I used these tabs one day to get me through 10 hours of tractor work. I knew I didnt want to feel hungry but eating in 97* weather while working outside just makes me sick. I took about 10 of these with me and ate 1 per hour. I never felt hungry all day and got thru the day much better than others where I just drank water all day. For that, I'd use them again.
Originally, It was design as food tablet for downed SAC pilots and security teams, you are right it's a "Survival" food to be use for short periods of time. In the 70's, the bottle was kept in a extra canteen cover on web gear. Yes, they taste like shit and they change the mix a couple of time. I do miss the oat flour from the Original tablets, remember the Survival tablets- today, are half the size of the old ones. I use them when I was in SAC and had two bottles in my war bag. Good video.
i would use this as more of a supplement to the food i had...one or two a day just to help out the body but still eat other foods...just in case food is a issue or are not getting what you need
I was going to say the same thing. These tabs were made so that you can add them to your normal diet also as a way to stave off hunger when in a survival situation when you are trying to catch food and it's taking longer than usual to do so. If a lot of the people who have been on the show Alone had these, they could have gone a little longer before having to give up. As for me I have tried the original and not that great but the other flavors are better.
@@Isheian yeah, these survival tabs, are pretty much vitamin tabs. The proper kind, not those essential vitamin crap. They really are best used when pairing a food source with limited nutrition. IMO, you could still get a lot of nutritional value from normal survival situations though. So these would even be a emergency use item to a survival situation that becomes highly severe.
I like the way they taste - much of the study done on what is food and what is not food comes from studying Blue Zone tribes Most of them eather live the full life span of 122 yrs or close to it and die a natural cancer free death What the Dutch fed there soldiers & sailors as a main stay from 1750 to 1940 or so known as Dutch Slop was only 350 calories a day or so Those food Tabs were the result of studying the diets of Blue Zone Tribes - most subside just fine on 250 calories a day - Back in the 80s I had worked remote oilfield mountain jobs - about 3 times a week every one had the flue from November to February In the gulf of Mexico oilfields I had remembered some retired WW2, Korea field cooks said they had to feed troops in the cold mountain regions Dutch Slop instead of regular army food or the troops became sick and couldn't fight and often just died We recruited those cooks up to those man camps after I had remembered them saying that - after they changed the diets to Dutch Slop - within two weeks no was getting the flue and in a month every one's health recovered - The American diet is coined the Roman. Diet - to extract the 250 - 350 calories we need a day you have to eat 2-3000 calories of food a day - it's based on glutin and that's a micronutrient prohibitory During the Black Plague - the British imposed levitical law on the Brits population - at the start - it consisted of a glutin free diet In the end 100 thousand Brits died of the black plague out of 7 million people - on the European main land - they continued with the Roman diet 50 million of 83 million died - 25 million over came the flue or plague but it shortened there lives because of continued health problems over the yrs after The levitical diet imposed on the Brits they know now was a glutin and lectin free diet also they could only eat certain biblical meats - they know now it takes twice the calories to digest many meats like pork & tuna As it turns out the Brits were living healthy on 1/8th the food the Europeans were trying to eat Dr Joel Wallach said all the study's of covid are revealing it only effects those on Roman diets or glutin diets ( oat meal) is also in there it has proteine's that are about the same as glutin In the mountains in December it dropped to -60° when it gets cold like that you tend to have a continues hunger - down to 10° a bowl of slop at 350 calories was fine but after it gets cold enough we needed twice the calories to stay warm We gave the crews those tabs to munch on thru the extreamly cold days - once I and others knew about them - I always kept them with me I like the way they taste - I can't say for a fact there 1000% healthy - also I worked the offshore oilfields for 8 months - then went to the remote mountain oilfields for 4 months Between feeding the crews Dutch slop as the first mainstay & steaks when it was air dropped Those food tabs were awsom many of us after we retired continue to keep them with us on the road over going to fast food places - only eat one an hour or you will get consatapated lol
Yes they are. 20 years ago I had to survive on these the after I lost my better paying job. After 6 months I got a good job I replaced what I used. They are great in a pinch,I personally think they would work better as meal enhancement product. After just about 2 weeks tree bark was beginning to look good. By their selves I don't think so, but backing up a lite meal I think so. Also you should think about fiber tab to boot.
As CP stated the compact size & storage in harsh conditions, those 2 qualities give this product a special place in everyone preps that is hard to fill with any other product. P.S. if you buy in bulk you can get the price per bottle down below $30 US each, still quite high but considering the niche this product fills it is worth it is small quantities.
I would suggest a two day bag of the tabs, a two day ration bar(i like the ust apple cinnamon), and a few bags of the mountain house for a 6 day bugout bag. Start with a piece of the bar for breakfast, eat a tab an hour mid dayish(like 4 tabs over 4 hours), and a meal later on. If your alone the 3 serving bags can be split over 2 meals
I bought Ready Hour survival shots from Emergency Essentials. They taste like dehydrated chocolate slimfast nd have 120 calories per tab. $30 for 180 tablets. So 720 calories a day for 30 days, and 300% of your vitamin and mineral needs. Not a perfect balance of nutrients (9% protein per tab) but it is marketed as a food suppliment, so it could be good for if you have some food, but not enough. I might use it to stretch food.
Aloha CP. IMHO, these should be used in conjunction with other food/nutrient sources, sort of a compact back-up, like carrying a NAA .22LR revolver in your boot.....yeh, you can probably survive with it just fine, but you are not going to thrive or have much margin of error for comfort. Just as I would never rely on 1 source or type of source for making fire or light, food is the same, and these Survival Tabs fill a unique niche. Peace & Prepare Pax et Paro
Great review! I agree that the proper role for Survival Tabs is probably the same as Datrex lifeboat rations; a survival food not a preparedness item. The compactness makes them very attractive to keep in your day pack or survival kit.
