Just wanted to give you a shout out - I downloaded a bunch of yalls videos before I went on a submarine deployment last year, and they helped give me a sense of normalcy and adventure that I had trouble experiencing any other way. I'm so glad you're still making videos, and I hope that you're able to chase your adventures for as long as you want.
Your videos helped inspire me to kit out my jeep for adventures and also start making videos myself. I'm not entirely comfortable talking in front of a camera all the time yet, but I've definitely really enjoyed the process.
Submarine duty? I spent 21 years in the Army, and the only thing I would want to do in the Navy is sub duty. You are liked primed for van life or vehicle travel. Lol
@@russellrlf though I wasn't a great fit for sub duty itself, the learning to live for months on what you can fit in a duffel was a cool skill. When I go camping and I'm sleeping in the back of my Jeep now I can't help but think, "wow this is roomy!"
I completely agree that Patagonia Provisions are a car camping meal. I’ve thrown the salmon in a tortilla with cream cheese and veggies on the road to a destination many times. And I always have a Black Bean Soup in my car camping box along with a packet of cooked chicken breast. Add the chicken breast packet to the soup mix in the beginning of cooking, perfect protein boost to a simple meal on the road with no effort at the end of a hard travel day.
You are so smart! That sounds amazing. There are those days every once in a while when we get to camp too late to really be able to do the "full meal" that we planned. I see these as being perfect for those sorts of days!
Great video and great info. We have stocked up on some of these over the years as we live in western NY blizzard country and you never know when you might get socked in for several days. In 2016 we got 5 feet of snow overnight. ❄ Looking forward to trying a wider variety once we get out on the road again. -Aimee
Wow! That is a side of backpacker meals that I have never thought of before! I'm sure you know this already but some of these companies sell their mix in bulk and without the packaging.
Love your videos! Especially this one given the range of expressions with your food tasting. Have you tried Harmony House foods? They're a good outfit. Great for dehydrated veggies, soups, beans, etc.
Awesome review!! I loved how mischievous you looked when you were trying the desserts. If available try Happy Yak, quality ingredients at a decent price point.
Ya'll should check out Fernweh Food Company and their backpacker meals. Really good! I've not had a bad meal from them yet! Plus, their packaging is biodegradable.
Thanks for your reviews! I have a lot of Good to Go packages but have only tried the pad Thai and chili. The pad Thai was nothing like real pad Thai, more like Singapore rice noodles but tasted okay. The chili, like you said was missing salt but I also added shredded cheddar and sour cream. I’m going to try to add dehydrated cheese and dehydrated sour cream to see if it can be a backpacker meal for me 😀.
So many backpacker meals are loaded with sodium, which I am mindful of. There are a few that I’ve found that are TOO bad (relatively) speaking. One of my favorites is TrailTopia banana oatmeal that has 233 calories & zero sodium. It tastes good too.
no offense....but WHY would you take a 9$ oatmeal packet when you could take a 50cent packet or 2 for essentially the exact same thing? most of these could be created on your own for little effort and WAY less cost. i find the cost of these meals to be offensive, to tell the truth. love the vid as always!
Even cheaper and less packaging to bring a bag of quick oats, sugar, and some trail mix or whatever to put on top. You do have to have a container to rehydrate it in, but if you’re out more than a few nights the weight of all those backpacker oatmeal pouches would outweigh a plastic container by far.
It’s interesting that it seems Most of these could use some more salt or other spices… and that they don’t just put a few small packets of those in the bag that you can add to taste?… seems like a no brainer
Ohhhhhh you are right! That is such a good idea. Then you can add it if you want, don't if you dont! I mean Backpackers Pantry has plenty of options that have "extras" included... so why not some salt and a lil hot sauce?!
So with a @jetboil they come with a measuring cup, but we also carry this mug: bit.ly/3tf1EjB the cup itself (when you take it out of the sleeve) is a measuring cup!
So we are heavy sweaters on trail we often feel super depleted so even thought the salt content is high we add it to the meals and we add a supplement to 50% of all the water we drink on trail. For that we wither have Nuun or LiquidIV
YEAH?! Well we will have to try it. We just got what was available at the time. This past year there has been a bit of a shortage of these backpacker meals
We sadly dont have that luxury. There are some people who have mentioned they keep these in their car and home for readiness purposes in the event of bad weather that keeps them from getting to the store. Thought it was a solid idea and a different way to look at things like this
