DIY 24 HOUR PREMIUM SURVIVAL MEAL KIT - FOR GET HOME BAG AND BUGOUT BAG! HOMEMADE MRE.

[@onlyinparadise4613]

Excellent video showing us step by step how you make your MREs. Thank you! 🙏

[@idahoprepper]

@@onlyinparadise4613 I’m glad you enjoyed the video.. thank you for your kind compliment.. and thank you for watching!

[@lisamariesmith3610]

You’re a gift unbelievably kind and thoughtful person.

[@idahoprepper]

I appreciate that kind compliment! Thanks for being here!

[@jeffreyharville1918]

I would suggest: 1. place a wetwipe pack in each small bag, and two in the condiments pack. 2. include an extra two packs of water in the condiments pack, (I know, weight, but better to have it than not.) 3. A long handle spoon (the spoon from an MRE would work) 4. Wrap two feet of TP paper around a plastic straw and bend the remaining straw over the outside of the TP secure with a small rubber band, then place the whole in a bag of it's own. Over all your MRE would be excellent and I will have to try it myself! One question, what would the shelflife be on your MRE pack?

[@ArmoredXJ]

Great idea. It my military service I have used the “first strike ration” kits. The key take aways for those were 1) no cardboard or extra packaging to reduce need to field strip and 2) almost all eat on the go > no heater and snack/eat-on-move size. I definitely like yours better. I am concerned about the bulk and would love to see it be smaller if possible. I also like snacks between meals and the concept of eating on the go. I can’t wait to put some of these together for myself. Love it man. Thanks!!!

[@mellosings6180]

Best video on simple MRE ive seen so far

[@idahoprepper]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate that! thanks for watching and sharing!

[@pnwfamilylife2857]

Sweet idea, thanks

[@idahoprepper]

thank you! and thank you for watching!

[@ltoutdoorsman]

Dude that is super cool!! I definitely need to make some of these!!! You could probably sell those MREs on your website

[@Greyghost477]

Try adding squezable baby food packs ,like the rest and vegetables pouches and some kind of green multivitamin powder drink mix.

[@krisschrader9756]

Great ideas.

[@michaelellert4982]

Vacume sealer would make a big difference with the bulk of the kits but they look great. Need to make some myself.

[@craigorzel5181]

Definitely a great idea! Thank you for sharing.

[@idahoprepper]

Thanks for watching!

[@MrFmskroban]

Thank you for sharing your methods. I would be really interested in seeing how you prepare the meal from this. There are lots of videos about using USGI MREs, I'm interested in how you would prepare the homemade version.

[@donnapablos8752]

That is a great idea thank you very much. Don and Donna north idaho

[@bluefalconoutdoors]

I love this, but I would like to add something. to save some space, it might not be much but I would use a vacuum sealer instead of a heat sealer, and i would have added 2 more heaters. warm poptarts are amazing and that tamale warm is so good

[@MamaBearAlwaysPrepared]

Nice video 😊

[@Eurynomea]

Been making these for a long time using the Warfighter model of caloric & carb content. Plus, we have ready made pallets. 🤩🤩🤩

[@CanadaFree-ce9jn]

Awsome! Always liked that the Brits had a 24hr ration. I wish we had Tuna/Chicken/Spam packs in Canada but I have never seen anything besides the occasional tuna pack. Pop Tarts have no real food value, which means they will likely last a long time without the extra expense of mylar and o2 pack. You may want to put in a 1-a-day vitamin, or at least a 1,000 C+B tablet or power vitamin drink. I would say the mylar is largely un-needed as everything is shelf stable and come in it's own long term packaging. FoodSaver bags may be cheaper and easier to get (should one already own a Foodsaver machine.)

[@throwdownhard1]

Great job! I have done these 8n the past!

[@idahoprepper]

Thank you very much! I had fun making them! thanks for watching and sharing!

[@eddiehudson7043]

Great idea

[@idahoprepper]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate that! thanks for watching and sharing!

[@H.M.P.D]

Love your videos! Would be super interesting to see if you could make a video about your shooting and firearms training routine. Or in general how you would deploy and use your firearms for defence in a SHTF / Bug Out scenario.

[@idahoprepper]

Thank you so much! I'm sure I'll make a video like that in the future, thanks for the suggestion!

[@blakenelson5590]

This is a good idea the only thing I would do differently is include some matches and water purification tablets and also vacuum seal the individual meals with a small oxygen absorber.

[@scottpeskowitz]

Great video as always

[@idahoprepper]

Thank you so much.. I appreciate it!

[@dreb222]

Love the addition of the drinking water pouches.

[@krisschrader9756]

Salt content is huge. But if you're sweating in summer might be good.

[@LowBudgetYoutuber]

I thumbed up and like to share my complete emergency food and water supply. Take Peanut Butter, Trail mix with Chocolates, Honey, Jerky in a large gallon zip lock. Mix well. Grab bag of Flour or Corn Tortillas. For Water grab Tang, Electrolyte packs and Gatorade powder. Simple cause the last of us will be catching Rats anyways.

[@SamsquatchTactical]

I wish I could figure out how to vacuum seal a mylar bag. If you can do that then this would be awesome.

