This is an awesome video! Thank you for sharing. I really enjoyed his approach to FRH. I've been putting my main entrees inside the FRH. I'll try his approach next time.
Re: FRH: To Salt or Not To Salt: That is the question.
I noticed in the video he has a pre-mix brine solution. I wonder if he preemptively adds the salt solution to each MRE. Do you do something similar or roll the dice and work with whatever FRH comes with the meal without adding salt?
Re: FRH: To Salt or Not To Salt: That is the question.
I noticed in the video he has a pre-mix brine solution. I wonder if he preemptively adds the salt solution to each MRE. Do you do something similar or roll the dice and work with whatever FRH comes with the meal without adding salt?
Rocky Raab explained, once the FRH got old moisture traveled thru the plastic bag deactivated the magnesium inside. So if the FRH got "old" (~5 years) add salt from the beginning.
But they can get too old so even the salt doesn´t work anymore.
Re: FRH: To Salt or Not To Salt: That is the question.
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2020 1:42 pm
by mikeoverhere
US heaters are the worst out there. New or not I always add premixed salt water. I often have to use two US heaters since I tend to heat more than one component. Ours still don't get items as hot as foreign FRH's.
Re: FRH: To Salt or Not To Salt: That is the question.
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:05 pm
by RockyRaab
Yes, I pre-emptively add a bit of pre-mixed salt brine to the water every time I use an FRH. It can't hurt, it very often helps, and if the FRH is so degraded that even added salt won't help, you'll know it within seconds. As you may have noticed in the lecture, I use an old Visine bottle, which is just about the right amount. A quarter teaspoon of salt, fill the small bottle with water, and keep it in your ration kit bag. (If you should forget and use it in your eyes, that won't hurt anything, either. Your tears are salt water.)
Re: FRH: To Salt or Not To Salt: That is the question.