5ive Star Gear Meals Ready-to-Eat (12 Pack) Tactical Reviews, Deals, Problems and Guides

The entrees are very similar to current military issued MREs. All of the sides are the same in each MRE though so they can be a bit monotonous. However, I use them as a quick lunch out in Arkansas and Texas wilderness areas on extended hunts. They are filling, energy packed and are actually quite tasteful for an MRE. I would recommend this product especially since it was anywhere from $10-50 cheaper than other MREs.

There is misinformation by a commenter here. The Milspec MRE contains a total of 1200 calories per meal not 4000. Having eaten hundreds of these meals along with LRPs while on patrol, I can tell you there is no way I could carry 6 meals on a 72 hr patrol if they had 4000 calories. It would be three times the weight and I would have gained weight and I always lost five pounds on patrol so the civie MREs are essentially the same I ate in Nam just updated and without the pack of 4 cigs.

I gave this a 4 because I have not eaten one of the entrees but the items are well packaged and you could make one meal into two. Comes with an instant coffee packet, salt, pepper, etc...
Expect to be high calorie and for extreme emergencies I would say. Many of you probably have food stored already from the supermarket and other sources. This emergency bug out food.
The type you would put in your bug-out-bag.
My only concern is some of the entrees seem to have a spicy sauce/seasoning that would cause digestive issues, if a person is being treated for such, example Barretts Esophagus or such. Sounds strange, but in an emergency, your personal health is up most important.

I bought 2 cases of these meals 11 Jan 2016. As a test I opened a meal today 08 Jan 2018, and found not only the main meal, but the fruit had also went bad. NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL

MRE's ar good when yuo do not have options for regular food, some better than others. What is missing is the calorie count. The orignal MRE's issued to troops has around 4000 calories. In a stress condition they get burned off, sitting around no. There is no mention of the calorie count ior the variety in these or if these are the same as issued to our troops.

I'm new to all of this and well I bought these just in case stuff hits the fan, and well, each day it looks like it more and more. So what I got in my package was Beef Stew, Sloppy Joe and Hot Chilli with beans. I ate the beef stew which wasn't all that bad. The description was wrong though about the heaters. I'm assuming the heaters are those white packets that I pour water in to create the heat. It requires some water in order to heat it up but I haven't tried eating it without the heater so I'm sure they've made good on that part (I just like my meals hot.) I'd definitely buy more only wished they were a little cheaper but it is what it is.

I bought 2 cases, they were not exactly what I expected:
Pros:
-Both cases' meals included heaters.
-Arrived in good condition, on-time
-Crackers not broken
Cons:
-Chili, many varieties of chili, with some sloppy joe & chariso thrown in to make it interesting, both cases.
-No manufacture date. 7 year shelf life doesn't mean anything without that.

I was hoping for maybe a little more variety. But let's face it, these were bought for a worst case scenario so they will work

I am keeping them for a special occasion. I have not tried them yet, but I am sure they will be just as I remember them.

Good for what they are variety isn't the best but they are for emergencies 1250 calories is the same I had in the marine corps. Cold weather mres had the 3600 calories.