ReadyWise 120-Serving Lunch & Dinner Bucket review
A set-and-forget long-life food store you don't plan to rotate
By Tom Calder · Price last checked 20 September 2026 · price indicative
A 120-serving freeze-dried bucket with a 25-year shelf life: set-and-forget storage for about 12 adult-days of food (24,360 kcal at 2,000 kcal a day), not a month. Every meal needs water — about 120 cups for the whole bucket — so store water alongside it.
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- 25-year shelf life
- No cooking skill needed
- Compact
- Carb-heavy — watch the nutrition
- Pricey per calorie vs tinned
- Needs about 120 cups of water to prepare the whole bucket
Who shouldn't buy this
you'd actually rotate normal tinned food — that's cheaper and you'll eat it anyway.
Key specs
| Shelf life | 25 yrs |
| Servings | 120 |
| Calories | 24,360 kcal |
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