Emergency Supplies?

A couple of other decent sites are beprepared.com and mredepot.com. I've ordered from thereadystore.com and also from both of these two sites. I had no negative issues from any of them. You will need to note if any of your ordered products are on backorder, as it can take anywhere from 8 to 12 weeks to receive those items.




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Bravado said:


Looks good and pricing is right, anyone ever tasted this stuff?
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Yup, and if you have some decent recipes designed for stored food it is WA-A-AY better than MRE's. :D It's good to go. :thumbup: I bought the SR one year supply of #10 cans for $800 from Costco a couple years back. Every so often there is a $200 coupon in the monthly mailer. The unopened boxes make for an excellent sag-free box spring mattress replacement as an out of sight storage system that is also easy to get to in an emergency. Plus, after my experience from living on only MRE's and t-rats for almost four months straight during OIF1, I really do not like them at all. :barf:

I also bought their can storage rack when they had it at Costco which is extremely useful despite being the size of a refrigerator. Mine has two drawers on the bottom and 3 rows of cans with the metal rack on the top for additional storage. Something I learned about canned food (comparing before & after getting the rack and placing it in my dining room) is if you don't store it where you see it often, you tend to not use it much. Oh, and SR's customer service is top notch. I was missing a few of the spacing clips to fit a few more tracks of the shorter cans like condensed milk so they sent me out a whole bag of them for free that arrived 3 days after I called. Shelf Reliance is the Busse of food storage products IMHO. :thumbup:
 
Mountain house is yummy stuff.


I'm still waiting on someone to create a freeze dried water though. Critical in an emergency.
 
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AZTimT said:
Yup, and if you have some decent recipes designed for stored food it is WA-A-AY better than MRE's. :D It's good to go. :thumbup: I bought the SR one year supply of #10 cans for $800 from Costco a couple years back. Every so often there is a $200 coupon in the monthly mailer. The unopened boxes make for an excellent sag-free box spring mattress replacement as an out of sight storage system that is also easy to get to in an emergency. Plus, after my experience from living on only MRE's and t-rats for almost four months straight during OIF1, I really do not like them at all. :barf:

I also bought their can storage rack when they had it at Costco which is extremely useful despite being the size of a refrigerator. Mine has two drawers on the bottom and 3 rows of cans with the metal rack on the top for additional storage. Something I learned about canned food (comparing before & after getting the rack and placing it in my dining room) is if you don't store it where you see it often, you tend to not use it much. Oh, and SR's customer service is top notch. I was missing a few of the spacing clips to fit a few more tracks of the shorter cans like condensed milk so they sent me out a whole bag of them for free that arrived 3 days after I called. Shelf Reliance is the Busse of food storage products IMHO. :thumbup:
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How does the taste compare to the Mountain House stuff?
 
Bravado said:
How does the taste compare to the Mountain House stuff?
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I haven't yet tried the Mountain House stuff so I couldn't answer the comparison without being dishonest. I get the impression that the Mountain House is more of a bagged meal like an MRE but tastier which is great for many people, but just isn't quite what I was looking for. My thinking is this, with the preparation of a little bit of propane, wood or other fuel stored with a stove that operates on the matching fuel nobody should have to settle for the meal in a bag, even under less than ideal conditions. Having some quick food that requires no cooking is good, but we still cook when things get bad, even if it is not as luxurious as we may be used to or prefer. After seeing what it is like to invade a foreign country I observed that you can really only prepare for that which you are capable of surviving, the rest is not up to you. All the stored gold/food/fuel/clothing/weapons/etc in the world is of no use if it gets washed out to sea, buried by water/earth/lava/ash, crushed, burned, blown up or stolen/confiscated. :( In other words, plan and prepare, but don't sweat it too much as you will survive what you are meant to any way you can at that time, but it should be easier with INFI on hand if you can get it out of the safe. :p

As for the taste, I have tried a lot of other brands over the years. I will say that the Shelf Reliance is the best dehydrated/canned food for cooking from long term storage that I have tasted so far of anything out of a can or a bag. The dried fruit is their best stuff, but I had to quit buying it since I couldn't leave it alone long enough to keep for long term storage. :o

To put things in perspective, I bought a couple years worth of the more expensive ($1300/yr) from efoodsdirect a few years ago and I am still using it up slowly. They shipped it freight on a couple of pallets. They use a lot of big mylar bags for the dry stuff which is a pain once you open it as you have no way to reseal it and it can be a messy system. That required purchasing 55 gallon drums for keeping out rodents and storage bins for large quantities of potato flakes, wheat, oats, beans, etc. You can buy lids for the #10 cans though which is much smaller and easier to work with so Shelf Reliance wins in that department. Of course, you can buy most of the stuff in large quantities yourself from restaurant suppliers and just repackage it in your own storage system for your use as well.

