Mac and cheese. While looking nothing like the picture, not surprised, it was perfectly edible and I would have no problem eating in an emergency situation or any time for that matter. It was pretty runny and a bit salty but I had no problem eating it. Will finish off this kit in the next day or so.While I think these are great to have I think I may stop my subscription and look for something else that fits with my train of thought a bit better. I may end up right back to this though and I have no problem with that

Civilian MRE
Great product

Not really what I was expecting
Ok, right off the bat I want to say that I haven’t eaten these yet as they are an emergency food supply so I don’t know how they taste, but I gave them five stars for taste because I’m taking them at their word. And the thing that bugs me about the product could just be that the producers of the product had a different view for how these would be used than I did. But I purchased them for an emergency “go bag” for situations such as, after a natural disaster, or if I got stranded somewhere and needed to have emergency rations. The product is advertised as 72 hours of food for emergencies. There are three packets. One of oatmeal (presumably for breakfast), one of mac and cheese (presumably for lunch) and one of a chicken and rice meal of some kind (presumably for dinner). And one of the things that attracted me to this set was that it had “real food” rather than a 3600 calorie snack bar or other thing like that. But each packet says it has 8 servings and they’re all in that same packet. The outer package has a ziploc on it, but the individual packets of food don’t. So, I’m trying to picture just how this would work in a situation where I would have to divvy up the 8 servings to last three days. Once I open the packet I can’t reseal it. I can’t guarantee that in an emergency I’ll have measuring cups available to figure out how much to make so I’ll have enough to last. And if I make it all, then how do I store the uneaten part? I was picturing more of an MRE pack where they are individually packaged for each meal. And that would work best if I were stranded in a car, or in the wilderness, or even if there has been a natural disaster and I’m at home without electricity. The package does say that it’s great for camping, and I agree, that would probably work best. But there is still the issue of having eight servings in a single bag. So, I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to figure out the best way for this to work. And, realistically, in an emergency food is food. I hope it tastes as good as advertised.

Fast delivery! Good price! Waiting for an emergency to open.

This comes in 3 packets one for each type of food. For long term storage this is fine, but once that seal is broken you’re on a timer.I’m using these for camping, so I’ll be transferring them to ziploc bags – splitting up the portions, but the cooking instructions are for the entire bag.. so it is going to be a bit of math to figure out what the cooking time is, and then you’re going to need to eyeball it from there. Just keep in mind – once those internal packets are open, your 25 years gets a lot shorter. best eat it within a week or two unless you can vacuum seal it, and even then you should be wary.

We were disappointed to find that the kit is not individually wrapped.1 big bag of each.So, be ready to eat 72hrs of mac n cheese in one shot.This is very disappointing especially test in the description it claims 16 meals. Very misleading.