As a backup to my bugout bag (which is heavy, so I don't tend to take it wherever I go), I have a 15-pocket Travelsmith travel vest which I have turned into a mini-survival pack. It has just enough of the most important things to keep me alive if I break a leg while hiking, get stuck somewhere overnight when out in a small open boat, etc. I find a couple of bags of these fit nicely in a pocket, and I can have a few of them with me all the time for emergencies when I was not expecting to be away from "real" food. For this purpose, they are excellent - portability is their number one strong suit. But I would not use them to stockpile for lengthy emergencies in a shelter-in-place scenario, there are just too many much better options. Their real strength is as a "just in case" insurance when you don't want to be carrying extra weight and bulk.
these are great for a couple days to get you through while you hunt, fish, gather. Also, its a great supplement for survival foods and not bad as a pre/post workout snack.
Well done review and I agree. It could substitute for traditional "life boat rations" but is definitely not a good value. I prefer the cost factor and non-thirst provoking attribute of the traditional rations.
To be honest, the only worthwhile use I've found for survival tabs is to stick in your pocket when you're going to be out in the deep woods for a period of time. This is when you need a supplement. If you're out on a long hunt, or on an exploration trip, will be out for several days, and have to live off the land at any point, these things are wonderful. Anyone who thinks living off the land is easy, or always possible, has no clue.But if such times as this are never on your list, forget these things. Eat real food, and take a one a day vitamin, if you have concerns. But, really, they are wonderful for pocket carry on longer trips when you have to live off the land for any period, and certainly for a survival situation.
Uses for this item that I can see; vehicle bag(stuck on the side of the road awaiting retrieval), any type of vesicles(boats), a packet in your bag, a containers worth in your pantry in case you have a bad growing season or really early/bad winter and your supplies run low.
I have actually not heard of these. I feel like this would be more of a supplement rather than trying to use it as a meal or some sort of replacement. Not sure the pros outweigh the cons, though. I don't know. But this is a great comparison, thank you for your honesty!
Armed Rogue Definitely a supplement for sure! I think its a product that has a purpose, just not being stockpiled in large amounts! Unless a person can afford it than have at er!
Excellent review. Very comprehensive and well researched. I agree with your assessment. I had looked in to this product when I saw a review on another channel.While I love the 25 year shelf life, it is not a replacement for Datrex bars in my GHB [in my opinion].
True but the pills are much lighter and last 25 years not 5 years and while not a meal replacement its a great for a back up as a supplement in an emergency use . I want to keep my bugout bag as light as possible so ill buy a small pack to keep in there
nice review , I agree with you ,they would be great just to keep a person alive until rescue but for long term survival I think a person needs a warm meal not a pill .
Earlier this year I bought 6 each of the chocolate and the strawberry packages. They actually taste ok; I wouldn't want them for several meals in a row, but as a mid-morning or mid-afternoon supplement, they work quite well. That's what I bought them for ... as a supplement. As far as taste or total nutritional content goes, I highly recommend the "Newmillenium Energy Bar"
Most of the advertisements I've sen for these are as a supplement to other food source. Namely rations which lack nutritional value. In this purpose I think the are perfect. Clearly not a viable stand alone system where high calorie fat and carb items are much better in terms of energy. But at same time many of those lack essential nutrition. Makes a good survival vitamin pretty much lol.
Exactly! I think CPs review is a bit lacking/misunderstanding. Its not proposed to be actual food by the company but as a supplement, very good one. Company probably expects people being able to understand this thus the comparison with other foods etc
I tested these in 2017 knowing bad things are coming,,I only took one tab every two hours for eight days and nights and never felt hungry once, since then I've stocked up on four years worth for the four of us.
@@de14jabs if you get a bad case of consatapation - get bottles of castor oil - with reusable syringe as used to give med to children - ( don't get the syringe with a rubber it will swell up and lock the syringe up) ( they have those reusable syringes behind the counter at drug stores - most will give you some if you ask for them when purchasing castor oil) put a little castor oil in a shot glass and suck it up the syringe and injected it up the rear - That's what some of the older men did when I did remote work - if you push to hard over and over for days of constipation - there is a chance of ripping open your intestints and bleeding to were you go into a coma from to much blood loss - or some times they would bleed to death - it's a very peaceful death when they bleed to death they just slip into a coma and are gone - To prevent that many just used castor oil when they went to eliminate
Testing these right now as a diet/ test. Basically I am taking 1 an hour as suggested, and having 1 mid-day meal of lean protein (chicken, salmon, etc) and a fiber like brown rice or lentils. Also able to supplement with vitamins, water, and veggies. Will see how well they work as a survival food, and general diet, as I feel that a reduced calorie diet combined with ensuring essential proteins and nutrients for the body is a safe and realistic survival scenario.
Well, they probably have their uses if you consider them as maybe a vitamin supplement with a very long shelf life, or something to take with you on travel to augment your supplies without adding much weight and bulk.
ok so I had an opportunity to try this product a couple months back at a gun show (yes I'm American). I tried the chocolate or mocha flavor and I thought it was surprisingly palatable. With that being said if I was dehydrated or otherwise lacking in my daily water intake they may be a bit rough to choke down. Now the way I would use these would be supplemental based on if I had other food to eat in a grid down situation. Now I did not purchase these at said gun show but the vendor was selling them for $35 for the large container. If that vendor is there next show I will probable pick up a couple and add them to my preps. I think integrating options into your shtf meal plan would be a good thing to say the least.
