1000' Foot OD Olive Drab Green Parachute Cord Paracord Type III Military Specification 550

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The product featured here is the 1000 foot spool of black parachute cord, direct from the manufacturer. This is the exact type of cord that is sold to the US military for non-critical missions, where reliability is a must. The paracord advertised here is not a cheap imitation, it is the real thing!

Because individual strands of 550 paracord can be easily removed and combined into your own configurations, this small rope can be put to a wide variety of survival uses. As a general purpose utility cord 550 can be used for:

Ridgelines for Tarps
Securing equipment
Shoelaces
Hanging food from bears
Vehicle Tie Downs
Sewing Fabric
Repairing equipment
Making a fire Bow
Fishing Line
Paracord String for a Bow
Making a Shelter
Fish Gill Nets
Fishing Line
Animal Snares
Clothes Lines
Paracord Lanyards
Anchor Line
Binding
Twine
Animal Restraints
Tooth Floss
Splints
Tourniquet
Paracord Braiding
Other Paracord Crafts

From seting up a tarp to paracord braiding, no survival kit is complete without a long hank of paracord. This strong cordage is the survival experts friend.

What I was looking for (2010-08-27)
At first I was worried by some of the reviews, but I ordered it anyway. This IS 7 strand cord. Great stuff!

the real deal (2010-08-27)
as soon as i saw the package from the mail i knew what it was. real seven strand parachute chord, great for everyone. you can use it to make great bracelets or you can keep it in your survival pack. with a tensile strength of 550 pounds there is not much you can't do with it. great to have for anyone.

Essential Emergency Kit Item (2010-08-05)
I just love paracord. Give me a good hank of paracord, duct tape, and a paperclip and I'm prepared to survive the apocalypse. Or so I would like to think. All kidding aside, this should be an essential part of your disaster preparedness kit for home, work, and auto. It's also part of my camping kit, whether backpacking or car camping.

Why paracord instead of a hank of nylon or sisal rope from your local big box store? Capability. For its size, few ropes can match its load capacity, pound for pound. Speaking of size, paracord is almost ideal, for while it can always be doubled or tripled for handling increased load, it is also very space efficient. When fashioning emergency shelter, for example, you need something that is incredibly strong, not necessarily incredibly big. You can carry much more footage per unit of space with this stuff than with larger rope, and that's important when putting together kit that needs to stay portable. Even the construction of paracord makes it more useful: within the tough outer tube are seven non-braided individual strands (which are in turn themselves made up of two braided strands, each consisting of individual filaments) which can be used as component parts for other things that require smaller rope, or even thread. Need some emergency fishing line? Paracord. Need some emergency repair sewing on that backpack or tent? Paracord. When out and away from civilization, paracord is the one thing I will always have as part of my gear due to its broad and outstanding utility.

So, this paracord I ordered is exactly as shown in the picture and as described: Seven-strand milspec 550 paracord (black in my case). It came on a 1000 foot spool, which was perfect to distribute among my various kits for home, auto, and camping. The spool looked exactly like the one in the photo, which was nice. I've had occasion to use it already, and while I can't say I've tested it at what should be its limit, it has performed flawlessly. I'm very happy with this product and would purchase again if I needed more.

a LOT of cord (2010-05-16)
If you find yourself needing more than a couple hundred feet of cord, go this route. Saves money and you'll find that you often have more uses for it than you thought.

Fooled got a 1000 foot spool of Paracord 450-6 strand (2010-04-02)
Shipment was fast and got a 1012.63 foot spool...Butttttt...to good to be entirely true. Is really 450 - 6 strand para-cord. From the beginning of the spool to the end of the 1012.63 foot spool only 6 strands of inner cord. So be aware.