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Your cart is empty.(Pack of 2) 15,075 kj. 3600 kcal per package. High energy value. Ready to eat. Perfect for anyone in the process of building a disaster / emergency kit. The SOS Emergency Food Rations are US Coast Guard approved and has a shelf life of 5 years from the date of manufacture. Content: Each package contains 9 delicious bars providing 410 calories per bar totaling over 3600 calories per package. Non-thirst provoking formula offers maximum survival capacity with drinking water restriction under all environmental conditions. Directions: Eat three food bars per person per day.
Sam Tracy
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2016
I bought these as part of doing research for what to include in some emergency bags. They're great on a few things, but taste AWFUL. Great as a Plan C in your emergency kit, if you're unable to cook normal food and already ate all your peanut butter and energy bars.PROS:- Compact. These are very small, so you could keep a lot of them in a cabinet or car for emergencies, or easily carry one in a backpack among other gear as a backup in case you need them.- Shelf life. Can last up to 5 years in a big range of temperatures, which is great.- Cheap. $15 for 6 days of food (2 packages of 3 days each)? That's a steal, compared to eating Clif bars or something (which also aren't intended to meet all of your needs)CONS:- Taste terrible. I told myself I had to eat a whole bar in order to tell whether it was doable, and I got it down with a large amount of water. I couldn't imagine eating these for days on end, it had sort of a fatty, greasy, taste and texture to them that made me gag a bit while eating (and I'm not a picky eater). But of course, these are emergency rations and not an energy bar, so taste isn't a huge factor if it's getting you enough nutrients to avoid death or serious injury.- Packaging. The large bag is not resealable, so once you rip it open and eat 1 bar, you have 8 (individually wrapped) small bars just loose in your bag. Also, the individual wrapping on the bars seems to be a bit permeable, as they had a slick feeling to them, which makes it seem like they sweat a bit while in my cabinet for a year.So in conclusion, great for what they are, but definitely nothing more than emergency rations. Don't plan on using these as a meal replacement or energy bar.
Kyle
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2014
Delivered as expected, really are only two months old so you're not getting older stock. Haven't tried them yet, and probably won't unless they're about to expire or I have to.Very necessary piece of kit for everybody, cheaper than MRE's, and ready to eat. While they do have less vitamins and such, I'd rather have a more of these than, dollar for dollar, the same amount in MRE's if I were stranded. $16 gets you one full day's worth of food in MRE's (if an MRE is ~$8/pouch) as opposed to 3.6 days worth of food (at full 2000 cal/day).While they weight the same as a standard MRE, they're smaller and more compact, which is a consideration. These also store for longer (5yrs) with more or less the same temperature durability as MRE's. I've never tried a 5 year old MRE, but the only MRE's I've gotten my hands on were on the brink of expiration, but the taste didn't reflect it.It's difficult to compare the two, also, because they're made to meet different uses, but there's plenty of people out there buying MRE's for stored food options and ignoring E-rats as a viable means of food for when you're stranded in the middle of no-where and its time to fall back on your emergency supply ( these are made for sailing, they fit that bill.)Not a replacement for when you're forward deployed and in the heat of battle for months on end.For that, MRE's will, hopefully, never be unseated and replaced with something worse.
frass
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2014
I needed some emergency rations for my backpack.I will first list the other bars I tried and then tell you about these.The first ones I tried were the Datrex 3600:Although they came in a nice compact package the cookies crumbled very very easily, you need some kind of technique to open them up without them crumbling and I didn't feel like figuring out some method to doing this as it is too time consuming and if you are out hiking or backpacking you don't wont to have to fiddle with the packages. Also, although they didn't taste bad, they were very dry and crumbly. And although they advertise that they wont cause thirst...you would want to drink something while eating as they are very dry. So I threw these out.The next ones I tried were the Mainsty 3600:These were by far the worst. First of all once you open the package all the bars are exposed unlike the SOS or Datrex which have the bars individually wrapped within the main package. So the food will have to be placed in a bag or such to prevent the crumbs from getting in your pack. Also, they taste terrible. I couldn't even eat 1/3 of one bar. I threw them out immediately. If you need food in an emergency you want something that you can stomach. These were awful.Third I tried these SOS bars:They taste the best of all the ones I tried so far. They aren't crumbly or dry so don't make you thirsty or needing to drink something with them. They have a very slight oily texture which allows them not to be dry or crumbly. They are also in a nice compact package and within that they are individually wrapped. And the wrapping is very easy to get off without breaking the bars to pieces.So to sum up. These bars were by far the best of the ones I have tried. Plus in this 2 pack they are slightly cheaper than the other two. I highly recommend them
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2014
As most reviewers have mentioned, these are nice and compact. I keep one in each of my bags and in each of the family vehicles.As to the taste, I had my family +1 of the kids friends do a taste test of these and another popular one. The packages were gone so they didnt know which was which (sometimes kids can "like" something because of pretty packaging). Family overwhelmingly picked the SoS rations. In fact the kids finished the package they liked it so much. These really are great tasting for what they are. We all know a huge part of survival is morale. If something tastes good it will put you in a better mood and help you survive longer.I highly recommend this to everyone, not just "survivalists". You never know when you will be stranded on the side of the road or in any one of the many other situations where you may need this. Keep one (or more) of these within reach at all times!
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