Great review as always - don't know why people complain about the length, it's interesting and well done.

Now here is a Tabasco trick I've used. Before your morning coffee, take your Tabasco on it's own -- wakes your taste buds up. After that, even crappy instant coffee tastes good. I asked a diner waitress if she ever saw anyone do that before, she said, "Honey, I've seen everything."

@wf6951

5 жыл бұрын

Do this and you'll be shooting fireballs out yer ass.

@CJODell12

5 жыл бұрын

I don't know. I don't want to be pissing or shitting out fire (metaphorically of course). Too much Tabasco burns like hell coming out.

The reason for so many drinks is that these current packaging of rations are for high temperature conflict zones we are currently in. So pleanty of drinks to encourage hydration and less snacks as well as the snacks that are there are non heat stressable such as granola bars and fruit purees. The older packs were build for possible European zone conflicts and were more temperate / cold climate orientated so had more hot drinks such as more coffee / tea / hot chocolate and bullion type drinks. They also included more heat stressable items such as chocolate cookies and chocolate bars.

@gschultz9

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the input! That makes a lot of sense. Since good rations are constantly reviewed/updated/improved it would make more sense to adjust the contents to fit current deployment conditions rather than putting out a completely new ration. If the situation changes and soldiers find themselves in a different climate in the future they can just tweak the components again to match those conditions.

@iceboundmartel

Жыл бұрын

In basic training you fail exercise if you do not consume a hot drink in the morning ;)

water in the field is normaly distributed by way of 500ml bottles of spring water so you would normaly just pour your drink sachet straight into your bottle so no measuring and drink direct from the bottle as required

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

That makes a lot of sense! Thanks for letting me know that.

@dogsnads5634

7 жыл бұрын

Or the tablets can be dropped into camelbaks. The extra drinks are as a result of Iraq and Afghan, hence the lack of chocolate with peanuts, boiled sweets, fruit pouch and cereal bars for eating on the go.

@CragScrambler

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah I just wrote a comment on how they had to change from a temperate climate ration to a less heat stressable one since a lot of the items were melting during the early conflicts in the middle East so they quickly introduced this high temperature tolerable ration. Also during the early days a lot of British troops were suffering heat strokes and dehydration issues hence so many fruit drinks. The old packs had more coffee tea and bullion drinks suitable for colder weather.

@wf6951

5 жыл бұрын

What?? No canteens? That's fuked.

I love that you take the time to break everything down for us! Great review as always

your one of the OG MRE reviewers G-Man, one of the best..love the indepth detail you provide us constant viewers...cheers

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Stephen. I'm very glad to hear that there those who appreciate the details.

@dimwittwit

7 жыл бұрын

Stephen McTowelie same

@RJM1011

7 жыл бұрын

Just to let you know the target on the box is not a shooting target.

@cherylrae5582

7 жыл бұрын

Richard Maunder What is it?

@claverhouse1

7 жыл бұрын

Oh dear Richard, if you were ordered not to use the range card as a range card, your marksmanship was obvs crap!

I love how thoroughly you go through these videos. ❤️❤️❤️ keep up the good work ☺️

@gschultz9

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear it, thanks! I've always been pretty wordy and complete in my videos, and I know it's too much for some people who want stuff quick and to the point. Always happy to hear from the people who don't mind the thoroughness!

british 24 hour ration packs would be almost perfect if they had flameless heaters and shelf stable bread included, i might be biased being british but they are very good ration packs in comparison to most other countries.

Great part 1 !! One of my favorite rations. Divide and conquer the meals. You did well. All items looked tasty. Next time you come across one of these, save me A pack of that coffee, Douwe Egberts, always wanted to try one. Great job, Peace, John.

Know you don't like coffee or tea, but the Douwe Egbert is a great instant coffee and Typhoo is a popular tea in the UK.

Wow this is big even for a 24 ration. I like your analysis when doing reviews. Still recovering from surgery. Glad to see your review.

I look forward to more videos.Keep it up!

Good, patient review. Never rush these things! Thank you.

@wf6951

5 жыл бұрын

HURRY THE FUCK UP!!

@generaldeadpool3245

5 жыл бұрын

I NEED MY FOOD 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Other commenters have already said what I was going to say, so I'll just say this was very thorough. Nice!

