RCW Closure Device?

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RCW Closure Device?

Post by DIRTYDAVE » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:50 am

kman, do you have a picture of this "closure device" that is listed in the accessory packet breakdown on the RCW details page of your site here? I would like to see it. I am asssuming it is used to close up the components that are opened to be used later?

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Coffee
Cream
Sugar
Chewing Gum
Toilet Paper (2)
Matches
Closure Device (2)
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Post by kman » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:05 pm

I'll have to dig into my RCW stash and see if I can find one of the "closure devices". IIRC, it's a little plastic/cardboard disc that you slide over the top of the entree after it's filled with water. It doesn't really seal up the entre - it just bunches up the plastic and keeps most of the steam in.

I have a bunch of the newer MCWs but I haven't cracked any open yet so I don't know if they use the same closure device. But I did see one of these recently in a store:

Mountain House Pro-Pak
http://www.nitro-pak.com/product_info.p ... ts_id/1072

Mountain House used to be (and might still be) the producer of the freeze-dried entrees for the RCWs/MCWs. The "Pro-Pak" version is vacuum sealed like the MCW entrees and uses a ziplock-type of seal for closure.

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Post by DIRTYDAVE » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:47 pm

Thanks for the info!
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Post by DangerousDave » Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:07 pm

:D You can use this little rubber device called a "band". Imagine that. I bet Uncle pays $4.75 a peice for those little plastic thingies. :roll:

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Post by mreheater72 » Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:07 pm

Hi,

here is a photo of the RCW Closure Device:

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I have never tried to use it!

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