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General => Gear Questions, Information, Reviews and Competitions => Topic started by: Kirth on March 31, 2010
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Have you guys ever used these? In the box they are heavy but was talking to a guy who when up the mournes and in Scotland only uses them and splits it all up to what he need and likes.
He even heated up a few packets and I was very surprised.
I looked at these on eBay and delivered they end up abiut £15 each.
I cntacted a guy about them who said he would do me a box of ten for £100. To be homest I dont need 10 of them, but wondered if anyone fancied splitting a box?
Menus are:-
Menu 1 - Bacon omelette and beans, Lamb curry Rice, Cream of Tomato soup, Chocolate pudding in chocolate sauce. Tuna in Light Mayo
Menu 2 - Bacon omelette and beans, Chicken Tikka Massala Rice, Cream of Tomato soup, Chocolate Pudding in chocolate sauce. Tuna in Light Mayo
Menu 3 - Chicken Sausage and beans, Steak and vegetables, Chunky Lentil & Veg soup, Custard Sponge. Herb pate
Menu 4 - Chicken Sausage and beans, Meatballs and pasta in Tomato sauce, Chunky Lentil & Veg soup, Custard Sponge. Herb Pate
Menu 5 - Pork Sausage omelette and beans, Chicken and herb dumplings, Cream of Vegetable soup, Toffee pudding in toffee sauce. Mushroom Pate.
Menu 6 - Pork Sausage omelette and beans, Chicken Arabbiata with pasta, Cream of vegetable soup, Toffee pudding in toffee sauce. Mushroom Pate.
Menu 7 - Corned Beef hash, Chunky Chilli Chicken and rice, Chicken and Sweetcorn soup, Treacle pudding. Tuna In Light Mayo.
Menu 8 - Corned Beef hash, Tuna Rigatoni, Chicken and Sweetcorn soup, Treacle Pudding. Tuna In Light Mayo
Menu 9 - All Day Breakfast, Lamb Naverin, Cream of Chicken soup, Lemon sponge. Tuna In Light Mayo
Menu 10 - All Day breakfast, Beef Ravioli in Mushroom Sauce, Cream of chicken soup, Lemon sponge. Tuna In Light Mayo.
All so in each menu :
An Oatmeal block
Chocolate bar
Biscuits, brown
Biscuits, fruit-filled
Cheese, processed, or meat paté, according to the menu
Tea, Instant, White, 4 x sachets
Coffee, instant, 2 x 5 grams sachets
Sugar, 8 x 10 grams sachets
Drinking chocolate mix, 1 sachet
Beverage whitener, 2 x sachets
Gum, chewing
Boiled Sweets
Fruit drink mix, either orange or lemon (for 1 litre of drink)
Tissues paper
Waterproof matches
Water purification tablets
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The MREs are pretty awesome but hard to get these days as the MOD has cracked down on their resale. 666_Pack eats them - I hunted the internet but was never able to find anywhere that would sell them at a reasonable price.
Only downside is they tend to be quite heavy (as all boil in the bag ready meals tend to be).
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I reckon priced at a tenner, thats pretty good value considering all the stuff you get in them. Plus theres no messing about, boil it, eat it!
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Thats true. They're easy to make and after you boil them you can use the hot water for drinks plus nothing to wash up.
I think the full pack even contains a hexi block stove.
I reckon priced at a tenner, thats pretty good value considering all the stuff you get in them. Plus theres no messing about, boil it, eat it!
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Exactly!. Lets get these bad boys bought between us.
With us having the same tent, same sleeping bag, same Rucksack, we will be like Twins!
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You're scaring me a bit now ;)
Exactly!. Lets get these bad boys bought between us.
With us having the same tent, same sleeping bag, same Rucksack, we will be like Twins!
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You're scaring me a bit now ;)
Suppose it not a good time to tell you im sitting outside your window! Here's Kirthy!!!!!
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I reckon priced at a tenner, thats pretty good value considering all the stuff you get in them. Plus theres no messing about, boil it, eat it!
great value I think and fair play to you if you can get through the whole lot in 24 hours :D
If you break them up you'll get loads od trips worth of scram.
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i actually thought there was far too much for one night. I reckon you could get three trips from two packs
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Of course, the bonus is they'll stop you wanting to have sex :P ::)
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By the looks of the menu I think they are the new ones, The old ones used to be boil in the bag beef burger and beans for breakfast and all sorts of weird things! apparantly some smart people have worked out what the body (a soldier) needs when their on exercise thats why they are weird meals. They are awesome tho, the chocolate was the best I'd ever had and I actually used to look forward to getting them!
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Chris, do you fancy splitting a box
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I wouldn't mind taking a coupla those packs if you're splitting them, but I wouldn't be wanting any more than two.
Alan.
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I'd go in too.
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I'd take a few - just to see what they're like - if that helps...
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I would do but I'm too skint at the min, got this ben nevis thing banged the car up I think ration packs are bottom of the list!
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Put me down for a couple of bags also dude. I would like to see these they sound good. Only thing is I'm not a massive fan of lamb!
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I'm gonna need to see if we can get 2 cartons
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I'd chip in to mate, tried those bad boys before there great. Have to disagree with chris i hate the choc near broke my teeth on one of the yorkies.
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I'd chip in to mate, tried those bad boys before there great. Have to disagree with chris i hate the choc near broke my teeth on one of the yorkies.
There not for wimps ya know!!!!!!
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I'll go for some also ( there's prob enough of us interested now to do the deal ;) )
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I'd chip in to mate, tried those bad boys before there great. Have to disagree with chris i hate the choc near broke my teeth on one of the yorkies.
