Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

After trying a lot of other products, I've decided to make this 5 stars. Alright, so I went ahead and opened this and started eating them. The oatmeal is pretty good. Close to what you'd expect if you were buying Quaker's oatmeal packages. There's only one flavor they offer, but honestly brown sugar is the best flavor, and I usually don't buy the multi-flavor packs. You'd eat one every morning. The milk is actually good. It's better than canned milk that you might buy for long term storage. It's great to add to the oatmeal when you want to have a bit of a change. You'll be taking one to two servings per day. There's only two bags, so be careful not to A) spill the bag or B) let moisture get inside it. The meals are a lot of noodles and rice. That explains the calories and price. The food comes in multiple packages, and each package suggests opening and cooking the entire package at once. I didn't do it, and I wouldn't do it in a survival situation, throw some sandwich bags in the bucket. The creamy chicken is probably the best, I like to mix it with the potato soup. The hearty vegetable mix was the worst part and it's acceptable for a bad day. I seasoned the first few hearty vegetable mixes because the flavor was clumped up in the bottom, and when I did eat the flavoring, it still didn't overpower the dish. The meals vary per day, but do end up feeling bland about ten days in. Ten days is as long as I went without breaking the pattern and it was not fun, but I've managed to keep about three days on and one day off this food source without feeling suicidal. I'd suggest getting onion, garlic, something hot, salt, and pepper to add to this. Makes it significantly better in terms of breaking monotony. If you're not going to eat it, do not remove anything from the bucket. You will not get it back into the bucket. I took out one bag of each product and put the remaining back into the bucket. It was full again. When you plan to actually use it in a dire situation, you wouldn't want to rely solely on this bucket, but it would greatly increase your odds of survival. Hunt and forage, supplement with this. You should consider stocking up a vitamin of some sort, any decent multi would work. If you are going to have a lot of physical activity you're going to want to eat more food. This contains a reasonable low calorie diet amount for an adult male of average size, but you would lose weight. Maybe pick up some protein powder, with fats in it too.