| | |  | Parachute Cord Nylon 7 Strand 550lb Tested U.S MADE 100' | Home » » » Parachute Cord Nylon 7 Strand 550lb Tested U.S MADE 100' | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 10.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 176 reviews |
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112 of 115 found the following review helpful:
 Too flat for MY needsSep 04, 2011
By CygnuS
550 cord has a multiude of purposes. I make paracord jewelry and decorations, for my tent and for the soldiers I meet while I am living and working in Afghanistan. This particular cord is made with core strands of a lesser quality than some others, even by the same supplier. The label on this product is G.I Plus. It carries the Rothco trademark, however, it has been my experience that some products are manufactered differently. I have recieved a purple and pink product by G.I Plus that has the fuller core strands that produce the results that the soldiers and I desire in our paracord jewelry and decorations. I recieved another G.I Plus color from a different supplier with the same flat type core strands and although I rated the product at an even 3 of 5, I got a reply from the vendor that my review was negative and harmful to the business. If you do not care for the fullness of your cord, then this will work for you. Paracord that has a flatness due to lesser quality core strands, do not meet MY needs. I am not saying I will not continue to purchase from this vendor, just not the yellow. It has also been my EXPERIENCE, that there are some colors, such as black, that are distributed by other manufacteres/suppliers, that come the same way. I got the yellow from 2 different sources and both came as G.I. Plus and both had the softer cores. It is a machining defect? Is it a color thing? I don't know. Just my HONEST observation.
56 of 59 found the following review helpful:
 Good product, but deceptive title.Jul 28, 2011
By Ossuary Online
I ordered from Acme Prototype, LLC.
The product tag reads as follows:
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G.I. PLUS
Type III Commercial Made in the USA
NYLON PARACORD 100ft
550 Type III Commercial
Made by a Certified US Gov't Contractor
500 lb. Test, 7 Strand Core, 100% Nylon
Made in the USA Rothco
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Contrary to the product description, this paracord was manufactured by Rothco rather than Elite First.
This is commercial grade rather than true Mil Spec MIl-C-5040H TYPE III Paracord.
The cord shipped clean. The nylon is easy to burn and melts very clean, making it easy to seal cut ends to prevent fraying.
46 of 51 found the following review helpful:
 Bad Quality ControlJul 21, 2011
By Aaron
I kind of figured I was going to get some paracord that wasn't military spec when I purchased it after I did some research. I ordered 3 different colors at 100ft length. The black is what this bad review is about. I started to measure out a peace to make a key fob when I noticed the inner white nylon strand was threaded out of the outer nylon sheath and back into the outer nylon sheath. This is in multiple spots. Being that it is white on black I would have thought someone would have caught it before it got to me. I will use it anyways because it took them a week to ship it out to me, but only 24 hours from shipment to get to me. So far it is good for my purpose other then the quality control issue.
22 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 WRONG ITEM- CRAPPY QUALITY- NO CONTACT NUMBERS!!!Apr 25, 2012
By Richard B. Roland III
I received my cord about 4 days ago, I ordered "Olive" for hanging food in trees when camping, I liked the olive color so I wouldn't have anything breaking up the natural color trend I follow. The cord I got was yellow... a real eyesore in the woods, but I figured for the price I'd give it a shot anyway because it seemed like good enough cord. I strung 40lbs of food up and the next morning my food was on the ground! Not eaten so nothing grabbed and dragged it down, the rope just snapped!!! The same day I hung a hammock up with this stuff and found out the sheathing is bad, within 2 hours of a 175lb man being in the hammock the sheathing was ripped off and peeled back. There was about a foot of just the inner fibers holding the rope, which we thought would be fine because that's where the real strength is anyway, about a half hour later we heard some snapping and within 5 minutes the cord snapped and my friend fell to the ground. I read other reviews and there were a lot of complaints about the yellow so I figured since I was shipped crap I'd get a hold of the supplier and have them ship me what I actually ordered, but alas, I have no idea how to contact the supplier to get what I ordered, so right now, 1 star. If the supplier contacts me after reading this and actually ships me what I ordered I would be happy to edit the review and at least give them points for trying to help. Basically: DO NOT ORDER THIS PRODUCT!!! You can get cord that is better quality from other suppliers for about the same price. Repeat: DO NOT ORDER!!!
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
coyote 550 cordMay 10, 2011
By kenny
can't give this stuff a good rating. is has the gov't contractor label...but there are bulges in the cord every 5-9 inches so beware of your seller. thankfully, i bought it just for making zipper pulls.
i guess you get what you pay for.
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