The best, strongest paracord is made entirely from nylon, but polyester cord can work almost as well and is even better in some scenarios. However, Paracord made from Nylon is what we love.
We at Plymouth Paracord Projects constantly research, buy, and test quality of the paracord from popular brands and outlets like Rope Service UK, Amazon, and other online paracord makers / outlets, in order to find the absolute best fit for paracord making projects for quality and price.
This general purpose, smooth textured 550 Paracord cord is the ideal choice for our needs at present. As they say its about quality of the product. Nylon and is the most popular paracord material, which don’t absorb much water, resist mildew and mold, and dry relatively quickly, so moisture isn’t much of a threat to good paracord.
A type III paracord is commonly referred to as a “550 paracord”. with seven to nine core yarns, type III has either a 32/1 or 36/1 sheath structure. This is an ideal choice for the majority of tasks.
As with this case is its 32/1 The Paracord 550 (diameter +/- 4mm.) is offered in many colours and patterns.
This Paracord Type III is original US made. It has 32 strands and 7 soft, twisted cores within the sheath.
Yes, we would recommend this product for different Paracord making products.
Looks good, just disappointed we weren’t told when it rains the rope shrinks. It did pull the post away from the wall but that’s been fixed. Happy with the results.
Thank you so much for your 5-star review – we really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
I’m sorry to hear about the issue with the rope shrinking in the rain and pulling the post – I’m glad you were able to get it sorted. We don’t ever want customers to be caught out by this, so I just wanted to mention that we include details about shrinkage and expansion in the product description and in the “Characteristics of Natural Rope” section on the page.
Natural manila rope does shrink when wet and expand again as it dries – this is simply part of how natural fibres behave outdoors. We recommend allowing about 15% extra length when ordering to help prevent any pulling or sagging.
If you ever need any advice on caring for your rope or planning for movement over time, please don’t hesitate to get in touch – we’re always here to help.
Thanks again for your order and for sharing your feedback!
Excellent quality product. Packed well and delivered within an acceptable period of time. Will be using them again for sure.
We are so pleased with our purchase. The images and descriptions on the website are very accurate and guided our decision. It is perfect for our garden posts which will be used for climbing plants. The rope looks very durable and has a lovely natural colour and texture. We would definitely recommend.
High quality product at a good price delivered quickly.
Very pleased, colour is good, and it really looks like natural rope, appears strong too.
Easy to work with and strong and sturdy. Rather funky looking with the colours. Tightly bound coil so both could in a box was easy to collect too. Will be buying more from you
required a neat solution for garden edging and selected an appropriate rope from the array on offer delivered as requested and finish was to high quality.
Perfect, just what I wanted and especially 100% natural hemp rope, great for dog toys.
Needed some green paracord, to hang a refurbished wooden bird house from a tree. This was perfect, nice olive green, more than strong enough and should withstand the UV and worst of the weather. Sensible price and prompt despatch. The birds are happy too 🙂