ReadyWise Review

Friday, March 24th

2023 Survival Gear Store Reviews

ReadyWise

• Customers rave about the food quality
• Can buy enough food to feed a family for a year or more
• Good range of non-food survival gear choices
• 30-day return policy, comes with $15 restocking fee

ReadyWise specializes in dehydrated and freeze-dried, ready-made food for outdoor and emergency use. They offer up to a 25-year shelf life on all their long-term food storage products. Packaging is in a format suitable for both families and individuals. They also sell survival gear and assorted goods and supplies for use in emergency situations.

Abundant options in the emergency category

The website is divided into categories of emergency, adventure, and everyday meals. The emergency category focuses on items that are packaged and typically used for natural disasters. It consists of starter items, long-term, gluten-free and organic, meats, fruits and vegetables, milk and eggs, backpacks and survival bags, water filtration and storage, emergency supplies, and generators.

Up for an adventure?

The adventure category is focused on foods and supplies that are typically used for high-adventure outdoor activities. It includes entrees, breakfast, snacks, gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian, bags and bundles, cooking items, and other supplies.

Individual food packages available

Finally, the everyday portion of the catalog is for individually packaged meals along the lines of soups, fruit, vegetable snacks, and sweet treats.

Want to buy in bulk?

The larger bulk items are packaged in buckets of 120, 240, 360, 1440, and 4,320 servings of long-term emergency food. If you're looking to fill a bunker or shelter full of food, or want to have a year or more supply of food for your family, there is also a "Mother Of All Bundles" or M.O.A.B. bundle. It contains 144 total buckets of almost 17,000 servings of all kinds of foods. If your family enjoys things like cheesy lasagna, creamy pasta, pasta alfredo, chili mac, chicken noodle soup, stroganoff, and other savory staple foods, you'll find a lot of variety in the M.O.A.B. bundle. It costs tens of thousands of dollars to get it from their store to your door, but hey, shipping is free.

Check the deals section for extra savings

The deals section of the site contains a number of ReadyWise emergency preparedness items up to 50% off. Several other items are branded with the American Red Cross logo. There are also guides on the website on how to prepare for every emergency.

Customer feedback says "shop here"

ReadyWise has no BBB listing. Several thousand reviewers contributed their opinions on ReadyWise via other online reviews. The majority of customers rated the company as excellent with customer service, store selection, great-tasting food, high-quality packaging, and the availability of a payment plan. Those complaining had similar dissatisfaction as with other stores we've reviewed: not receiving their complete order, bad or damaged packaging, high prices, and not good taste to the food.

Solid choice despite short return policy

This is a good company to choose for buying survival food and other gear. However, if something goes wrong you're limited to 30 days on returns and subject to a $15 restocking fee. You might want to check with other companies on this list that omit these drawbacks, but if customer feedback is any indicator, you probably won't have any reason to be unhappy with the survival gear you buy from ReadyWise..