Great review. Glad you're looking into a few more foreign rations

@libertyann439

4 жыл бұрын

I add lemon and sugar but no cream. That's for my coffee with no sugar.

Such a relaxing video.

thank you for doing a review on it

You and Steve are my fav!

G Saturdays are the perfect days for you to upload. Many youtubers cease uploading on the weekends so thanks for the great video & timing!

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

Good to know! I think that the weekends are considered a bad time to upload (for views and attention and all that), but when a video's ready I want to get it out there as quickly as possible.

@Oldsmokey1

7 жыл бұрын

I'd halft to agree with you there G. When it's ready it's ready. But they do seem to not do as well on the weekends. I released mine yesterday and it's not doing to well. But I just enjoy the rations so it doesn't matter.

@bostark7722

7 жыл бұрын

oldsmokey Smokey your great dude loved the rare french pemmician..,not down the hatch..LOL..you funny

@Oldsmokey1

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking my video out Stephen. That pemican was definitely different.

Great timing on this video. Ive been thinking about buying one of those menus

@Oldsmokey1

7 жыл бұрын

These are awesome rations. Especially for your money. Other than the Lithuanian single meals these are awesome. The Lithuanian are $15 shipped on eBay right now. The ones I ordered from that guy just showed up. Less than 2 weeks to my door.

@ImWutzPopular

7 жыл бұрын

oldsmokey thanks for the info! I bought my first HDR off eBay a few weeks ago. Going to get a British 24hr one off the foreign MRE site!

Classic review, Foreign MRE is an awesome company.

Yay! You inspired me to start making the odd rations unboxing/review video and the one I started with was one from my home country of the UK - and now you're trying one too. :) The Typhoo tea actually says "OOs," as their dumb marketing campaign is the tea makes you say "ooh." :)

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

Ah, that makes sense. The way they print the "OO"s on the packaging looks a lot more like "00"s.

Im from Britain.. this is gonna be exciting

Lost count of how many times I've lived off these. Still great food (second only to the French RCIR). Great to see but surprised you've never had one before.

Nice a British ration pack This one looks fabulous. I love that the drinks are not so artificially colored. LOL it is soup it is supposed to be liquid. I am really annoyed that I can no longer find here in my neck of the woods in Canada the tuna in the pouches anymore, it was the only way I would eat the tuna, tastes much fresher and less fishy.

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

That's odd that they don't have the pouches of tuna anymore. The market for them in the U.S. seems to be increasing if anything. They're very easy to find.

The bowl looked ok on the tray.

With regards to the typhoo tea, I've never met anyone in my life that's added lemon to tea. For reference, I've lived in England since birth.

Having a hard time waiting for part two. I really enjoyed part one. Have you considered doing Patreon I would donate to the cause. The video equipment must be pretty pricey. Hope to see part 2 soon. Thanks again for the part one of the video. Still think it is weird. No crackers or biscuits. Most rations have an abundance of cheap carbs like those.

@warvandal3443

7 жыл бұрын

gschultz9 I think you are right. As a Brit, I suspect the British Troops would not wish to eat the sausage+beans without bread! Toast is the staple choice when usually having beans or banger'n beans (impossible in the field oc) "Skinheads on a raft" was a much used nickname for beans on toast, here in uk lol.

I love these rations. There at the top of my list of favorites. That PB is made in the US so it's basically the same as our MRE PB.

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

I can see why they're at the top of your list smokey! I'd been wanting to try one for a LONG time.

@Oldsmokey1

7 жыл бұрын

I didn't know or I could have hooked you up. I bought 3 cases of the standard one with 7/16 DOP. Then the case of Sikh. So 40 orps and they take up a ton of space at 45 lbs a case. The cases are approximately the same size as 3 cases of mres.

Great review. I

need part 2 and 3 asap :)

Buying one!

The bag the brew kit comes with is often used as a gash bag.

Great stuff as always, I really think the department of defense could learn from other countries to improve our rations. Many European ones have better food and drinks, and better variety thereof. The brits certainly have more drinks and more food. Also simple things like making our beverage bags stand up as the Canadian ones do would be appreciated by the troops I'm sure.

you should do a 24hr russian. i love your videos btw :)

Dudes one of the best

It sounds strange hearing an American say "Cuppa". I thought that was a purely British word.

Wow, a black cuurant fizzie! Never thought I'd see such a thing.