I used these on a 24 hour drive to Florida. I was not hunger, drank a gallon of water on the way. The taste was not the greatest by the end of the trip. They did do the job. I believe that Canadian Prepper is right, they would be good if you at stuck someplace and are not moving around very much.
I agree on the price being too high but i think the taste is great as i eat them all of the time and if one is trying to loose the weight they sure do work for that. Also if you live in a small Apt.then these survival tabs are a better choice as space is very limited in an apartment so you could store more food in less space.If you are not getting enough caloric intake simply eat more of them per meal.
I agree with You and the name of the product SURVIVAL tabs. I watched your entire video so I know they are far more than just a vitamin tablet ! small, easy to carry, well packaged, No fuel, No fire,No water required, 25+yr shelf life regardless of temperature fluctuation, Multiple flavours, Vanilla malt, Chocolate, Strawberry & Butterscoitch. One has to be palatable to me or others. I think you are right, best to keep one in my backpack, B.O.B etc.Again I agree Their for Survival more than being prepared and thriving. Thanks for the detailed honest review. YES I am going to buy some for sure.
PREPFORIT Yeah I think having a tub or two around couldn't hurt, I certainly wouldn't be stockpiling, but if a person has the money to spend then by all means get a few crates lol,
I wonder how these will hold up being kept in a car in Texas? I'm going to go with 5 years and then rotate them. Just put together a survival kit for my car and want to add these to it.
I'm thinking get home bag , car kit or maybe to supplement or stretch out your food stock; like MRE one day tabs on the other day, if food supplies are low. I agree it's to pricey and not made to thrive on.
Cool vid, had always thought that you'd be much better off eating rice, beans and multivitamins. I think that 'unless' you meet close to the RDI's we're not really talking about true survival foods and this goes for many of the main brands which are generally below the Calorie intake/day. Rice is closer to 3500cal/$ Rice [in Australia] is about $1US/kg, and 1kg of rice =~ 3500cal. [14900kj]
blogobre I agree man, rice beans, some beef bouillon and some salt... thats good eating. When I was a starving student that would have been cuisine. Oh and indeed, rice is a lot more cals than posted here, I was being as conservative as possible as price fluctuates and in relation to quantity purchased.
I could see these kinda replacing Datrix food bars and such. Good life raft ration? Would it prevent scurvy? I think so! Much less bulky and a reusable container
Thanks for the great review! I’m thinking a possibility for automotive survival package ie getting stuck or waiting for road to reopen ect. Anyways thanks again. 🇨🇦
I think they are a great stock items so you can send ppl away with nutrition and not feel bad about it. Here neighbor here's a 15 day supply of nutrition don't come back this is all I have or bad things will happen. Lol I prefer a clear conscience.
Isn't it 2 tabs an hour or something like that I read on their website 180 tabs is a 15 day supply 12 tabs a day times 240 cal and you can use more or less depending on your exertion level.
Interesting, I bought an assortment of the small packets after Wayne did his review / commercial over in the UK. I haven't had a chance to try them yet but I'm looking forward to it.
Hmmm.... Observation.... MyPatriotSupply now Ready Hour.... Has the exact same product except they are exactly half the amount of cals, quantity, nutrients, serving size, and servings per container, and price is half. But.... they state/claim they are also a 30 day supply. The math doesn't add up. ????
Obviously not a stand alone, yet with a higher vitamin and mineral content is hard to beat. Especially when your usual intake of V's and M's will drop to a degree IF anything where to happen and proper diets are no longer feasible.
I'd rather have a Snickers bar and multi-vitimin and mineral pill. More calories in a smaller package and nicer 😄 It won't last 25 years but my stock turnover is high anyway!
I just recently discovered these so naturally, I had to hit TH-cam to see if there were any reviews. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that CP already reviewed these about 3 years ago. I thought I was pretty savvy on this stuff but this is about the 5th product you have reviewed before I even knew the product existed. Keep up the good work.
Jamison Hammonds It has limited macronutrients (protein fats carbs), as I state in this video the purpose of these is to keep a person alive not maintain body weight
+MindOfGenius Mostly supplemental, they will prevent you from dying and your body cannibalizing its own lean tissue, keep your vitals going etc. Eventually though on the recommended diet of 12 tabs per day you would die of hunger, they are not a meal replacement just a supplement. Hope that answers it!
Working on shipments of cache store to be sent to Ukraine so if the country gets overrun resistance moments will have resources to draw outside the cities.
hmmmm. idk about supplements. its like robot starvation food. i even hate the idea of canned food... but id like to have these as a back up food for other people that didn't prep so i didnt have to give away my food.
i dont think most americans need to worry about not having enough calorie intake, most of them can easily rely on their on body fat for a long long time and supplement it with these tabs.
so its mostly powered milk with vitamins?, I need something for my auto immune kid, very low salt is critical also low sugar, non dairy and gluten free.. he's basically screwed.... almost everything is loaded with salt and sugar
Another great review. The world of supplements is disappointing in itself, let alone substitutes. Different nutrients seem to be processed and absorbed at different times and locations within the digestive tract, prompting time release aspects by certain manufactures. Then we have to address the issues of potency itself in regards to the quality and type of each nutrient. Once all of that is addressed, the price skyrockets and the shelf life plummets. That makes it difficult to find a win-win situation in the supplement world. We end up with pills that cannot be combined into the same pill, must be individually or small group packaged, and divided between daytime/nighttime regiments. Even then we are lucky to get a six month shelf life. What a nightmare for advocates of simplicity. As a joke one spring, we labeled our gardens, not by plant name, but by vitamin/mineral content. Surprisingly, by the end of summer we had at least committed to memory what fruits and vegetables provided what vitamins and minerals. It was a good exercise to allow us to realize what was lacking in our diets. To date, we have found little that is worth recommending in the form of supplements or substitutes.
