Figures read Nov 5, 2026 · 20 food kits · 6 water containers · 10 city offices
Your closet, measured in days
Type in how many people live with you, how many days you want covered, and the inside size of one shelf, closet floor or under-bed gap. The planner works out the calories and gallons that adds up to, then checks named kits and jugs against that space using the case sizes their makers print.
Open the space planner See what your city says
Three numbers from this data set
113 cubic inches per 2,000-calorie day: the most compact sized kit we have, the Legacy Food Storage Premium 240 Serving Package.
303 cubic inches per 2,000-calorie day at the other end, the ReadyWise 52 Serving Prepper Pack Bucket. On the same shelf the first one holds about 2.7 times as many days.
1,290 to 1,800 calories per day: the range kit labels use when they say "30 days" or "2 weeks". At 2,000 calories the same kit runs shorter. See each kit.
How to use it in an apartment
- Pick the space first. Measure the inside width, depth and clear height in inches, with the door shut if it is a closet.
- Set the days. Your city's office may ask for 3, 7, 10 or 14. The city table quotes each one.
- Read the fit column. "Fits" means the cases stand upright inside your numbers. Kits whose makers give only cubic feet get a volume check, which is looser.
- Print the list. The print page carries your totals onto one sheet you can tape inside the closet door.
What this site does not do
It does not tell you how much to store beyond what FEMA, the CDC, the Red Cross or your city publish. It does not rate taste. It does not invent sizes: if a maker leaves the case size off its page, the planner says so and leaves the kit out of the fit check. Three kits have calorie numbers that disagree between sellers; those sit on the hold list until the figures line up.