I watched this guy, really liked his voice. Then my iPad1 died -_-. Good reviews as ever.

The Douwe Egberts coffee is a Dutch brand.

Holy shit 20 mins in and I finally get to see a tray and the beginning of an MRE.

@gschultz9

5 жыл бұрын

Did you miss the opening of the ration at the beginning?

Hai there my G-Man!!!

Would love a genuine one but the shipping to Austria kinda kills it. Anyone know where to get those in Europe? Didn't find any on ebay.

Put the PB in the Thai soup.

Where can i get the plate you're using ? Is it available on amazon ?

Best by means when the think that’s when the best taste is

If I remember correctly don’t count on me being right though as you got the pack of sweets you get less snacks for on the go as you have that pack of 20 odd sweets

I would save the tuna and peanut butter for sandwiches. Cookies look yummy..

have spent many hours of my life watching ration reviews and I don't know why.

How is this website selling these if its prohibited by law?

Typhoo's just a bog standard breakfast tea. Also good luck with the sticky toffee pudding; even heated it's like eating an unreasonably dense kitchen sponge.

@Oldsmokey1

7 жыл бұрын

I thought the chocolate pudding in chocolate sauce would be good but it was weird. I think I should have heated it as well.

Awfully sorry mate that typhoo erm is not 00 it's "oo" as in oooo my cuppa is ready. Good review mate hello from across the pond

Didnt you switch lunch and breakfast >_

these are my asmr

Double letters O, not double zero! ;) ( as in TyphOO Tea, "ooh that's a good cuppa tea")

No FRH or Esbit stove and fuel tabs? The MOD is falling down on the job in the composition of these ration packs.

@sizzles2377

4 жыл бұрын

sorry for the late reply, and you probably either know now or don't care but the MOD supply FRH's separately for 24hr ration packs, the 8hr rations however do come with an FRH included in the pack. Not sure as to the reason but thats just how it is, hope this helps!

I am not italian, but I think tutti frutti means " all fruits ".

4000kcal, that's impressive, if you actually rationed it instead of using it as marching fuel it would still be a substantial 2 day kit.

UK here and it's 2 thumbs up from me ,,,,! !,,,, Lin-Lee

@gschultz9

6 жыл бұрын

VERY glad to hear that straight from the U.K.! Thank you Lin-Lee!

The bag is also used to carry faecal matter off the battlefield if your doing a clean bug out.... trust me, ex british army,

@gschultz9

5 жыл бұрын

That makes a lot of sense.

Hydrate baby!

When you said that your better half didn't care much for that Taiwanese soup it means that you better half has become accustomed to the products produced in the Good ole USA.

Only 2 teas , that is surprising , i would think 4 would be better .

I can fit a whole ration pack in the resealable bags

@wf6951

5 жыл бұрын

But will it blend?

Doo-ay egberts haha 😂😂😂😂

Two effectively chicken curries in one box and nothing to put the tuna or PB on. Not the best designed even if the componants are good. But there's always squadmates to trade with.

hi gshultz!!! can you help me out??? how can i get an mre without using a crédit or debit card??? cause i dont have one but i really wanna make an mre review un spanish on my main channel (not this account)... please help me out... hugs from Puerto Rico!!!

@micheljcaboose1916

7 жыл бұрын

Make an AMAZON account and get a gift card Or a prepaid card

@lesbianpanda

7 жыл бұрын

Amparo Soria i have not though about that!!! Thanks a ton for the info!!!

The typical way to consume the instant coffee in US MRE's is to take hits from the packet washing down with swigs from your camel back while still marching, and the chances of you getting time to use the instant meal heater are the same as getting suddenly Promoted to General mid march. The British MRE actually intends for you to make a little camp fire and cook those foil packs in boiling water wtf. I remember turning a bend after 16 miles and getting handed a tray, then every 5 meters or so a different cook would scoop on it with the last two collecting trash and trays. We did not stop.

pls do a world war 3 MRE review pls thanks

@illford

7 жыл бұрын

The Calm Man u mean world war 2

Tutti Fruiti was a good italian erotic session in 90´s... xD

Tutti frutti is the original flavor of chewing gum

us UK lads have some cringey things, school rap videos(its real), under 18s clubs(but worse) and now we fail the freakin' ratio wth how do u fail a ration

"I wonder what the prize is?" Obviously didn't read the whole form.

