Please revise or delete your post as it is providing false information. On average, a full military MRE meal contains half-day of nutrition at 1,259 calories (43.3g of fat, 184g of carbohydrates, and 34g of protein). A full SOPAKCO civilian MRE meal contains 1,246 calories (33g of fat, 195g of carbohydrates, and 34g of protein). You are however correct that the HDR contains 2200 calories (days worth of nutrition)
I'll pin your comment to the top of the comment list so it will be first and others can read and learn. Thanks for the information, I try not to make too many mistakes in my videos, but it happens. Take care!
Ok "sam fuson" let me explain something about survival.. Sometimes when bullets are flying and your buddies heads are being blown apart. You can survive on 1200 calories and it wont phase you that you missed out on dinner. Case in point: americans in pow camps in vietnam would consider an MRE enough food for days.
Over a period of time and depending on the persons weight and energy use. We've used them for a day before because there is so much food and yes technically- it isn't enough over a period of time in a military MRE, and if a person is expending a large amount of energy. They have shrunk a bit as in the very old MRE's you got a side dish too like rice or some other which would increased the caloric amount. The lack of vegetables and high sodium makes them all inadequate in some degree, and fortunately the military has mess tents and halls to supplement with in war and peace for the most part unless in a serious battle situation to break it up and add missing nutrients. A lot of countries add vitamin tabs to the accessory packet which is a good idea. I would love to see the US copy the French and other European countries and have more and better quality food, even a bit gourmet. They deserve it. We pay a lot for the MRE's and though they are WAYYYYYY better than the older ones from the 80's-90's and of course the "first" hard tack and jerky, they could be better.
LOL it's a good thing we are all different and like different things. :) I find people eating MREs on RU-vid painful to watch! From my point of view I can't smell or taste through the video and I don't really want to rely on an opinionated topic like food.
To get an MRE that is more like a Military MRE there is the Meal Kit MRE if I am not mistaken, it has just about the same amount of items as the Military does, they may have changed them but that is what I read last time, about 1 year ago. Thanks for a good comparison of the 3 types of MREs.
The heater sleeve separates if stored too long; I bought a few from Amazon that were only expired a couple years but had some broken seals. Of course 1980s MREs didn’t have the heaters.
Had to look him up! He seems to be the king of MRE reviews! :D I normally do repair videos and tool reviews, just though I'd have some fun with this one. Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comment!
When I was younger, I was kinda picky about what came in an mre. Surprised they don't have ''kid's menu'' MRE's to better appeal to the differences in tastes from adult meals.
The US military MRE is not a 24 hour ration. The one you have is issued and eaten 3x per day. That’s not to say that if you were cutoff from civilization and stranded somewhere in a non combat situation that you require 3 complete MRE’s per day to sustain yourself, 1 would probably be just fine. I’ve never understood why they put out those Civilian “MRE’s” that are stripped down military MRE’s, but I would suspect it has to do with the quantity of calories, sodium, and some of the accessories in a single Military MRE are far more than the average civilian needs in a single meal. Probably an opportunity to make some easy money for Sopacko as well. I enjoyed seeing all 3 of those compared side by side and seeing the differences and similarities. One other note, I believe the humanitarian version is only made to be vegetarian because different parts of the world and different religions don’t eat certain meats and you never know where they could be be needed so to be safe they made them vegetarian.
You heating it up wrong. It goes inside the bag then inside the cardboard holder. I promise you your meals will be hot. I used these in the early 90s. Place main course inside bag. Pour water. Close. Shake. Put in cardboard sleeve. And wait.
@@1D10CRACY I mean, You have to have coffee right, I mean this is the army right !!! Do you remember the little box that had 2 chicklets in it ? In some ways I miss the army, Not the doing the governments evil work, But the activities, going to the field.
I'm on this video because I'm looking to buy one or the other of the first two. The first too I see on ebay for $60 a case which honestly seems like a great deal. Military MREs are the best in my opinion and I served 8 tears in the army and have had plenty of them. Problem is a case of those is double the price of the first two. Only thing that sucksnis the humanitarian MREs are mostly vegetarian rarely any meat ones apparently where as MIL MREs will mostly have meat in them almost always aside from the very few vegetarian ones. Get em before the price skyrockets.
Hey i think ur using the heater entirely wrong. Ive never eaten a us MRE but the canadian IMP (individual meal pack) instructions tell you to put the meal into the heater bag. Im pretty sure theyre the same heaters. Or at least they look similar. Idk id be worried about it not warming up enough
Meals Rejected by Everyone. I tried one in the early 90s. I preferred the old C rations. We often were issued three per day in the field. Were there matches in the MRE? In Nam, the accessory pack had 4 cigarettes and a book of water resistant matches. A good review. Good Luck, Rick
I don't recall the matches being in the Military MRE, there were a book of matches in the Humanitarian MRE though!. A few years ago you would always get a green book of matches and an instant pack of coffee. But the past few years they have been skimping out on the coffee and I bet matches are no more as well.
@Richard Ross, no matches in the MREs since they changed to the tan packaging and added the heater inside. The heater was used improperly. The mains have come a long way since the 80s though they have discontinued some things that were better than what they were replaced with. Troops on the go tend to field strip their raions to reduce weight.
I've noticed a few people asking where to buy. Just best sure to check on the inspection date. They put a date for 3 years past manufacturing date. Stored properly without extreme heat- 70 degreeish they can last for many years. EXPECTED to last 5, 2 years post inspection date. So make sure you get the newest possible. Store well not in a hot trunk or garage, or storage shed. They're a little fun to open because it's like a little surprise (even though you CAN look up the menus online lol ) treat with whaddja get? Cookies? What kind? Pretzels? Crackers or bread? Cheese or P&J?. or cheese and jelly.. lol They CAN last well beyond the 5 if done right but don't eat suspicious ones like if they are puffy, or an odor etc. Use common sense, some things rarely if ever go bad- some things are easy to spoil. But if it's looking weird, puffed out, or supposed to be vacuum packed and no hiss- watch out.
During a recent week-long power outage due to storms, the military handed out cases of the SOPAKCO meals in our town. They sucked. Only three different mains and no peanut butter, instead having two jam packs, and squashed poptarts. They really need to add more variety in those things. They were kinda old, too.
Yup! When you are hungry and looking for food, 1300 calories will keep you alive. Plenty as I've done it myself many times. Long term, probably not especially if you are burning calories being more physical. Check out the pinned comment.
the mil surp is the only ne worth even touching, the lqw sodium from sopako SUCK, it takes 2 of them to do anything and the heaters dont work , and the HDR is soy trash
For me, my favorite is the military one for sure. 2nd would be the Sopako, the heaters do ok for me and I never noticed the lack of salt, so that's technically a win for me. And I'm not a fan of the HDR, but considering they are supposed to be used in situations where people really need food and are hungry, they would probably be welcomed over nothing else.
Nah, that's not true. There's no chance in hell you lived a whole deployment of MRE's in the French forces. They would complain about the food and possibly strike.
