Mountain House Review Part 2: Freeze Dried Food

Hello everyone! Here's part 2 of the Mountain House freeze Dried Food Pouch review. Apologies for the delay. The audio track for the original footage I recorded a few weeks ago was barely audible & I havent had the chance to re-record till today. so here goes:

The preparation for this is pretty straightforward. Boil water (3/4 cup for this one), pour in pouch after removing the oxygen pack, stir, and seal back up. Let it sit for about 10 minutes then serve.

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this as far as flavor goes but it was surprisingly tasty - not in a stale, been sitting around forever kind of tasty. It was pretty good.

I've tasted three different entrees so far and I like all of them. This kind of food supply would be beneficial for campers / hikers / RVers / Van dwellers / road trippers or just to have around the house for general preparedness reasons. I would even recommend this for people / families that go on road trips. I know with my family, we get sick and tired of eating the same thing when traveling so I think I'm going to have to take a box of these for our next trip.
It definitely wouldn't hurt to have a few of these in your pantry. It doesn't take up much room at all and the price for each pouch is reasonable.

Disclosure: Nitro-Pak did supply a few of these for review but this is not a paid advertisement meaning I did not receive cash compensation to do this review. I try to be fair and objective with any reviews I do because I'm a consumer too. I like to seek out reviews before I commit to a product and I would want bloggers & vloggers out there to do the same that way I know for sure if the product is worth purchasing or not. There, now that's out of the way. =)

Many thanks to Nitro-Pak for the samples.

Mountain House Freeze Dried Food Review - Part 1

 

First off, many thanks to Nitro-Pak for sending over products for review.

Disclaimer: All opinions are 100% mine. For all reviews, I try my best to be objective and honest about my impression of the product.

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I received a few sample packets to try out so I started with the chili Mac with Beef. Preparation was pretty straightforward. Remove oxygen absorber from the pouch, add hot water, seal the pouch, and leave it alone to cook for a few minutes.
Afterwards, simply stir and serve.

As I've mentioned on the vlog, I was mainly concerned about it being to salty. I watch my sodium intake for health reasons and I don't eat a lot of processed foods so I was expecting this to be way too salty for my palate. On the contrary, this particular flavor was actually pretty tasty and didn't taste too salty for me. So I'm hoping the rest of the pouches will be just as good.

Stay tuned for part 2 of this video review with accompanying blog post where I'll actually record the preparation of one of these pouches and conclude with my final thoughts.

Stay tuned.

Hisense Sero 7 LT Android Tablet Review

Happy New Year everyone. Here's my first YT post of 2014 - a gadget / tech review.

This is the Hisense Sero 7 LT Android Tablet.7 inch screen, runs on Android JellyBean 4.1.1

Here are some specs:
3GHz dual-core processor, 1gb RAM
3,400mAh battery
Screen resolution of 1024 X 600 pixel
runs Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean out of the box
has a mini-HDMi port
internal storage of 4 gb, expandable storage (up to 32 gb)

A few things it's lacking:
No GPS capabilities
No Bluetooth capability
No rear-facing camera, and its front facing cam is only 0.3MP

It has a rear audio speaker which is adequate for the casual user.

Purchase price was well below the $100 mark including the shipping.
Straight out of the box it was already charged up but I decided to go ahead and charge it overnight. The package was delivered during a very cold evening so the device felt very cold to the touch as soon as I unpacked it. I ordered it from an online retailer and they did a piss-poor job of packaging the box so right from the get go I had my concerns with this tablet working properly. This is not the fault of Hisense since there's no way they can control how individual retailers ship their products.

Back to the device - I had no issues with wifi connectivity which is always a plus. It wasn't preloaded with a lot of bloatware. It did prompt me to do a system update as soon as it was connected online which I went ahead and did (took less than a few minutes). The touch screen was quite responsive. I didn't get a chance to test out any games on this but the primary use for this device was for viewing media such as Youtube vids and Netflix so those were the ones I wanted to check first. I also downloaded a forum app, Tapatalk Pro, which worked  fine on it as well. The Hisense Sero 7 LT does come with the Google marketplace. On a full charge, the battery lasted a little over 4.5 hours after doing some web surfing, video watching (via YT & Netflix), trying out various apps. I didn't get to try Instagram or Minecraft on it - I only address this because this seems to be the most commonly asked questions regarding tablets, at least for me.

This would be ideal for an entry level device, especially for a casual user. Originally, I was seeking for the Hisense Sero 7 Pro but was unsuccesful. This LT version showed up during my search for a great reduced price during an extended Cyber Monday sale so we snapped it up.

You can still purchase one at Amazon, here's the link:

http://amzn.to/1kj1MsL