Okay, remember the MRE heater deal I mentioned a few posts back. Give it a pass.
Got the case of heaters the other day. Date stamped 1992… Tried three. One just didnt do anything. The other two, after having water added, required some kneading to ‘activate’ and then it was sluggish. It did reach the desired temperature but it took a good ten or fifteen minutes.
Unless youre going to make MRE/popbottle bombs or you can get some more recent manufactured lots, give that deal from Sportsmans Guide HQ a pass.
Too late – got mine today. I guess I’ll have to try one now. What’s the deal on the popbottle thing?
What’s wrong with a Benghazi Burner? You’re carrying fuel no matter what right?
I tried three. One got warm, two got hot. Not too bad. But I’m not sure how long they’ll even be that good.
In all fairness, SG was honest. Sort of. Even though they didn’t specify the date in their blurb or mention that it was well past it’s expected life, if you click on the image and then choose the zoomable version, you can see the date stamp of 1991 on it 😉
HINT
was the packaging damaged? even a tiny hole allows moisture and air to age the stuff fast. also where did they store them? thats just one of the problems with surplus.
if you are buying old mre heaters, how old are your mre’s?