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Eleven cores, then nine, and no length

GO!elements 4 mm type III nylon cord on a spool, eleven cores stated in the title

A full type III designation, a diameter and a ceiling figure of 250 kg — printed over a core count that says eleven in the title and nine in the bullets, and a length that never appears.

GO!elements type III paracord in nylon wound on a spool

GO!elements 4 mm type III nylon cord on a spool, eleven cores stated in the title

A full type III designation, a diameter and a ceiling figure of 250 kg — printed over a core count that says eleven in the title and nine in the bullets, and a length that never appears.

Stated type
550, type III — stated in the title, written out in full
Diameter
4 mm, written as ø 4 mm — stated in the title
Inner strand count
11 cores — stated in the title; the second bullet instead says nine core ropes, and the listing never reconciles the two figures
Sheath construction
Not published on the listing — the maker states the cord is nylon throughout and never describes the sheath or counts its strands
Minimum breaking strength
Max. 250 kg — stated in the title, written as a ceiling rather than as a breaking load
Length supplied
Not published on the listing — no metre figure appears in the title or in any of the five bullets, though the fourth describes a spool
Reflective tracer
Not published on the listing
Amazon reference
B0895JHLKZ (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4260552330383
  • The type designation is printed in full — 550, type III — which only two other listings in this hub do
  • The maker states the cord is nylon throughout and that use in water and salt water is no problem
  • Eleven cores in the title and nine in the bullets, a contradiction the page never settles

Best for: Someone who wants the type designation and the diameter written out in full, and who will settle the core count and the length with the seller before ordering.

≈ £40 / 35 €
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Specifications

Stated type
550, type III — stated in the title, written out in full
Diameter
4 mm, written as ø 4 mm — stated in the title
Inner strand count
11 cores — stated in the title; the second bullet instead says nine core ropes, and the listing never reconciles the two figures
Sheath construction
Not published on the listing — the maker states the cord is nylon throughout and never describes the sheath or counts its strands
Minimum breaking strength
Max. 250 kg — stated in the title, written as a ceiling rather than as a breaking load
Length supplied
Not published on the listing — no metre figure appears in the title or in any of the five bullets, though the fourth describes a spool
Reflective tracer
Not published on the listing
Amazon reference
B0895JHLKZ (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4260552330383

What this listing puts on record

Paracord 550 of type III, ø 4 mm, in 100 % nylon, given a maximum of 250 kg by the maker, described as fully weatherproof and usable in fresh and salt water, and supplied wound on a spool.

Eleven cores in the title, nine in the bullets

The title reads 11 Kerne — eleven cores. The second bullet reads that the cord consists solely of nylon and has nine core ropes.

Both are on the same page, neither is withdrawn, and nothing reconciles them. That is not a rounding difference: the inner core count is the thing a type designation is supposed to promise, and this is the same title that prints type III in full. Four of the seven listings compared in this hub print a type and a strand count that agree with each other on seven; one prints nine beside a 550; this one manages to disagree with itself.

The rest of the identity line is clean and unusually complete for this shelf — 550, type III, ø 4 mm, 100 % nylon — which makes the core count stand out rather than blend in.

The length that never appears

No length is published. Not in the title, not in any of the five bullets. The fourth bullet describes a comfort spool, wound so the cord stays knot-free and to hand, and never says how much cord is on it.

Six of the seven listings compared in this hub publish a length — three metres, ten, fifteen, a hundred, or eighteen reels of three — and this is the only one that does not. For a product sold by the metre, that is the figure most likely to be the one being bought, and it is a question for the seller before ordering rather than something this page can supply.

Mil-Spec, and the sentence that follows it

The second bullet opens with MILITÄRSTANDARD, says the cords correspond to Mil-Spec, and adds that they are therefore used in high-performance sport. No specification number is given, no issuing body, no test. It is a manufacturer’s claim and is recorded here as one.

The bullet immediately after it ends with the opposite kind of sentence: the cord is NOT for climbing, in the maker’s own capitals. Two other listings on this shelf carry the same warning.

The strength line reads max. 250 kg — a ceiling, where two listings here call their identical 250 kg a breaking load, one says the cord withstands it and one says it carries up to it. Five listings, the same number, four different framings, and no ranking between them. It remains a maker’s figure for new, straight, undamaged cord rather than a working load. Paracord is not made to the standards that cover climbing ropes and harnesses, and this site covers walking, bivouac and light camping rather than climbing or mountaineering.

Availability

Selling between 35 € and 38 € across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was checked.

It also sells on the British Amazon store in the local currency, which the range above does not cover — that range counts euro stores and nothing else.

Nothing came back from the American Amazon store, 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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