I have since found out that you can pretty much do the same thing on your own with a little research and tailor it to your specific needs. In addition to pre-packaged food, stocking up on a lot of canned meat, dairy, veggies and fruit that you enjoy eating to rotate out as necessary is much more convenient/efficient, but definitely not cheaper unless you buy the #10 cans or large bulky bags. Also, having plenty of honey and/or sugar, salt, pepper, other spices you like, quinoa (very good stuff) and/or rice with chickens for eggs/meat and nigerian dwarf goats for dairy makes for a pretty complete way to live/eat cheap without sacrificing flavor. Don't forget the water filtration either. ;)

I do a lot of reading on backwoodshome and similar sites and I still learn new stuff all the time. Being self-reliant/prepared takes time and is a commitment to a change in lifestyle that while difficult at first, feels very free and satisfying later. I am excited to taste the produce from my first garden this year. I tasted some of the local farmer's market stuff here last year raised in healthy soil and it is a night and day difference in flavor to the bland, mineral deficient stuff we get from the grocery stores everyday.

Sorry for the long post, just trying to be helpful.
 
Bravado said:
Anyone ever ordered from this place? I have MRE's of course but I'm wanting longer food storage so I'm looking at the Mountain House Canned stuff, any suggestions?


http://www.thereadystore.com/
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i go to readymaderesources.com They are the authority, IMO, of end of the world shit....they have everything...i stocked up on mountain house cans and if stored correctly, outlast any other choice for food storage...it'll last between 20 to 30 years. i eat mountain house every camping trip and have tried all their stuff...its pretty good. when the world ends it will be just fine for taste. and people say it needs water and that makes it 2nd choice to mre's....but if there is no water you shouldnt be eating anyway cuz starvation takes 30 days vs dehydration/death taking 3-5 days....
 
Cappy2cap said:
i go to readymaderesources.com They are the authority, IMO, of end of the world shit....they have everything...i stocked up on mountain house cans and if stored correctly, outlast any other choice for food storage...it'll last between 20 to 30 years. i eat mountain house every camping trip and have tried all their stuff...its pretty good. when the world ends it will be just fine for taste. and people say it needs water and that makes it 2nd choice to mre's....but if there is no water you shouldnt be eating anyway cuz starvation takes 30 days vs dehydration/death taking 3-5 days....
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Geez, all the Mountain House cans are out of stock!:grumpy:
 
Bravado said:
Geez, all the Mountain House cans are out of stock!
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I sent a link to you for a place that has them in stock. Never bought from them and don't know if the prices are good or not.

Didn't know if it was OK to post a direct link for a product or not. Don't need an infraction. :eek:

EDIT: Looks like everyone else posted links, I will just put one up and take my chances, http://preparedness.com/mounhousin10.html
 
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You can check Ebay as well, they sell a lot of MRE's and other long storage type items. Someone may be selling these varieties listed here.
 
Super X said:
You can check Ebay as well, they sell a lot of MRE's and other long storage type items. Someone may be selling these varieties listed here.
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Sorry, I despise Fleabay, too may ripoffs, do yourself a favor and don't shop there. Also do a check here in GBU and you'll see how many ripoffs there's been. For that matter do a search on just about any forums website like candlepower or the USN.
 
Bravado,
Overall, I have had pretty good experiences as a buyer and seller on feebay. I run into an occasional flake. The fees have gotton rediculous and my biggest gripe with them as a occasional seller. There are always dishonest people no matter where you shop and generally, won't mess with someone with a history of bad feedback. I only mentioned them as someone may have the items in stock that you all seek and some folks may not realize they sell these kinds of items.:)
 
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