Nah, they changed them becase the troops were getting ration fatige de to the fact that we've been at war for like 10years. The old ration packs used to have the best chocolate ever! It was some scottish name "duncans" perhaps. and the biscuits brown and fruit were amazing too!
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Why not make up your own, Asda, Sansibury, Tesco's all do their own boil in the bag meal's from a quid to two or three quid. The Uncles ben's microwave rice work's just as well boiled in a trangia also super noodles are great and light to carry plus you can add what ever you want to them, if you are getting the rat packs carry a bottle of tobasco with you it will spice things up for you.
You will have to ask your-self the question, Do you really need that much food for a day in the hills? there is a lot of food in one pack, it is also a good idea to pack some tea bags as the tea that comes with these pack's does not taste very nice and I would only use it in a real emergencies when you need to get some hot fluids in you quickly, I do enjoy the orange and lemon drink powder that comes with the pack's plus the sweets are a nice little addition as well but like I said it's all things that you can pick up yourself if you shop about a bit.
Davy.
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Okay, I have sorted these packs out. I have arranged 20 of them. I am going to take 5 for myself which leaves the rest up fir grabs. These are being posted from Reading and they are dam heavy so Inc p&p they work out at £11.35.
Which is still good and cheaper than eBay
I reckon they will be here by the weekend so let me know if ya want so and I will meet up. First come first served and all that
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I'll have 2.
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I'll take some
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i will take 2 also dude, but please no lamb
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Guys the first box of ten packs have arrived. Ideal timing for your mourne wall trip. There is one of each menu from the original list. If you let me know what you need I will arrange to meet you. I live in Greenisland or can meet you in Belfast
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I'd take a handful that aren't chilli or curry.
If poss:
Menu 3 - Chicken Sausage and beans, Steak and vegetables, Chunky Lentil & Veg soup, Custard Sponge. Herb pate
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Menu 4 - Chicken Sausage and beans, Meatballs and pasta in Tomato sauce, Chunky Lentil & Veg soup, Custard Sponge. Herb Pate
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Menu 5 - Pork Sausage omelette and beans, Chicken and herb dumplings, Cream of Vegetable soup, Toffee pudding in toffee sauce. Mushroom Pate.
or
Menu 9 - All Day Breakfast, Lamb Naverin, Cream of Chicken soup, Lemon sponge. Tuna In Light Mayo
Cheers
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I'd like:
Menu 2 - Bacon omelette and beans, Chicken Tikka Massala Rice, Cream of Tomato soup, Chocolate Pudding in chocolate sauce. Tuna in Light Mayo
And
Menu 10 - All Day breakfast, Beef Ravioli in Mushroom Sauce, Cream of chicken soup, Lemon sponge. Tuna In Light Mayo.
If possible plz, I could call up tonight after work if that suits, I live at Fortwilliam, so fairly close.
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Guys the first box of ten packs have arrived. Ideal timing for your mourne wall trip. There is one of each menu from the original list. If you let me know what you need I will arrange to meet you. I live in Greenisland or can meet you in Belfast
So you'll be comming then, good to hear ;D
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I'll have one from each menu also, if that's ok.
Alan.
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Guys, Im aware that a number of you need these packs for Friday, so give me a ring on 07733221001 and I will try and meet up with you.
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Anyone else want some of these packs?
J has taken 2 - Menus 3 & 5
Belfastman1958 has taken 2
Billy BackPak has taken 2
I have another box arriving at the weekend. Dont really want to be landed with 9 packs after I take my 5.
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i will take 2 also kirth
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There is still some ration packs left if anyones interested? The gs used them on the Mourne Wall trip and they were the ticket.
Menus Left:-
MENU 6
MENU 7
MENU 8 X 2
MENU 10
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so who used these bad boys on the mourne wall trip and lets hear some reports
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They're a good job, I brought Ravioli and Lemon desert, and then had an all day breakfast for the morning. They defo filled a hole and it was great to have a three course meal at the end of the day (ravioli, lemon desert, hot chocolate).
Bonus features, water purification tablets (which u can't buy over the counter no more), we had to fill from Spelga, so having the tabs helped the psychology, not having to worry about a dose of the pancake Tuesdays......
The energy drink packet - total bonus. All the extra biscuits and oat meal bars and a big chocolate bar.... bonus i tell ya.
So, I'd recommend anyone gets at least one days rations, just for the fun of it, as they are fun - and filling !!
And I'm not on commission.
Not to mention the waterproof matches, tea and coffee, sugar, all sorts...........
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Was rifling through these last night and just to be 100% - the dates on the individual items are packing dates, not use by since mine are all 2007/2008. I'd hate to have just given the small boy some chewing gum thats 3 years out of date :D
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Hi folks - straight to the point, I found your forum and this thread via Google. I have ten boxes of ten of current rations, all packing dates of 2008 to get rid of. They were bought for an expedition that didnt ha[[en and I need to clear some space!
They have been stored in a dry, dark room in the house, no manky shed outside.
If you are interested, drop me a pm and we can negotiate prices etc. Im happy to send a whole box of ten (tenner postage via Citylink next day) or individuals via Royal Mail or again Citylink (same price as a box of 10 sorry)
Was going to sell them on eBay but the listing fees are silly and I was warned off selling them on there due to scams and stuff.
Cheers folks.
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Out of interest, how much are you looking for all ten?
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Out of interest, how much are you looking for all ten?
Sorry down to four now, a neighbour who does a lot of fishing has had a load off me.
Id take £300 for the remaining four boxes, which is £7.50 a box. If anyone is interested, drop me a pm, and I'll get you a courier quote, but it will be around 40 quid for the four via Citylink (get it a bit cheaper through work)