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12mp82
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Rations

Post by 12mp82 »

http://www.rationpacks2go.co.uk/individual-meals.html

Some good deals on wet rations in individual packs.

Some special offers as well :D

http://www.rationpacks2go.co.uk/individ ... offer.html

£5.95 fixed price postage though, so need to look at buying a number of packs to make it worth your while :mrgreen:
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I dunno, it doesn't say what the expiry or lifetime of these are.

I can see having one or two for emergency but for longer term I am happier with the approach to touring what you eat regularly as introducing something like this 'just in case' might be more trouble than its worth.

If like mountain house stuff it has a 25 year life then it's a different matter but I don't think it will.
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Re: Rations

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I understand that these things last for years as they are effectively the same as canning/bottling, I have eaten stuff like these in the past that are ten years old.

As part of the preppers motto goes, rotate, rotate, rotate! so if you are testing your system of bug in/bug out or like a bit of living in the wilderness (in the UK, hmmm) then you will be using them at least once a year.

I don't feel that paying over inflated prices to leave in a can for 25 years plus is the best way to go.
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Re: Rations

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KalPrep wrote:I dunno, it doesn't say what the expiry or lifetime of these are.

I can see having one or two for emergency but for longer term I am happier with the approach to touring what you eat regularly as introducing something like this 'just in case' might be more trouble than its worth.

If like mountain house stuff it has a 25 year life then it's a different matter but I don't think it will.
Have had an email exchange with Adam Priston over at their offices and got this in reply.
Of course, the packs have a best before of around 3 years from production, but they are fine to eat after 6, 7, 8 + years
That's probably more than enough for most people to store for using rotation of stores and for practice purposes :mrgreen:
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Trish52

Re: Rations

Post by Trish52 »

12mp82 wrote:http://www.rationpacks2go.co.uk/individual-meals.html

Some good deals on wet rations in individual packs.

Some special offers as well :D

http://www.rationpacks2go.co.uk/individ ... offer.html

£5.95 fixed price postage though, so need to look at buying a number of packs to make it worth your while :mrgreen:
That's not bad! I got 19 British 24 hour ration packs for £100 :)
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