Be ware
Received my sample pack of the 4Patriots Emergency Food Bars. I wanted to try it, that’s why I got the sample package. Too bad you don’t have a sample single pack (1 bar) or double pack (2 bars), not nine bars. It would be less wasteful if someone doesn’t like them, but maybe that’s the plan of 4Patriot so you can’t return any of the opened packages. I struggled trying to get the thing opened. The man on the video made it look easy. IT WAS NOT. There needs to be a better way to open it without cutting the top. And once opened, there needs to be a better way to seal it. I ended up putting the rest in a zip lock bag. And how long is it supposed to last when it’s not airtight?? Even food in zip lock bags don’t last. I smelled the contents which are to be lemon flavored, barely a hint of lemon. Taking a bite of one of these bars, it was granulated and was like biting into a vague piece of packed flour or sawdust. It was crumbly, didn’t taste lemony. So, in my opinion, they taste terrible. I had to drink water to get it down. I guess in an emergency and that’s all you had, then that’s what there is to eat. It took me well over half a day just to try and eat maybe half of one piece. I couldn’t finish the other 1/3. I’d like to return it, but like anything else, it’s already been opened. So, there went the sample price of $9.98. Geez, 2¢ shy of being $10 bucks all but wasted. I ordered the survival food a year ago in a couple of the totes. I tried the oatmeal last summer. Tasted terrible, and if you’re one person, now we have to figure out how to divvy out portions. Again there’s no way to seal those envelopes. I think 4Patriot needs to figure out a way to possibly do individual packets so there’s less wasted. And the cost is on the high side. If real chefs have prepared this food, it should have some flavor to it. I haven’t gotten around to trying any of the other food which I should try, and then I’ll write a review on anything I try. 4Patriots needs to provide senior discounts on food as well as discounts on the generators. I saw someone else on a review make that same comment. These are expensive and then made in China?? Who can afford them, and I don’t mean by spreading out payments for a year. After reading tons of reviews, I’m feeling disheartened. And I don't want to hear from 4Patriot that they are sorry I was unhappy about what I ordered or tried. DO BETTER IN THE NAME OF THE USA AND OUR VETERANS. I should send you the list of all the contents that I received in the 5 totes. The number of oatmeal packages outdoes everything else, as does the rice. Who packs these things?