Where can i procure paracord?

[Skyman]

Where can i buy paracord from at reasonable rates? The 550 kind.

[spin_drift]

oliveplanet.in

[essdee1972]

Oliveplanet and ebay (dot com, not dot in) both have decent stuff at approx. Rs. 6.50-7.00 per foot (if you go for 100 foot lengths), incl. shipping.

I recently bought 1000 feet (yeah, that's a thousand) of OD coloured paracord from amazon.com for about Rs. 4.76 per foot, incl. shipping. The catch was that this is commercial spec paracord, not mil spec. Which means that the inside 7 strands have two strands each, instead of 3 for mil spec. (I think I am being a bit unclear - in mil spec cord, the 7 inner strands are each made of 3 finer threads twisted together, in commercial spec the same 7 inner strands have only 2 threads twisted together). I needed it basically for making knife handles and lanyards, hanging mosquito curtains, clothes drying, and suchlike purposes, wherein the paracord is better than shoelaces and pyjama strings!!

[Skyman]

Thanks, but too expensive in both cases.Will you be a dear and send some over from your vast stock? What's the tensile strength of the stuff you bought?

[essdee1972]

Didn't test!! Reviews on amazon.com say 450-500, but the product description says 550.

Why do you need paracord? If it's for trekking and suchlike, you need the 550. However, paracord can not be used as a climbing rope. It seems a 150 lb human being can put instantaneous forces upto 900 lb while climbing!

Somehow, I assumed you are in Bangalore. If so, can't you catch hold of someone in HAL / IAF base? They have kilometres of the stuff to use for ............. well parachutes!! Of course, I can spare a few feet on a "non-profit" basis!!

[Skyman]

Hmm...I don't know anyone at HAL/IAF but that is a good idea.I need it mainly for wrapping, and some other purposes for which ordinary rope/thread will not suffice.

Now send some sweets along too.