Jamie Hitt Thats pretty good to see your garden in vita-vision. That sucks because I wanted to ask you what your thoughts were on long term vitamin storage...
Canadian Prepper Many individual vitamins have significant degradation of potency after only six months. This can often be compensated for by doubling or tripling the recommended dosage. It seems that the longer the shelf life, the lower quality and absorbability of the vitamin. We avoid the "multivitamins" altogether because many vitamins can actually have a decent shelf life as opposed to A, B, C, B12, Folic Acid, ...etc. That way, you only have to rotate a handful of volatile products every six months.
Anyone still read this? I suddenly started looking into these survival things in view of this current outbreak of the corona virus. I would like to have something like this handy if food suddenly dissappeared off the shelves of stores. I have an excellent emergency water filter if I found us without drinkable water and to have something with this shelf life, ability to sustain your life for days until situation improves would be good. Takes up relatively little space and not slow you down compared to those 5 gal pails. The last thing I'd be concern with is how tasty it is. I'm sure it beats a worm or grub (I don't actually know that) and I'll have to be many days into dire straits before I'd eat even a tasty cat or dog much less field mice, moles or rats. Birds first with the pellet gun for me if I don't snare a hare or squirrel. As a healthy ready life saver I'm ready to buy into them and like any insurance policy I'm trusting I'll never need to use it. Good helpful review.
I’d recommend them, I’ve stocked up on them as I’m incredibly happy with the ones I purchased. They ones I bought were Survival Tabs (no “The”) emergency food rations and they have an old timey style label with a crosshair beside the name.
Late reply, but I don't think the Armed forces are ill equipped enough to think these are necessary. There's only so much you can put a soldier through, before they go awol. As it is, the ration packs are fairly shit. good luck getting these men and women to do anything strenuous if they are eating this all the time. These tablets are for a shtf situation where you will die if you don't eat. The military already have a good handle on food logistics.
@@Fanta.... I know. I was being sarcastic. I but a few tubs and didn’t like them. Just to hit the bare calories needed I’d go crazy. Better off with lifeboat rations.
I used these tabs one day to get me through 10 hours of tractor work. I knew I didnt want to feel hungry but eating in 97* weather while working outside just makes me sick. I took about 10 of these with me and ate 1 per hour. I never felt hungry all day and got thru the day much better than others where I just drank water all day. For that, I'd use them again.
Originally, It was design as food tablet for downed SAC pilots and security teams, you are right it's a "Survival" food to be use for short periods of time. In the 70's, the bottle was kept in a extra canteen cover on web gear. Yes, they taste like shit and they change the mix a couple of time. I do miss the oat flour from the Original tablets, remember the Survival tablets- today, are half the size of the old ones. I use them when I was in SAC and had two bottles in my war bag. Good video.
i would use this as more of a supplement to the food i had...one or two a day just to help out the body but still eat other foods...just in case food is a issue or are not getting what you need
I was going to say the same thing. These tabs were made so that you can add them to your normal diet also as a way to stave off hunger when in a survival situation when you are trying to catch food and it's taking longer than usual to do so. If a lot of the people who have been on the show Alone had these, they could have gone a little longer before having to give up. As for me I have tried the original and not that great but the other flavors are better.
Ditto. Make a decent addition to a vehicle kit, say with ramen or some other subpar food. Great for a winter kit.
@@Isheian yeah, these survival tabs, are pretty much vitamin tabs. The proper kind, not those essential vitamin crap. They really are best used when pairing a food source with limited nutrition. IMO, you could still get a lot of nutritional value from normal survival situations though. So these would even be a emergency use item to a survival situation that becomes highly severe.
I have seen many folks review this product, your overall comparison and detail really is the most honest I have seen! thx 4 keeping it real, Lisa
livinright No problem, I wouldn't have it any other way!
