What MREs do i have??

[Starcat]

In that case, you'd be FAR better off with freeze-dried meals like those from Mountain House. Fewer preservative but much longer shelf life. Lighter and pack smaller. Even better tasting, to be honest.

thanks. i've spent about a thousand bucks over the last month trying out some of these. mountain house, thrive etc.. i ordered a massive amount of food from epicenter and were doing taste tests now.

do you have any clue how i can get the real mre's instead of the TOTM ones from my military friend? because apparently thats all they have at the commissary

[cavguy]

I *think* it might depend on what base you are going to, I remember seeing regular MRE's on the shelf last time I went to the commissary on a major Army post in the Pacific NW. But that was awhile back too, things may have changed by now.

[RockyRaab]

I didn't mean to sound patronizing, if I did.

Our commissary sells both MREs and TOTMs, either singly or by the case. I don't know why other places wouldn't. Of course, it's possible your supply guy doesn't know the difference, and simply bought the cheaper ones. You might ask. Cases of full MREs should cost him about $90 BTW. A hundred bucks or so to you would pay for his time and gas.

[Starcat]

I didn't mean to sound patronizing, if I did.

Our commissary sells both MREs and TOTMs, either singly or by the case. I don't know why other places wouldn't. Of course, it's possible your supply guy doesn't know the difference, and simply bought the cheaper ones. You might ask. Cases of full MREs should cost him about $90 BTW. A hundred bucks or so to you would pay for his time and gas.

90 for case A and B? or 90 for just 1? If its 90 for just one its almost cheaper to get them on amazon

[RockyRaab]

Yes. They're $7.69 per meal. So a case of 12 is $92.28. But remember, that's for current production, properly stored meals.

Buying online might be cheaper if the source got them for free (for which read stolen) or if they're actually out of date. An item that's listed as a 2012 might really refer to the inspection date, which means it was produced in 2009 and is now seven years old. Worse, it may have been stored in somebody's attic at 120°F the whole time.

You're buying these for emergency use. You decide.