The everyday standard
550 Paracord at a glance
A versatile seven-core cord for bracelets, lanyards, handle wraps, zipper pulls, and general crafts.
- Approximate diameter
- Approximately 4 mm
- Material
- Nylon
- Construction
- Commercial Type III construction with a woven nylon sheath and 7 cabled inner strands
- Core count
- 7
- Published breaking strength
- 550 lb minimum breaking strength
- Stretch
- No verified family-wide value
- Common store lengths
- 1 ft sample; 10, 25, 50, and 100 ft; separate 250 ft and 1,000 ft spools
- Origin
- Made in the USA