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    That's a handy size!
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheGrey View Post
    I'm bringing this thread back, because I discovered a pretty nifty site that would be handy for people making their BOB or car kits (especially if they don't care to buy in bulk):

    http://www.minimus.biz/

    This site carries items in travel-sized packs. It also carries survival kits, pet products, and toys/games.
    This is a cool site - thanks for the tip!

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    Wife and I did a head to head taste test with different marine survival rations. We ended up with the datrex bar packs as well for our vehicles. Not terribly good, but they are meant for the environment of a car trunk year round.

    We also have the aluminum water packets, about 1.5 gallons in each car. They are dense and freeze proof.

    Food and water are rated for 5 years just check for leaks/animal damage.

    No temptation to snack on the emergency kit.

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    Can you please talk a bit more about aluminum water packets? Where do you get them? How sturdy are they? How are they freeze proof? How much do they hold?
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    Perhaps he is talking about the mylar (I think) emergency water packets.

    http://www.amazon.com/Datrex-Emergen.../dp/B00ANY4EXM

    I agree with the Datrex Bar choice. I think they were the least offensive tasting, (kinda like a shortbread cookie) and the most important thing to me was the ingredient list.

    Wheat flour, Vegetable Shortening, Cane Sugar, Water, Coconut and Salt.

    (I don't know where the heck they put the water... but as soon as the bar hits your mouth it immediately sucks up every drop of saliva in there.) I have a few laying around in the typical strategic places.


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    Well, how about that! I've never seen these before. Interesting!

    Datrex Bars....ick. Coconut. UGH.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheGrey View Post
    Well, how about that! I've never seen these before. Interesting!

    Datrex Bars....ick. Coconut. UGH.
    I'm with you on that. I can tolerate a little fresh coconut, but the fake/shredded dried is just foul tasting and artificial coconut flavoring and heavy oils are foul smelling.
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    Yeah, I'm not too keen on coconut either. But I look at my preps as an onion. I'm in the center with the different preps around me. If I am in a situation where I have these bars in my hand and I am about to eat them... I think I can handle the taste, because at this point I have nothing else to fall back on and I am eating purely for calories to get myself out of the current situation.

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    Oh, I'm sure if I was hungry enough, I could choke them down.

    I'm going to do a little research and see about making my own granola bars or something.

    Heeey, look what I found!

    http://rethinksurvival.com/how-to-ma...l-ration-bars/
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    There are recipes for energy bars on that life hacks website as well.
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