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

Correct.

@wi2190

7 жыл бұрын

lachlan duggan the prize is an iPod.

it's the rare ration that has no crackers or bread.

TEA the back bone of England

@gschultz9

6 жыл бұрын

Let's have a cuppa.

@bobbiecurran3380

6 жыл бұрын

Only 2 bags. It's tough out there

500 mililitres of water it's 2 large cups o water. Do not waste food. Eat all.

*Like bubblegum.*

hello

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

Hello.

@lukecorner8870

7 жыл бұрын

gschultz9 thanks for putting up excellent reviews mate

Why do Americans call 'Tuna' 'Tuna fish'? :D

@gusthemouse4120

6 жыл бұрын

Cuz Tuna is a fish 😂 I guess🤷‍♀️ I’ve just always been told it’s tuna fish by my mom... so I just call it tuna fish lol

And that's why you call us limeys

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

Ha!

I think the name of the plastic bag is a "rat fuck" bag

all mistakes yanks do with MREs is not put milk in the tea haha :D

@gschultz9

6 жыл бұрын

If it doesn't come with the ration I generally won't put it in! Surprising that they wouldn't include something like a dry powdered milk or something like that if it's so important.

@girlsdrinkfeck

6 жыл бұрын

it came with creamer lol, i think its more of a universal creamer for tea and coffee

The box is poorly designed, it's not very durable and isn't waterproof

@chrisleathem1242

6 жыл бұрын

Cherrie the box is given to the soldier who then puts the contents in his webbing, pack and pockets. The box isn't for carrying on patrol etc.

Roasted and salty, u sayin' he wad salty qnd tried to roast you, needs to be burnt

It is the UNION FLAG good Sir. It is only the "Union jack" when flown at sea. Don't worry, it's a common error.

@solistheonegod

5 жыл бұрын

Alf Allton That in and of itself is a common error, Union flag or Union Jack can both be officially used in any circumstances.

What is this, bites for ants?

I can't tell if it is black tea or green -_- Please just stop... Just look at the colour... does it look like green tea?

@CarbonFuze

7 жыл бұрын

You've been spoiled by Lipton bottles. Green tea doesn't have to be green. Just like white tea isn't always white

@claverhouse1

7 жыл бұрын

FFS Keith, have you never heard of the magical juice you can persuade cows to leak?

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

This is pretty much why I tend to avoid doing international rations where I'm not 100% familiar with everything that might be them. I never claimed to be an expert in teas (or ANYTHING in this or any other ration I've ever reviewed). I've never noticed that green teas are actually green in color when I've seen them brewed. as it turns out Typhoo is actually a "blend of several types of fine teas". I wish I had looked that up before saying anything, but if course I didn't know it was in there until I opened it up and saw it.

A Thai food? Lol ok silly man.

@wf6951

5 жыл бұрын

Knee slapper right there.

can u ad spam anymore and slow roll it

this teaboo is triggered. how dare you squeeze the bag you savage lol

lets talk about the box for 6 hours lol....i know the drill bro

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of people out there making much shorter reviews. I'll continue to do what I do.

@jman9670

6 жыл бұрын

Don't mind him you doing a good job :-)

This makes me ashamed to be British! Not surprising then that the whole world curses English cuisine! I love my country, but this is shameful.......!!! Check out the French ones on "Atomic Shrimps channel", they're bloody glorious!

The Tory government should issue these to the tens of thousands of homeless, disabled, and working poor who have to go to charity food banks to feed their families ! But the bastards won't !

@cookudysu90

5 жыл бұрын

The bastards won't do it because they're a bunch of penny pinching twats

unsubscribed I don't get it it's a 24 hr ration review and you have to disect the fuckin label goddamn.

@justhuman4746

7 жыл бұрын

Just skip it lol I love how he disects it

@gschultz9

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry to lose you, but there's obviously other reviewers that will be more to your taste. Don't know if you saw the beginning of the video (which WAS the beginning), but I did mention that it was the first time I'd had one of these and that I'd be going into a lot of detail and that it would be a long video. Obviously if that's not what you're looking for you're in the wrong place. Cheers.

@Oldsmokey1

7 жыл бұрын

I think that the details are great. What you do isn't easy. I of all people understand that. To do a very well informed review takes time and research. Also the money to get the rations. So appreciate your time G.