I like the way they taste - much of the study done on what is food and what is not food comes from studying Blue Zone tribes
Most of them eather live the full life span of 122 yrs or close to it and die a natural cancer free death
What the Dutch fed there soldiers & sailors as a main stay from 1750 to 1940 or so known as Dutch Slop was only 350 calories a day or so
Those food Tabs were the result of studying the diets of Blue Zone Tribes - most subside just fine on 250 calories a day -
Back in the 80s I had worked remote oilfield mountain jobs - about 3 times a week every one had the flue from November to February
In the gulf of Mexico oilfields I had remembered some retired WW2, Korea field cooks said they had to feed troops in the cold mountain regions Dutch Slop instead of regular army food or the troops became sick and couldn't fight and often just died
We recruited those cooks up to those man camps after I had remembered them saying that - after they changed the diets to Dutch Slop - within two weeks no was getting the flue and in a month every one's health recovered -
The American diet is coined the Roman. Diet - to extract the 250 - 350 calories we need a day you have to eat 2-3000 calories of food a day - it's based on glutin and that's a micronutrient prohibitory
During the Black Plague - the British imposed levitical law on the Brits population - at the start - it consisted of a glutin free diet
In the end 100 thousand Brits died of the black plague out of 7 million people -
on the European main land - they continued with the Roman diet 50 million of 83 million died - 25 million over came the flue or plague but it shortened there lives because of continued health problems over the yrs after
The levitical diet imposed on the Brits they know now was a glutin and lectin free diet also they could only eat certain biblical meats - they know now it takes twice the calories to digest many meats like pork & tuna
As it turns out the Brits were living healthy on 1/8th the food the Europeans were trying to eat
Dr Joel Wallach said all the study's of covid are revealing it only effects those on Roman diets or glutin diets ( oat meal) is also in there it has proteine's that are about the same as glutin
In the mountains in December it dropped to -60° when it gets cold like that you tend to have a continues hunger - down to 10° a bowl of slop at 350 calories was fine but after it gets cold enough we needed twice the calories to stay warm
We gave the crews those tabs to munch on thru the extreamly cold days - once I and others knew about them - I always kept them with me
I like the way they taste - I can't say for a fact there 1000% healthy - also I worked the offshore oilfields for 8 months - then went to the remote mountain oilfields for 4 months
Between feeding the crews Dutch slop as the first mainstay & steaks when it was air dropped
Those food tabs were awsom many of us after we retired continue to keep them with us on the road over going to fast food places - only eat one an hour or you will get consatapated lol
In my honest opinion, they are more of a supplement with other meals and foods. Almost like a chewable Multivitamin with a HUGE storage life.
Yes they are. 20 years ago I had to survive on these the after I lost my better paying job. After 6 months I got a good job I replaced what I used. They are great in a pinch,I personally think they would work better as meal enhancement product. After just about 2 weeks tree bark was beginning to look good. By their selves I don't think so, but backing up a lite meal I think so. Also you should think about fiber tab to boot.
+Guy Keating Thanks for sharing that story, glad to hear they served a purpose for you
As CP stated the compact size & storage in harsh conditions, those 2 qualities give this product a special place in everyone preps that is hard to fill with any other product. P.S. if you buy in bulk you can get the price per bottle down below $30 US each, still quite high but considering the niche this product fills it is worth it is small quantities.
Excellent review, Survival tabs would be excellent for BUG IN situation such as on a roof top. God Bless all preppers that love freedom.
I would suggest a two day bag of the tabs, a two day ration bar(i like the ust apple cinnamon), and a few bags of the mountain house for a 6 day bugout bag. Start with a piece of the bar for breakfast, eat a tab an hour mid dayish(like 4 tabs over 4 hours), and a meal later on. If your alone the 3 serving bags can be split over 2 meals
I bought Ready Hour survival shots from Emergency Essentials. They taste like dehydrated chocolate slimfast nd have 120 calories per tab. $30 for 180 tablets. So 720 calories a day for 30 days, and 300% of your vitamin and mineral needs.
Not a perfect balance of nutrients (9% protein per tab) but it is marketed as a food suppliment, so it could be good for if you have some food, but not enough. I might use it to stretch food.
Aloha CP.
IMHO, these should be used in conjunction with other food/nutrient sources, sort of a compact back-up, like carrying a NAA .22LR revolver in your boot.....yeh, you can probably survive with it just fine, but you are not going to thrive or have much margin of error for comfort. Just as I would never rely on 1 source or type of source for making fire or light, food is the same, and these Survival Tabs fill a unique niche.
Peace & Prepare
Pax et Paro
kawikahokulani Good point K! Thanks for stopping by
Great review! I agree that the proper role for Survival Tabs is probably the same as Datrex lifeboat rations; a survival food not a preparedness item. The compactness makes them very attractive to keep in your day pack or survival kit.
I'm thinking Survival Tabs AND Daltrex together.
As a backup to my bugout bag (which is heavy, so I don't tend to take it wherever I go), I have a 15-pocket Travelsmith travel vest which I have turned into a mini-survival pack. It has just enough of the most important things to keep me alive if I break a leg while hiking, get stuck somewhere overnight when out in a small open boat, etc. I find a couple of bags of these fit nicely in a pocket, and I can have a few of them with me all the time for emergencies when I was not expecting to be away from "real" food. For this purpose, they are excellent - portability is their number one strong suit. But I would not use them to stockpile for lengthy emergencies in a shelter-in-place scenario, there are just too many much better options. Their real strength is as a "just in case" insurance when you don't want to be carrying extra weight and bulk.
these are great for a couple days to get you through while you hunt, fish, gather. Also, its a great supplement for survival foods and not bad as a pre/post workout snack.
I'd say one container per person in a household, but I agree with your assessment.
Well done review and I agree. It could substitute for traditional "life boat rations" but is definitely not a good value. I prefer the cost factor and non-thirst provoking attribute of the traditional rations.
To be honest, the only worthwhile use I've found for survival tabs is to stick in your pocket when you're going to be out in the deep woods for a period of time. This is when you need a supplement. If you're out on a long hunt, or on an exploration trip, will be out for several days, and have to live off the land at any point, these things are wonderful. Anyone who thinks living off the land is easy, or always possible, has no clue.But if such times as this are never on your list, forget these things. Eat real food, and take a one a day vitamin, if you have concerns. But, really, they are wonderful for pocket carry on longer trips when you have to live off the land for any period, and certainly for a survival situation.
I think this survival tab is very good for prepper... Its lightweight so you can carry in your bug out bag with other item..
What if you had these with rice? Would that then give you the mass you need with the vitamins from these tabs to ensure you can keep going?
Uses for this item that I can see; vehicle bag(stuck on the side of the road awaiting retrieval), any type of vesicles(boats), a packet in your bag, a containers worth in your pantry in case you have a bad growing season or really early/bad winter and your supplies run low.
