New Mealspec Ration Heater review

For this article we got to look at a fairly new product that is just now finding its way into consumer retail. It is called a “Flameless ration heater” from selfheatingbag.com. This Mealspec Ration Heater was developed for heating military MREs, which for home prepping are way too expensive per meal, and they don’t have a 15 year shelf life like freeze dried. So we tried to use the Flameless Ration Heater to actually cook a 4 serving rice meal, part of a popular pack carried by even Walmart.

For a fully cooked meal, warm is fine, but if you want to cook rice, pasta, or reconstitute freeze dried vegetables and other popular survival foods, you really need some heat, and you need that heat over at least 15-20 minutes. Until now I had yet to find a chemical heater that would deliver this kind of performance, this is the Flameless Ration heater from selfheatingbag.com.

The Mealspec Ration heater works very simply. You open the out plastic bag, take out the chemical heater pack, drop that back into the bag, then add a little bit of water and whatever you want to cook. Within seconds of pouring the water into the Mealspec Ration Heater, it boils, then it continues to boil, we found, for at least 20 minutes. You wouldn’t think that little packet could provide that much gumption, but it does. The Flameless Ration heater easily cooked the rice to done, and the meal was just as good as if it had been cooked on a stove. This is an AMAZING survival product, and for a couple bucks each, you should buy a bunch of them.

Flameless ration heater heat food without Fire

Flameless ration heater can be used for first aid as well. While MRE heaters are too hot to be placed directly on your skin, the Flameless ration heater can be activated and wrapped to create a heating pad. Because of the magnesium and iron powder, a Flameless ration heater can be opened and used as a fire starter when you don’t have access to tinder.

The importance of MRE heaters cannot be over emphasized. Flameless ration heater are self-contained heating units meant for single use, they come in handy when it comes to heating your MRE rations. Developed for the US military, Flameless ration heater are flameless and raise the MRE temperature by 100 degree in less than 12 minutes.

The Flameless ration heater is compact and easy to put in your camping gear or bug-out and emergency survival gear, stock up on these Flameless Ration Heaters so that you can easily heat up your MRE entrees.

MRE flameless ration heaters contain powdered iron and magnesium metals with salt. When water is added the chemical reaction that ensues brings the salt water to the boiling point and effectively heats the entrée MRE packet, which is placed inside the flameless ration heater. The only area to be careful about is that the chemical reaction produces hydrogen gas and hence the flameless ration heater should ideally be activated in open areas or well ventilated areas.

Flameless ration heater for MRE for Outdoors

Heat your MRE pouches safely and quickly without fire, as they are designed specifically to be used with your MRE's to heat them anywhere, anytime just with our flameless ration heater. By just adding water to the heater and inserting the sealed pouch of food into the bag, you will have a 100+ degree meal in 10 to 12 minutes!

Exactly what our troops are using in the field! The flameless ration heater is a simple combination of powdered food grade iron and magnesium, salt, and water. When water is poured onto the included heater pad, the flameless ration heater releases enough heat to warm-up the pre-cooked meal to 100+ degrees Fahrenheit in approximately 12 minutes. *Add more salt to solution in increase heat and decrease cooking time. This is not intended for Children. Once you've applied the water solution, the unit will become activated and produce heat and steam.

Used Food flameless ration heater are non-toxic and may be thrown in the trash. They do not produce Carbon Monoxide, but may activate CO detectors. Use in a well-ventiliated area on a heat-safe surface. Keep out of reach of children with flameless ration heater.

Where to buy Flameless Ration Heater?

Since 1992 a Flameless Ration Heater (FRH) has been added to each Meal, Ready to Eat (MRE) field ration menu. The main course of a MRE is something like chicken stew or spaghetti and meatballs in a plastic and aluminum foil pouch. Soldiers heat the food by dropping the pouch into a pot of boiling water or leaning it against the exhaust manifold or radiator of a vehicle engine. When there’s not enough time to boil water or wait for dinner to heat on an engine, they use the Flameless Ration Heater that comes with each MRE.Simply drop the food pouch into the Flameless Ration Heater, which is enclosed in a thin, plastic sleeve.

Selfheatingbag.com was the originator and manufacturer of the water activated heater Flameless Ration Heater designed for the U.S. Army, although several companies now supply the market. Approximately 30 million FRHs were purchased every year from Selfheatingbag.com.

The alternative heat source to the Flameless Ration Heater is UtilityFlame™ portable fire gel. It fulfills all the heat source needs of the modern warfighter, and is a perfect fuel for cooking and as a fire starter. It is approved by the US Defense Logistics Agency, as well as by the armed forces of Canada and Norway.