Preparedirect is committed to providing the finest products for emergency preparedness, disaster preparedness, and outdoor recreation, which includes camping, backpacking, hiking, boating, or any outdoor adventure.  While we offer a complete line products that include components for emergency preparedness kits and disaster kits, water filters and purifiers, radios - hand cranked, shortwave, two-way, and solar, tents, flashlights and lanterns, medical kits, tools and instruments, optics, portable power including solar power, our specialty is shelf stable foods for emergency preparedness and disaster preparedness. 

AlpineAire not only produces excellent pouched freeze-dried foods, they also produce what we feel to be the best shelf stable foods in cans called the Gourmet Reserves line of foods for food storage, or any situation requiring long term food reserves.  The shelf life of these food storage products can be 20 to 30 years or more depending on storage conditions.  We also offer Heater Meals, a wet pack product that has a built in heater pad that with the addition of a small amount of water will provide a hot meal.  These ready-to-eat meals have a 1 to 5 year shelf life depending on the variety you choose.