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Mountain House 72-Hour Emergency Meal Kit
Mountain House 72-Hour Emergency Meal Kit
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Brand: Mountain House
Category: Sports
Department: Unisex-adult

List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $42.56
You Save: $17.43 (29%)
Buy New from $42.56

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1336

Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 8.5 x 8.3

Model: 80694
UPC: 041133806947
EAN: 0041133806947
ASIN: B000G2TOMM

Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:
  • Ideal for emergency situations
  • Simple to prepare by adding water
  • Meals feature a seven-year shelf life
  • Meal kit includes three breakfasts, three side vegetables, and six 10-ounce packets of lunch and dinner entrees

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Ideal for keeping on hand in the event of emergencies, power failures, hurricanes, floods, and other unexpected events, this 72-hour Emergency Meal Kit from Mountain House provides hearty meals that are easy to prepare under challenging circumstances. The kit includes three breakfasts, three side vegetables, and six 10-ounce packets of lunch or dinner entrees. Featuring a seven-year shelf life, all of the meals can be easily prepared by adding water. Kit Contents: * Granola with blueberries and milk * Scrambled eggs with Bacon * Scrambled eggs with ham and peppers * Garden green peas * Whole kernel corn * Cut green beans * Beef stroganoff * Chicken teriyaki * Chili mac with beef * Rice and chicken * Pasta primavera * Sweet and sour pork with rice

Product Description
Ideal for keeping on hand in the event of emergencies, power failures, hurricanes, floods, and other unexpected events, this 72-hour Emergency Meal Kit from Mountain House provides hearty meals that are easy to prepare under challenging circumstances. The kit includes three breakfasts, three side vegetables, and six 10-ounce packets of lunch or dinner entrees. Featuring a seven-year shelf life, all of the meals can be easily prepared by adding water.

Kit Contents:

  • Granola with blueberries and milk
  • Scrambled eggs with Bacon
  • Scrambled eggs with ham and peppers
  • Garden green peas
  • Whole kernel corn
  • Cut green beans
  • Beef stroganoff
  • Chicken teriyaki
  • Chili mac with beef
  • Rice and chicken
  • Pasta primavera
  • Sweet and sour pork with rice

About Mountain House Freeze-Dried Foods
Mountain House creates their line of freeze dried foods by cooking fresh or frozen foods and then freeze drying them. All the goodness, flavor, and taste are locked in just if you had hand-made them yourself from scratch. Mountain House foods taste as close to fresh, frozen, or better, as you can get. Backpackers consistently rate Mountain House as one of the best tasting freeze dried food brands and praise their ease of preparation.




Customer Reviews:   Read 2 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars dont forget the water   December 20, 2008
Works as advertised tasted good and easy to use. But you must remember to have water supply and hear source if you want a hot meal. This does not contain either.


4 out of 5 stars Good food   November 7, 2008
I'd give it five stars but they sent 3 granola with blueberries and milk instead of one granola, one eggs/bacon and one eggs/ham. As it turns out, the granola is really tasty so I wouldn't mind three days of it. But they need to update the contents or inform that substitutions may be made.

Each entree has been good to great, in my opinion. The advantage of 5-7 years shelf life and lighter weight vs canned foods has to be weighed by each individual. I opted for both to give me somewhat longer than 72 hours before getting into larger cans of freeze dried foods, and to give me a lot of variety over a short period.



4 out of 5 stars Almost perfect   August 13, 2008
  11 out of 11 found this review helpful

Ok, the product is fine as advertised. It's an emergency supply of food for 1 adult for 3 days (remember to have enough water). I like to bring Mountain House packs with me when I go motorcycle camping or backpacking. They're light, easy to pack, and I enjoy them. Sometimes they take the role of "just in case" food, and sometimes they serve as a planned meal. The chili mac with beef is a personal favorite, as is the beef stroganoff. I'm not particularly fond of beef stroganoff usually, but there's something about a savory meal when camping. Mountain House meals typically taste better than many of the freeze-dried alternatives.

So why did I say "almost perfect?" Well, I'd prefer it if they sold this kit with the 2-serving packets. I'm usually moto-camping or backpacking with someone. It's super-convenient to have one package for two people. Less waste. On the plus side, it's not 5-serving packages like some other emergency kits. Since it's advertised for one person, this is expected.

Second, the vegetable packs (which are 2-serving packs, though I'm guessing are intended for a single person) are a waste for a home emergency kit. Get canned vegetables instead. The vegetable packs are great for backpacking, as they will help keep your digestive system happy. They don't come out quite as good as canned vegetables, but they're much lighter.

If you are debating between this and MREs, there's a few things to consider:
1) Personally, I think MREs don't taste as good as Mountain House meals
2) MREs don't require a stove and fuel (MRE heating packs)
3) MREs don't require additional water (true of canned foods, too)

I do have MREs occasionally for moto-camping, but not for backpacking, as I prefer the Mountain House meals.



5 out of 5 stars 72 Hour Meal Kit   June 27, 2008
  4 out of 6 found this review helpful

Read the hiking magazines or visit the outdoors stores and you will see that Mountain House is the premier maker of hiking meals. I bought this item because we were going hiking for several days and it's easier to just buy this collection than individual packets. The kids like the meals, and my kids are picky as heck. If you wanted meals for an emergency this would be perfect as well since it has a shelf life of something like 10 yrs.


5 out of 5 stars mountain house 72 hour emergency meal kit   February 22, 2008
  3 out of 6 found this review helpful

this kit is an outstanding value, with a good variaty of meals. i used the free shipping option and shipping was still quick and ahead of schedule. i am very pleased.

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