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Type 3, seven strands, three metres

Ganzoo 3 m of black type 3 cord, 4 mm, seven core strands

Three metres of black cord that fills five of the seven columns this hub compares — type, diameter, strand count, breaking figure and length — and is the shortest single length of the seven.

Ganzoo black 550 paracord cord coiled, 4 mm diameter

Ganzoo 3 m of black type 3 cord, 4 mm, seven core strands

Three metres of black cord that fills five of the seven columns this hub compares — type, diameter, strand count, breaking figure and length — and is the shortest single length of the seven.

Stated type
550, type 3 — stated in the title, where the maker writes the numeral rather than the Roman III
Diameter
4 mm — stated in the title and repeated in the fifth bullet
Inner strand count
7 inner strands — stated in the title and in two of the five bullets
Sheath construction
Kernmantel — a core inside a woven sheath, with the seven core strands sitting in a polyester and nylon sheath; stated, with no braid count published
Minimum breaking strength
250 kg, given as 550 lbs alongside — stated by the maker as the breaking load of a 550 cord of type 3
Length supplied
3 m — stated in the title
Reflective tracer
Not published on the listing
Amazon reference
B0CJ56CXGH (same reference on 4 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4251367709785
  • Prints a type, a diameter, a strand count, a breaking figure and a length — five of the seven columns this hub compares
  • The seven inner strands appear in the title and again in the bullets, so the count is not left to the type designation to imply
  • Three metres is the shortest single length of the seven, level with the individual reels in the eighteen-colour set here

Best for: Someone who wants a named type, a strand count and a breaking figure on a short length, buying cord for one project rather than a reel for the season.

≈ 4 €
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Specifications

Stated type
550, type 3 — stated in the title, where the maker writes the numeral rather than the Roman III
Diameter
4 mm — stated in the title and repeated in the fifth bullet
Inner strand count
7 inner strands — stated in the title and in two of the five bullets
Sheath construction
Kernmantel — a core inside a woven sheath, with the seven core strands sitting in a polyester and nylon sheath; stated, with no braid count published
Minimum breaking strength
250 kg, given as 550 lbs alongside — stated by the maker as the breaking load of a 550 cord of type 3
Length supplied
3 m — stated in the title
Reflective tracer
Not published on the listing
Amazon reference
B0CJ56CXGH (same reference on 4 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4251367709785

What this listing puts on record

Three metres of black cord, 4 mm across, sold as 550 paracord of type 3, built as a kernmantel line with seven core strands inside a polyester and nylon sheath, and given a breaking load of 250 kg — 550 lbs — by the maker.

Seven strands under a kernmantel sheath

Seven inner strands — stated, in the title and again in the first and fifth bullets. That is the count this hub attaches to a type 3 or 550 designation, and having it written out rather than implied is the whole point: the number of strands is what the name promises, and it is the one thing a photograph of a coil cannot show.

The construction is named too. The maker calls it a kernmantel cord — a core inside a woven sheath — and puts the seven strands inside a polyester and nylon sheath. What never appears is a braid count: three of the listings compared in this hub print a 32-strand figure for their sheath, and this one prints none.

Where the strength figure comes from

250 kg, or 550 lbs — stated. The maker attributes the number to the designation itself, writing that the breaking load of a 550 paracord of type 3 is 250 kg. Five of the seven listings on this shelf print that same 250 kg figure and none prints a different one, so it separates nothing: it is a shared claim, and the five are level on it.

Read it for what the maker says it is — a breaking load for new, straight, undamaged cord. It is not a working load, and the wording differs across this shelf: two listings here say breaking load, one says withstands, one says carries up to and one writes it as a maximum. Those are not the same sentence. This site covers walking, bivouac and light camping; climbing and mountaineering have their own standards and their own equipment, and paracord is made to none of them.

Three metres, and what that buys

3 m — stated in the title. That is the shortest single length of the seven compared here, matched by the individual reels in the eighteen-colour craft set, and it is a different purchase from the ten, fifteen and hundred metre lengths on the same shelf.

The maker’s own list of uses runs craft-first: dog leads, collars, bracelets, key fobs and knife handles, with camping, trekking and pitching a tent named after them. Three metres reads as one project, not a season’s cord.

Availability

Selling between 4 € and 6 € across the German, French and Italian Amazon stores when this page was checked.

The Spanish Amazon price sits more than 1.6× above the cheapest store. That gap usually means a reshipper rather than a local seller, so that listing is kept out of the range above.

Nothing came back from the American and British Amazon stores, so the buy link there opens a local search instead of a page that is not there.

Every figure in this section is what Keepa returned on the day this page was last updated. Prices and offers change without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 6 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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    Stated type
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    Diameter
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    Inner strand count
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    Minimum breaking strength
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    Reflective tracer
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    EAN
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    Stated type
    550 — stated in the title and in the first bullet; no type III designation is printed
    Diameter
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    Inner strand count
    7 — stated, described by the maker as a seven-core design
    Sheath construction
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    Reflective tracer
    Not published on the listing
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    EAN
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    Stated type
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    Diameter
    4 mm — stated in the title and in the first bullet
    Inner strand count
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    Sheath construction
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    Minimum breaking strength
    250 kg, given as 550 lbs alongside — stated by the maker as a breaking load
    Length supplied
    100 m, wound on a spool — stated
    Reflective tracer
    Not published on the listing
    Amazon reference
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    EAN
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    Material
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    Dimensions
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    Stated weight
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    Published decibel figure
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    Distance quoted at
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    Attachment type
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    EAN
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    EAN
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