[@idahoprepper]

They have machines that can do it, but they’re expensive! Thanks for watching!

[@CzechSixTv]

For a pack meant to last 24 hours or less than a 25 mile walk home, meals are really just a comfort item. Snack bars that are high in complete proteins and low GI carbs, combined with electrolyte and creatine powder mixed into water, are generally lighter and will keep you moving longer. Together they provide steady energy on the go and greatly slow catabolism of muscle. From my perspective, if things are so bad that I can't call a ride, do I really want to be stopping to fix meals while my GF is home alone? Not that she isn't capable of taking care of herself, she is, but there's strength in numbers and I'd rather get there ASAP to start locking the place down. Now if I had to abandon my truck while bugging out from home due to a wild fire, that's a very different subject and a different bag I'd be grabbing.

[@JiggyjarjardoM77]

BBQ chicken... aka pulled pork.. lol 👍

[@Token_Civilian]

For a "get home" pack, a daily multi vitamin isn't needed. But if one were whipping up a bunch of these intended for longer term use, it might be a good addition.

[@jmupp2876]

Cool concept. Question, is that price including the cost of the clear plastic bags, mylar and absorbers?

[@acemcclane]

Awesome video brother 🇺🇸🗽✝️🦅

[@idahoprepper]

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

[@wyseguy77]

I love this! What do you think is the longest time frame you can store something like this before it goes bad?

[@MrFmskroban]

I'm wondering the same thing. Would vacuum seal help with longevity?

[@CanadaFree-ce9jn]

The longest time frame is the shortest expiration date on any one product. Now most things are good after that date, but I'd say pay more attention to the date on meat/fish items than dates on drink mixes,M+Ms, and the like. I'd say the mylar bag does little and is just an extra cost as all items are already packed to last to their expiration date.

[@Supercracker420]

Vacuum seal Mylar to save some pack space?

[@MCTNPrep]

I would advise not going hot and spicy, just in case your water supply is low. Overall great ideas.

[@donties9282]

Thanks for this video. I also made my own MRE’s. I vacum sealed every thing inside and also went for freeze dried food instead of “wet” packaged foods. And ofcourse all meals combined in a sealed mylar bag with oxygen absobers. I have a question because thats why i did choose the freeze dried foods. How about the shelf life of your MRE’s? I know mine are pretty long shelf stabile. Looking forward to your answer. Keep posting this video’s brother 👊🏻

[@Godisgoodmeditations]

Also curious re: storage life.

[@JO-rk5gu]

Military MRE's have a shelf life of 7 years if stored at a reasonable temperature

[@donties9282]

@@JO-rk5guyeah i know thanks 😅 but since this is a diy mre i’m curious about the shelf life of this kit

[@idahoprepper]

Im guessing, ( if stored properly) my MREs probably have a palatable shelf life of around 5 years.. I don't think I'd want to consume most of the contents of my MREs after that point.. Thanks for watching!

[@OzzieOz74]

So what would the shelf life on something like this be?

[@theinvestorssquad8752]

What is the shelf life on these compared to the military grade MRE's ? I know those ones can last more than 2 years with not so strict temp controls, whereas the store bought ready to eat meals usually spoil quicker if temps are off.

[@idahoprepper]

The expiration date on the entrees is 2 years.. about the same as can food.. so pretty much the same as MRE’s thanks for watching!

[@swiftlee5718]

shelf life on these MRE's but great video

[@randybrown140]

Military MRES if stored properly there OK, the other two are 🤮🤮. I make my own also. 👍

[@chuckv5150]

Just curious, what expiration date did you give it?

[@CanadaFree-ce9jn]

You give it the date of the item that will expire first. I prefer though to go by the date on the meat/fish rather than rice, drink mix, etc. You can always include the exp date for every item on the label if you list the contents. If using FoodSaver bags instead of mylar, just print out a paper label and you can read it through the clear plastic.

[@rayjay848]

Wet wipe with each meal would be better.

[@RimfireAddicted70]

Just curious did you look at what nutritional intake your kit was because that thing is so massively sugar loaded its crazy. It might be fine for a day but multiple days that's a real problem and with that much sugar water is going to be an issue. I'm assuming you accounted for the dissolve rate of all that sugar and how much water is needed to process. I know it would take away the idea the idea of complete separation of meals but I'd separate all the condiments together as the all the militaries learned making mre's they are usually the first thing to fail, so keeping them in each meal is just adding more fail points to the kit.

[@CanadaFree-ce9jn]

It doesn't matter if he did or did not. When you build your own, you will build them to suit you.

[@12dg]

What are tamales please ?

[@CanadaFree-ce9jn]

You don't know how to Google? How ever will you survive?

[@lucyalderman422]

With 3 meals wouldn’t you want 3 wet wipes for your hands

[@m70c00l]

Idk if id trust that sloppy joe hahaha

[@maryl234]

Hope you don"t have to eat all that crappy processed food long term - the salt and sugar and toxic ingredients will kill you.

[@dreb222]

Not intended for long term. The intention here is for emergency, any number of them, preventing starvation until a long term sustainable food source is identified and secured.