I have actually not heard of these. I feel like this would be more of a supplement rather than trying to use it as a meal or some sort of replacement. Not sure the pros outweigh the cons, though. I don't know. But this is a great comparison, thank you for your honesty!
Armed Rogue Definitely a supplement for sure! I think its a product that has a purpose, just not being stockpiled in large amounts! Unless a person can afford it than have at er!
Excellent review. Very comprehensive and well researched. I agree with your assessment. I had looked in to this product when I saw a review on another channel.While I love the 25 year shelf life, it is not a replacement for Datrex bars in my GHB [in my opinion].
Prepper Potpourri Thanks and yeah the pricepoint on datrex is much better, probably similar in their palatability, but more cals in the datrex.
True but the pills are much lighter and last 25 years not 5 years and while not a meal replacement its a great for a back up as a supplement in an emergency use . I want to keep my bugout bag as light as possible so ill buy a small pack to keep in there
nice review , I agree with you ,they would be great just to keep a person alive until rescue but for long term survival I think a person needs a warm meal not a pill .
The idea is if there is no warm meal or good for a long period of time
Earlier this year I bought 6 each of the chocolate and the strawberry packages. They actually taste ok; I wouldn't want them for several meals in a row, but as a mid-morning or mid-afternoon supplement, they work quite well. That's what I bought them for ... as a supplement. As far as taste or total nutritional content goes, I highly recommend the "Newmillenium Energy Bar"
I appreciate how you focused on pros and cons. You have obviously done your homework. It's nice to see an honest review of this product.
Alex Meyer No problem, I wouldn't have it any other way.
I would be inclined to carry conventional food products over a over priced vitamin tablet as that is what these really are in reality.
MrOldclunker They have some macronutrients which make them a bit more than a vitamin but I agree that there are a lot of other options out there.
Most of the advertisements I've sen for these are as a supplement to other food source. Namely rations which lack nutritional value. In this purpose I think the are perfect. Clearly not a viable stand alone system where high calorie fat and carb items are much better in terms of energy. But at same time many of those lack essential nutrition. Makes a good survival vitamin pretty much lol.
Exactly! I think CPs review is a bit lacking/misunderstanding. Its not proposed to be actual food by the company but as a supplement, very good one. Company probably expects people being able to understand this thus the comparison with other foods etc
I tested these in 2017 knowing bad things are coming,,I only took one tab every two hours for eight days and nights and never felt hungry once, since then I've stocked up on four years worth for the four of us.
I had worked remote mountain oilfields those tabs worked well as long as you don't over eat them and get consatapated lol
@@able880 just found out about the constipation issue through use 🤣 definitely gonna make sure to have something to counter that effect
@@de14jabs if you get a bad case of consatapation - get bottles of castor oil - with reusable syringe as used to give med to children - ( don't get the syringe with a rubber it will swell up and lock the syringe up) ( they have those reusable syringes behind the counter at drug stores - most will give you some if you ask for them when purchasing castor oil) put a little castor oil in a shot glass and suck it up the syringe and injected it up the rear -
That's what some of the older men did when I did remote work - if you push to hard over and over for days of constipation - there is a chance of ripping open your intestints and bleeding to were you go into a coma from to much blood loss - or some times they would bleed to death - it's a very peaceful death when they bleed to death they just slip into a coma and are gone -
To prevent that many just used castor oil when they went to eliminate
Have these bad things came yet? Lol
Buy stool softener
Testing these right now as a diet/ test. Basically I am taking 1 an hour as suggested, and having 1 mid-day meal of lean protein (chicken, salmon, etc) and a fiber like brown rice or lentils. Also able to supplement with vitamins, water, and veggies. Will see how well they work as a survival food, and general diet, as I feel that a reduced calorie diet combined with ensuring essential proteins and nutrients for the body is a safe and realistic survival scenario.
Well, they probably have their uses if you consider them as maybe a vitamin supplement with a very long shelf life, or something to take with you on travel to augment your supplies without adding much weight and bulk.
I think we should have them wrap in bacon in donut dough like piggy on a roll that would be better 8)
ok so I had an opportunity to try this product a couple months back at a gun show (yes I'm American). I tried the chocolate or mocha flavor and I thought it was surprisingly palatable. With that being said if I was dehydrated or otherwise lacking in my daily water intake they may be a bit rough to choke down. Now the way I would use these would be supplemental based on if I had other food to eat in a grid down situation. Now I did not purchase these at said gun show but the vendor was selling them for $35 for the large container. If that vendor is there next show I will probable pick up a couple and add them to my preps. I think integrating options into your shtf meal plan would be a good thing to say the least.
mykalbee I agree a couple containers couldn't hurt, gotta diversify that portfolio!
I used these on a 24 hour drive to Florida. I was not hunger, drank a gallon of water on the way. The taste was not the greatest by the end of the trip. They did do the job. I believe that Canadian Prepper is right, they would be good if you at stuck someplace and are not moving around very much.
I agree on the price being too high but i think the taste is great as i eat them all of the time and if one is trying to loose the weight they sure do work for that.
Also if you live in a small Apt.then these survival tabs are a better choice as space is very limited in an apartment so you could store more food in less space.If you are not getting enough caloric intake simply eat more of them per meal.
What do you think of using these survival tabs as vitamin supplement with calories added?
I agree with You and the name of the product SURVIVAL tabs.
