Augason Farms72-Hour 1-Person Emergency Food Supply Kit 4 lbs 1 oz

Edit/update (2/2025). ABSOLUTELY PARAMOUNT to get food at reasonable prices NOW. That being said, I just ordered some more (subscribe and save--hanging in at around $22). As I sniffed around other Augason options, I briefly considered their 14 day (1 person) pail and their 30 day (1 person) pail. At first, both seemed better bargain if considering how many days it covers, or even price per ounce. But something seemed off. THIS set has the cals listed per day at no less than 2500, and the others are 1200 and 1800 respectively. SO, THEN I went back to my trusty standby to determine ultimate value: CALORIES. How many calories are you getting for the money? I proceeded to do the math (all using current subscribe and save pricing). This smaller 3 day container is "significantly" cheaper ie, $0.0001 per calorie vs $0.001 and $0.002 per calorie. Doesnt seem like much, but I'm penny pinching, sorta. If making choice solely on price per cal, then this is the option to start with. If choosing for variety, then the others are doable. I would say the 14 day is good option.I have these tucked away, have lots of other options in mean time, also like the smaller kits in case I feel desire to share. Always better value with buying regular food off store shelf., but these emergency types offer good packaging, long shelf life, and easy to store away.OK, Back to the old review which I have not touched. I read it and sold myself on buying more. LOL---------------------------------------------------------------------When the single 72 hour kits are on sale around $20, I jump on it. We are getting THREE days worth of calories for around $7 a day, a little over $2 per meal. Even if not using these for strictly emergency, they are budget friendly(ish) for any time.Ok, so yeh I pretty much stock these for emergency use. What this is is providing calories, aka "energy". Do not assume that it will fill your belly or make your taste buds sing. Just know that it is well packaged for long term storage (10 years, not 25, more on that in a moment). In emergencies, we need more calories than we think. This is not the time to diet. With emergency food, the calories will be there, but the "bulk" wont be, so just try to ration it out. You may (or may not) still be hungry, but know that your body will at least have been nourished, and your body and brain has "energy" to work from, and function.Take a look at the product pictures to see all what is in it, and all what you can expect in terms of calories and assortment. Don't cry that it isnt enough food even though it clearly says it has 2667 calories per day. 8000 calories per pail. If it isnt enough for you, then adjust accordingly. Get more variety, or simply tuck this away for super desperate times.BEST PLAN is to have a plan. If you want to use these and have decided that you want to round it out with other foods, then go for it. Buy and tuck away accordingly. Think you will want a lot more food, then maybe double up for those three days. Plan to use 2 of these buckets instead of one (though you best like banana chips,haha). And for the love your braincells, please understand that you need water. You need water before food. So buy some water. Maybe add in some brothy soups or just broth, or foods packed in water. Anything to get hydrated even in unconventional ways. Got enough water to boil pasta? Well dont dump that water, save it for another item to be boiled (or to make coffee, tea with--gross but it is just carb water at that point).Good sized thin pails. Easy open. It is compact, it contains dense calories, and it is meant to be used as emergency food. You will survive on 2500+ cals per day. Might not be what you would normally eat, not be the bulk and texture you normally go for.. but none of this should be a surprise. It is all listed.I knew looking at it that it is food of nearly all the same texture, and some of the calories are taken up by banana chips (high calorie, tasty, but not much bulk--1520 calories are from banana chips alone, which is about 507 calories per day. Lots of calories but not "satiating" in terms of volume). I knew I would be adding this into a wide assortment of supplies to choose from. I can add food to this to make it more interesting, or use it as intended: provide me a few days of food.I like keeping a bucket in my car along with water and other food items (all well packed so not to attract critters), and a hot pot. Good for sudden road side emergencies, bad weather, or having to stay at the office, of if the word stops functioning due to EMP and I have to hike home. I'll have this, some snacks, water, and some food items that I can just open up and eat. I dont know.. options. All bases covered."Emergency food" isnt my first approach to having a food supply, but it is nice way to round things out. Also, knowing that it is well packaged, if I dont get to these any time soon, I will be set later on down the road. Again, options. So I have my snack bars, meal replacement drinks, bottles of water, tins of various food that can be eaten hot or cold, wide variety of everything, vitamins, electrolyte drinks, some comfort food, and a variety of "emergency" food. Stuff I can just tuck away and not worry about, not have to think about rotating through. Added insurance. Being proactive, being prepared, *gasp*.. being a prepper.That being said, a lot of emergency food is designated as having a 10 or 25 year "shelf life". The best by date is indicative of QUALITY only, and has nothing to do with safety. This is true of nearly all food. Only time it is beneficial to adhere to a best by date is if the product is acidic and packed in an aluminum can, or if can is dented. All else? All good for YEARS beyond the date. Especially if stored in a reasonably stable temp environment (in house, or in basement for example). Just ate some sardines from 2014.. all good. Working through my 2016s now.While I dont plan to use this anytime soon (I have bought these before, used them, liked them enough to pick up a couple on occasion, as well as many many many other Augason Farms products), I dont need it to have 25 years stamped on it. But they really should omit that from the product listing. (ie "up to 25 years).Even so, I am still going with 5 stars. I have several of these now, and have purchased them as gifts.

Kept on hand , ease to fix . Power off for few days

Bought this 8 years ago a popped it open, mainly to get first hand experience with it and see how it held up and how it tasted. It was sealed well and everything was in pristine condition. It all tasted pretty good mostly. From Best to worst; The Bannana Chips are amazing, tasted like something you could get from Trader Joe's, though the expiration was marked at only 10 years and not the regular 25 of the larger container. The Creamy Chicken Flavor Rice was savory and fulfilling, tasted like it came from a can. The Potatoes soup was alright, I love potatoes soup and though the seasoning was excellent the potatoes slices were a bit too chewy and tasted too oily for me, but was still eatable. The Oatmeal was kinda bland but was perfectly fine. The only real let down was the Hearty Vegetable Chicken Flavored soup, it was a kinda bland and light but I suppose it would be better than nothing, totally eatable just not as tasty as the rest.

Bought this emergency kit to see if the Augason farm foods were any good, before I purchased more. This bucket of food is for one person for 3 days. The problems is each food item is in one pouch without a zip look top. Some of the packages did not tell you how to portion out dry food and water to create just one serving. So if you can't portion out one serving and you have to cook the entire package, (which several packages said add 10 cups of water), how are you suppose to store the remaining cooked food in an emergency situation?? The good part is the Banana chip were very good, picky husband liked the Creamy potato soup and creamy chicken flavored rice. The Hearty vegetable flavored soup needs help. The oatmeal was good if your are a fan of oatmeal . If you have water and heat and some type of way to keep the remaining portions cold this is a great little kit or you can use kit as a 1 day kit for 2 or 3 people.

About 3 days worth of food in a handy dandy sturdy bucket for $23? Sounds like a good deal to me! I've had this before and really like the banana chips.This is the long-long term storage stuff but I'll still cycle through what I have.

A good choice for good storage if the recent price increase doesn't scare you off. Update! The price has been reduced to where it was. Add these to your other food storage.

I think everyone should be stocking up on food and this brand is very good. We live in uncertain times and this is great because it’s long lasting so you don’t have to rotate it out every year. I would recommend to get at least one per family member just in case.

So far so good. Haven't opened or used it but it came exactly like it said. Sealed. Sturdy. Variety