I found some mountain house freeze dried food in Wallyworld the other day. Next time I'm there I think I will buy a couple packages to see what they are really like. If they're OK may throw a couple in my bag for us. One package would give (so they claim) each of us a meal. That way I could throw 4 or maybe even 5 or 6 packages in the bag and we would have the food part covered for a couple three or four days.

Go with the pro. It isn't much bigger or more expensive and filters 2.5 times as much water.

Yeah I plan on getting the Frontier pro, and maybe at least one of the smaller frontier filters for a just in case.

Things are starting to come together, if they will just continue that way.

The Mountain house beef stroganoff is awesome. My favorite of the ones they make. The chicken and rice is the next favorite on the list.

It's amazing to me how much of a difference in flavor there is between military issue MREs and civilian rations. I don't understand how an MRE can have THAT many calories and still taste like animal waste stuck in a dirty gym sock and then drudged through a swamp...

Are you saying the civilian MRE's are bad? If so, thanks for the heads up,
I was about to order some. Don't different companies make MRE's (civilian and Militaty)? If so, which brands are preferred?

Here's a link to a "Survival kit" that fits in a small loaf pan and then gets stuffed into an M-16 magazine pouch.

http://www.m4040.com/Survival/Survival%20Kit.htm

I think you misunderstood him. He is saying the MREs taste bad compared to civilian rations like Mountain House freeze dried meals.

To answer you question though; I have tried a few non-military MREs and they were worse than USGI MREs.

Also, I actually enjoy some of the issued MREs. I think the surveys on the MRE menus service members complete each year make a difference. It got rid of the Country Captain chicken MRE. That thing was like eating sandstone.

Does anyone know if the GI 1qt adapter cap that allows the attachment of a hose to the canteen then your gas mask for drinking will fit the Frontier Pro filter inlet hose? Since that filter will work as a gravity filter, you could maybe use one canteen to gather water, hang it upside down and let the water drain through this "Inline filter" into your container of choice. I USED to have a cap like that and could look at the nipple but I have NO IDEA where it could be.

I have both a Frontier Pro and the canteen cap with drinking tube adapter. I will test this idea out when I get home today.

I just realized that there is no reason to use the NBC canteen cap since U.S> military canteens have 28mm threads and so does the Frontier Pro. Just screw it on like you would a normal water bottle.

MY older style (?) green plastic canteen has threads a lot bigger than 28mm. You are talking about the 1 liter water/coke bottles, right?