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I have heard Wise Food Storage advertised on some of the conservative talk shows. I'm thinking of bug-out food, hurricanes, etc. Has anyone tried them? Comments? Alternatives?

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Dehydrated food is good for traveling light but no advantage for sheltering in place especially if you have trouble getting clean potable water after a hurricane.

I've had them send me a sample of their food, and I plan to buy some. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't home cookin' either. Also, Cabelas has their own brand of the same sort of thing, available in pails just like the Wise Foods products.

TxLobo wrote:I've seen something like it at a couple of shows that I have been to.. I don't think it was Wise Brand, but was still in the square bucket.. cost for the bucket was 99.00 I wished I could remember the company though..

You can be a Wise Foods franchisee, or reseller or associate....whatever they call it.....but I have seen Wise Foods for sale at a gun show before.

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I'm not affiliated with the company in any way, but I have considered it before, so I give the above information to anyone who might be interested. There's a lot more interest in prepping these days than ever before, so this could be a lucrative side business for someone.

Check out Costco. They offer a pallet of buckets, full of dehydrated food. I don't recall if they suggested it was a 9 month or 1 yr supply. The price was reasonable I think, but honestly have not really done comparison shopping. They will ship the pallet to the destination of your choice.

If you are worried about water then buy a Berkey system. You can store water in 55 gallon drums, trash cans etc. and just run it through the Berkey. In a pinch I feel confident enough to use rain water but it would definitely shorten the life of the filters.

rwg3 wrote:Check out Costco. They offer a pallet of buckets, full of dehydrated food. I don't recall if they suggested it was a 9 month or 1 yr supply. The price was reasonable I think, but honestly have not really done comparison shopping. They will ship the pallet to the destination of your choice.

Wise Foods guarantees a 25 year shelf life. Is Costco's that long?

I have heard that Costco claims a certain "serving" count but the "calorie" count is REALLY low for the price.
In survival food, calorie count is key.

I like Mountain House pouches. They are little more expensive but are REALLY easy to use and taste good enough that we eat them when we dont feel like cooking.
We kinda treat them like frozen dinners.

Through a ton of research, I only buy from http://www.beprepared.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. They have the best prices, cheap shipping and monthly specials.

Clean water is key. I have heard both good and bad about Berkey systems. I chose to go with a Sawyer .02 micron set up.

I dont think I can post other forums on here so PM if you want more info on a really good site.

AB

The Wise 60 meal bucket that is advertised to feed one person for a month, only provides around 600 calories(2 meals) per day.
I have them for my emergency supplies. But I'm planning on 1-1/2 buckets (90 meals) per person per month. I haven't tried the food but I'm sure it will be better than grass, tree bark and bugs.
Honeyville Grain has them for a good price and they have 10%-15% off sales very often.
Cope's Distributing also sells them at a good price.
Regards, OE

The Annoyed Man wrote:

rwg3 wrote:Check out Costco. They offer a pallet of buckets, full of dehydrated food. I don't recall if they suggested it was a 9 month or 1 yr supply. The price was reasonable I think, but honestly have not really done comparison shopping. They will ship the pallet to the destination of your choice.

Wise Foods guarantees a 25 year shelf life. Is Costco's that long?

Their food might be guaranteed for 25 years, but are you?

Hola Gato wrote:Dehydrated food is good for traveling light but no advantage for sheltering in place especially if you have trouble getting clean potable water after a hurricane.

I agree potable water can be a problem if you are not prepared, but there is an advantage with a long shelf life product that you don't have to rotate your food supplies.

AustinBoy wrote:I like Mountain House pouches. They are little more expensive but are REALLY easy to use and taste good enough that we eat them when we dont feel like cooking.
We kinda treat them like frozen dinners.

Through a ton of research, I only buy from http://www.beprepared.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. They have the best prices, cheap shipping and monthly specials.

Clean water is key. I have heard both good and bad about Berkey systems. I chose to go with a Sawyer .02 micron set up.

I dont think I can post other forums on here so PM if you want more info on a really good site.

AB

I don't want to overpay for anything that I buy, but I am not so worried about cost. The food would be a temporary solution unless things got back to normal. If the food is cheap and tastes horrible and you have to choke it down, what is the point?

If the Mountain House pouches are that good they sound like something I should try. Thanks for the tip AB.

Agree with WildBill.

The Sawyer .02 can filter thousands of gallons of water. I bought 2.

Worst case, I can just rough filter and boil water.

The Mountain House pouches and #10 cans I am buying have an expiration date of 2035-2037.

AB

Great thing about the MH, is that you can buy a pouch for about $5-6 and try it out for dinnner.
If you like it, you can buy a #10 (a lot bigger) for less.

I buy at the website mentioned before (no affiliation) but I think Costco carries a 10 pack of MH pouches too.

AB