I watched your entire video so I know they are far more than just a vitamin tablet !
small, easy to carry, well packaged, No fuel, No fire,No water required, 25+yr shelf life regardless of temperature fluctuation, Multiple flavours, Vanilla malt, Chocolate, Strawberry & Butterscoitch. One has to be palatable to me or others.
I think you are right, best to keep one in my backpack, B.O.B
etc.Again I agree Their for Survival more than being prepared and thriving.
Thanks for the detailed honest review.
YES I am going to buy some for sure.
PREPFORIT Yeah I think having a tub or two around couldn't hurt, I certainly wouldn't be stockpiling, but if a person has the money to spend then by all means get a few crates lol,
I wonder how these will hold up being kept in a car in Texas? I'm going to go with 5 years and then rotate them. Just put together a survival kit for my car and want to add these to it.
I'm thinking get home bag , car kit or maybe to supplement or stretch out your food stock; like MRE one day tabs on the other day, if food supplies are low. I agree it's to pricey and not made to thrive on.
Prepare Learn Survive! I agree 100% for those uses.
Cool vid, had always thought that you'd be much better off eating rice, beans and multivitamins. I think that 'unless' you meet close to the RDI's we're not really talking about true survival foods and this goes for many of the main brands which are generally below the Calorie intake/day.
Rice is closer to 3500cal/$
Rice [in Australia] is about $1US/kg, and 1kg of rice =~ 3500cal. [14900kj]
blogobre I agree man, rice beans, some beef bouillon and some salt... thats good eating. When I was a starving student that would have been cuisine. Oh and indeed, rice is a lot more cals than posted here, I was being as conservative as possible as price fluctuates and in relation to quantity purchased.
I could see these kinda replacing Datrix food bars and such. Good life raft ration? Would it prevent scurvy? I think so! Much less bulky and a reusable container
Will these be for sale at the upcoming show in aug niagara falls
Thanks for the great review! I’m thinking a possibility for automotive survival package ie getting stuck or waiting for road to reopen ect. Anyways thanks again. 🇨🇦
It seems that these might be good to snack on in between one of your survival ration bars...
I think they are a great stock items so you can send ppl away with nutrition and not feel bad about it. Here neighbor here's a 15 day supply of nutrition don't come back this is all I have or bad things will happen. Lol I prefer a clear conscience.
LeeAnn Reichard They may be back rather shortly lol!
@@CanadianPrepper Thats when you blow a hole through their head and prop it up outside as a warning to others.
Strawberry is pretty good. Only used as a snack. Would buy again.
I admire just how fair that review was.
Isn't it 2 tabs an hour or something like that I read on their website 180 tabs is a 15 day supply 12 tabs a day times 240 cal and you can use more or less depending on your exertion level.
Interesting, I bought an assortment of the small packets after Wayne did his review / commercial over in the UK. I haven't had a chance to try them yet but I'm looking forward to it.
Paul Buikema Cool, just be aware that once opened they will only last a few months at best.
Hmmm.... Observation.... MyPatriotSupply now Ready Hour.... Has the exact same product except they are exactly half the amount of cals, quantity, nutrients, serving size, and servings per container, and price is half. But.... they state/claim they are also a 30 day supply. The math doesn't add up. ????
Obviously not a stand alone, yet with a higher vitamin and mineral content is hard to beat. Especially when your usual intake of V's and M's will drop to a degree IF anything where to happen and proper diets are no longer feasible.
I'd rather have a Snickers bar and multi-vitimin and mineral pill. More calories in a smaller package and nicer 😄 It won't last 25 years but my stock turnover is high anyway!
I just recently discovered these so naturally, I had to hit TH-cam to see if there were any reviews. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that CP already reviewed these about 3 years ago. I thought I was pretty savvy on this stuff but this is about the 5th product you have reviewed before I even knew the product existed. Keep up the good work.
waste of money. I bought some and ate 12 and an hour later I'm starving. my head gets light sugar gets low and I start feeling weak
+Jamison Hammonds Yeah I don't like the taste much either, that said so long as you were hydrated they would keep you alive!
+Canadian Prepper I guess. your body needs real food. that's just overrated vitamin supplements that's all
Jamison Hammonds It has limited macronutrients (protein fats carbs), as I state in this video the purpose of these is to keep a person alive not maintain body weight
Glad to see a review on these Canadian Prepper.
Have you reviewed Survival Shot by Ready Hour?
I agree especially at 6:50 that chart from them is really bad.
Agreed
So, would these be best as, say, an additive to whatever emergency food rations you have? A good "snack to hold you over"?
+MindOfGenius Mostly supplemental, they will prevent you from dying and your body cannibalizing its own lean tissue, keep your vitals going etc. Eventually though on the recommended diet of 12 tabs per day you would die of hunger, they are not a meal replacement just a supplement. Hope that answers it!
Canadian Prepper
A supplement; yup, answers it perfectly, thanks!
THANKS for the HONEST review!!! I will be following your blog & have subscribed to your page.
A few maybe the better put your money to beef jerky and peanut butter
Milk powder good for 25 years?
Very good review, I just have to compliment your very Canadian accent, coming from another Canadian :)
Aanii - aniishnaa?
These things will probably be plenty usable 50 years after the expiration date if stored properly.
Great review CP Imho these would be ok in an emergency however not in the long term.
I appreciate the honest review. Well done.
Working on shipments of cache store to be sent to Ukraine so if the country gets
overrun resistance moments will have resources to draw outside the cities.
hmmmm. idk about supplements. its like robot starvation food. i even hate the idea of canned food... but id like to have these as a back up food for other people that didn't prep so i didnt have to give away my food.
