The Red Cross and numerous disaster preparedness organizations in California, such as the Office of Emergency Services and Department of Emergency Management, recommend one gallon of water per person per day. Since 64 packets contain just over 2 gallons of water, this case will last you for 2 days, or will last a family of two for one day.
The Red Cross recommends that you have at least 3 days of water on hand. The California Office of Emergency Services and Department of Emergency Management recommend that you have 5 days of water on hand. As we have seen during Katrina and in the Japan earthquake, you may need over 15 days of water on hand.
Therefore, a family of two will need up to fifteen cases, and a family of four will need thirty cases.
Safeway sells a gallon sized jug for less than $1.
Therefore, you may want to buy a few of these packets for carrying around, but buy your main emergency water supply from a less expensive source. Even if the packets last for 5 years, it would be more economical to buy regular bottled water from the store every two years. Then you can spend the savings on survival/emergency preparedness gear that is truly helpful, such as a good go pack (one for home and one for car), sleeping bag, cold and wet weather gear, boots, gloves, eye protection, duct tape, two way communications, etc.
Always remember that your water heater will provide between 20 - 40 gallons of fresh, drinkable water in an emergency. That equates to a 20 - 40 day supply for one person, or a 10 - 20 day supply for two people (again, one gallon per person per day). Datrex Emergency Water Pouches Case of 64 for Survival Kits, Disaster Supplies, 5 Year Shelf Life
These water packs are a great addition to our car and home emergency kits. No worries about plastic getting hot and letting off bad stuff in the water, there is no plastic! They give us peace of mind knowing they are there when we need them and have a 5 year shelf life!
The product itself is pretty common. I was disappointed in what showed up though. A once soggy, broke down box that had several broken bags in it. The card board was adhered to a lot of the outer most ones. Poorly packed for shipping. better suited if it were on a pallet with protection. But hey, it's water, what was I gonna do, send it back? The taste test is a slightly chlorinated city water taste but they are fresh dated, nor old or anything, I find they have an easy tendency to leak. Best advise I can give, I tested them in the freezer and no problems after thawing. So if you stack em' with space in mind, freeze em' and then get the food vacuum sealer and you can seal 6-10 per bag and vacuum seal them into more tough containment that doubles for lots of uses. And this way a couple of these packs in your go bag is safer and will store in less room. Plus, I'm only theorizing He
here and want to be clear on that point, but if they are kept frozen till they are needed, isn't that going to extend shelf life? I mean if you have the extra room in the ice box, it's always better to keep the freezer full. They make great ice packs too. I wish for the price that they'd use better judgement with dhippinf though.
I have been looking for survival water, and read hundreds of reviews. I settled on this one. Great buy compact box and good shelf life, for a great price. I only bought one box but I plan on buying more.
They are what they are, but a word of caution: do NOT order this item in conjunction with any other items unless you want to run the risk of your other items getting wet. Amazon just loves to package all items from one order together, which is understandable. However, it's asinine to pack water in the same box as electronics or books. If one of these pouches bursts, as they did in my package, it has the potential to ruin the other items in the package.I ordered these pouches along with several other items, including a solar charger and a few books. Everything arrived in the same large box. These pouches were inside their own box inside the larger box. When I opened the larger box, I noticed that one corner of the box containing the pouches was soaked through, and their was water on the inside of the larger box. Luckily, the box had been oriented to where the water was essentially channeled away from the other items in the box. But, the potential certainly existed for damage to my other items.So, purchase these for preparedness sake, but be mindful of the potential for other items in the same order to be damaged or ruined.
I'm impress with Datrex that I received a up to date water production, usually I was receiving soon to expire product and I was losing faith in this company. For some reason this one is good and great for Grap and Go bags for emergencies. - Emergency Preparedness - Backpacking - Emergency Food - Emergency Kit'
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