Max Knives PARA30ROUGE — 4 mm paracord, long 30 metre length, red

Overview

Thirty metres of 4 mm parachute cord in red is a reserve with a point of view, and that point of view is visibility. Every metre cut from this length stays identifiable, whether it ends up as a tent guy line, a tarp tensioner, a pack tie or a braided bracelet. The quantity means you can keep coming back to it, for a camp rig as much as for bench work, without watching what is left on the coil.

Seen before it trips you

A line strung at ankle height gets noticed late when it is dark in colour. In red, the same guy lines read from the entrance of the camp, and the walk between two tents stops being an obstacle course. The same reasoning extends to the rest of the kit: a red strand tied to a peg driven into grass finds it again at strike time, a red loop on a pouch pulls it out of a crowded pack, a red tie on a tool set down on the ground keeps it from being left behind.

Technical specifications

Paracord measuring 4 mm across in red, offered as one long 30 metre length. This format suits every application described for the cord: shelter, tent, trap, stretcher, makeshift splint, fishing line, replacement lace, braiding of bracelets and dog collars. The length is supplied whole and gets recut to whatever the rig requires.

Care

Red is judged by eye, and clean red does its job as a marker better than grimy red: rinse the sections that came back from the field under clean water, especially the tensioners that have been lying on the ground. Dry the cord laid out, never tightly wound. Store the reserve in shade, since a bright storage spot dulls strong colours faster than dark ones. Then form an even coil again before putting it away.