Flesh eating burrfoot trail bandit I agree, one container of these in the basement that you forget about may not be a bad idea though...
i dont think most americans need to worry about not having enough calorie intake, most of them can easily rely on their on body fat for a long long time and supplement it with these tabs.
I use these in place of daily vitamins in the field,its something to chew.....
I would buy it on bulk and use it as multivitamin & quick energy boost
Great review. Thanks
I think I need those tablets. Thanks for the review.
so its mostly powered milk with vitamins?, I need something for my auto immune kid, very low salt is critical also low sugar, non dairy and gluten free.. he's basically screwed.... almost everything is loaded with salt and sugar
✰ Truther ✰ These are gluten free as far as I know.
+✰ Truther ✰ I don't understand how he could be screwed when there's vegan protein bars available. Just stock them according to expiration date.
The real question is, are they more palatable and nutritious than an SOS Emergency food ration
Agreed the price is too high it should be maximum $23-27
Another great review. The world of supplements is disappointing in itself, let alone substitutes. Different nutrients seem to be processed and absorbed at different times and locations within the digestive tract, prompting time release aspects by certain manufactures. Then we have to address the issues of potency itself in regards to the quality and type of each nutrient. Once all of that is addressed, the price skyrockets and the shelf life plummets. That makes it difficult to find a win-win situation in the supplement world. We end up with pills that cannot be combined into the same pill, must be individually or small group packaged, and divided between daytime/nighttime regiments. Even then we are lucky to get a six month shelf life. What a nightmare for advocates of simplicity. As a joke one spring, we labeled our gardens, not by plant name, but by vitamin/mineral content. Surprisingly, by the end of summer we had at least committed to memory what fruits and vegetables provided what vitamins and minerals. It was a good exercise to allow us to realize what was lacking in our diets. To date, we have found little that is worth recommending in the form of supplements or substitutes.
Jamie Hitt Thats pretty good to see your garden in vita-vision. That sucks because I wanted to ask you what your thoughts were on long term vitamin storage...
Canadian Prepper Many individual vitamins have significant degradation of potency after only six months. This can often be compensated for by doubling or tripling the recommended dosage. It seems that the longer the shelf life, the lower quality and absorbability of the vitamin. We avoid the "multivitamins" altogether because many vitamins can actually have a decent shelf life as opposed to A, B, C, B12, Folic Acid, ...etc. That way, you only have to rotate a handful of volatile products every six months.
thanks for the honest review!!
Break them apart mix them in with cornflakes and you’ve got human kibble
@Canadian Prepper
Great review. thanks!
Anyone still read this? I suddenly started looking into these survival things in view of this current outbreak of the corona virus. I would like to have something like this handy if food suddenly dissappeared off the shelves of stores. I have an excellent emergency water filter if I found us without drinkable water and to have something with this shelf life, ability to sustain your life for days until situation improves would be good. Takes up relatively little space and not slow you down compared to those 5 gal pails. The last thing I'd be concern with is how tasty it is. I'm sure it beats a worm or grub (I don't actually know that) and I'll have to be many days into dire straits before I'd eat even a tasty cat or dog much less field mice, moles or rats. Birds first with the pellet gun for me if I don't snare a hare or squirrel. As a healthy ready life saver I'm ready to buy into them and like any insurance policy I'm trusting I'll never need to use it. Good helpful review.
I’d recommend them, I’ve stocked up on them as I’m incredibly happy with the ones I purchased. They ones I bought were Survival Tabs (no “The”) emergency food rations and they have an old timey style label with a crosshair beside the name.
It is not a survival food. Survival is where you need the best. These tabs are bullshit.
Gee, notice how good looking and perfect the people are in their ad? Hmmmm..maybe if I purcchase$$$ some I will look that good, too!
rickyboyz100 They are well beyond merely surviving thats for sure!
LOL, yep
Just fill the bottle with cooked rice in vacuum sealed bags and its better
Thanks!
Might be kind of cool to have if they were way cheaper.
You should do more giveaway
This product is a joke and we all know it. It’s actually a two day food supply eating what many say is tasteless and demoralizing.
Wow. Hmmmm. Cool.
VEGETABLE OIL??....fuel tabs for the fire then.
Mountain house all the way
Lol, they are 96 bucks now on amazon.
Canadian Prepper U.S patent 3951134. U.S. patent 6506148. Look it up and warn humanity. Stay safe everyone.
Nice honest review. If this is truly such a great food replacement, why hasn't the military replaced their MREs with these tabs?
Late reply, but I don't think the Armed forces are ill equipped enough to think these are necessary. There's only so much you can put a soldier through, before they go awol. As it is, the ration packs are fairly shit. good luck getting these men and women to do anything strenuous if they are eating this all the time. These tablets are for a shtf situation where you will die if you don't eat. The military already have a good handle on food logistics.
@@Fanta.... I know. I was being sarcastic. I but a few tubs and didn’t like them. Just to hit the bare calories needed I’d go crazy. Better off with lifeboat rations.
I eat like 30 of these a day, way better then the new sour skittles
can you grind these up to put in other to make food last longer?
Looks like it contains lactose.
Its not worth the price and i will not pay 40 $ on it it's not worth it
TO HARD FOR MY OLD TEETH :(
Could you not break them down into some water and drink it? Just and idea
I tried these. They gave me the poops.
God those loud DING noises ppl do to engage viewers make me wanna rip off my head.
Lmao I guess that teaches me to watch YT when I have a migraine >.>
lol, plug and play
Jean-Matieu Godin hehe it seemed fitting
😉😀😁😂🤣
I'm not sure they'd be fitting me.