(23 August 2012, 11:05)00111001 Wrote: (13 July 2012, 19:31)Hrusai Wrote: the atwood 15m of paracord is ok, its not proper mil spec paracord as it has 7 inner strands, but all the same colour and only 2 strands to each inner strand, whereas real paracord has 7 inner strands where one of them is made up of 2 colours and each inner strand is made up of 3 strands. but nonetheless its still a decent product and will do what you need it to, its coped with what ive tried with it, although i havent tried to do a proper stress test on it yet 
People get too caught up with the 550 paracord. Yes, it does have a 550lb rate, but that's only if it's in a straight line. Tie a knot in it, loop it round something etc and you lower the tensile strength. If you've got to the point when you've broken your paracord then you need a decent rope instead.
I use 550 Para cord to pull my yank crossbow string back, tuff as nails, I do wonder if it would manage to keep doing this over time though, like the stress on the knots and so on.
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