Max Knives PARA30D — 4 mm paracord, long 30 metre length, desert tan

Overview

With thirty metres of 4 mm parachute cord in desert tan you leave quick fixes behind and move to a proper reserve. This quantity lives on a workshop shelf or in the camp gear box, and gets cut without hesitation: two metres for a bracelet, a few more for the guy lines of a shelter, whatever length a stretcher or a trap calls for. The sandy tone suits pale ground and any rig you would rather see blend into its surroundings.

Thirty metres is a stock

The difference between a pack length and a reserve lies in how you use it. Faced with thirty metres you stop calculating: you take what you need, recut if the first attempt is wrong, and start a failed braid again without regretting it. This is the quantity that lets you learn a pattern, fit every pack in the house with the same shade, or prepare two-metre strands in advance and set them aside for the projects to come.

Technical specifications

Parachute cord, 4 mm diameter, desert tan, in a single 30 metre length. Four millimetres covers the whole range of uses claimed for this cord, from braiding bracelets and dog collars to outdoor rigging: shelter, tent, trap, stretcher, splint, replacement bootlace. All 30 metres come in one continuous piece, to be cut as you see fit.

Care

A reserve is managed differently from a single strand: keep it in even loops and always draw from the outside, since internal tangles are paid for later. After an outdoor rig, rinse the section that actually got dirty under clean water rather than the whole hank. Drying is always done with the cord opened out. A reserve kept dry and shaded holds an even desert tone from one end of the length to the other.