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550 on the label, no diameter, no strength

Gukasxi twelve 10 ft reels in twelve colours, seven-core design

A twelve-colour craft set that publishes a seven-core design and a length in feet, and leaves the diameter, the sheath and the breaking figure blank.

Gukasxi paracord set of twelve coloured reels for craft work

Gukasxi twelve 10 ft reels in twelve colours, seven-core design

A twelve-colour craft set that publishes a seven-core design and a length in feet, and leaves the diameter, the sheath and the breaking figure blank.

Stated type
550 — stated in the title and in the first bullet; no type III designation is printed
Diameter
Not published on the listing — no millimetre figure appears in the title or in any of the five bullets
Inner strand count
7 — stated, described by the maker as a seven-core design
Sheath construction
Not published on the listing — the maker names an outer nylon over an inner polyester and never describes the braid or counts its strands
Minimum breaking strength
Not published on the listing — the cord is called tear-resistant, hard-wearing and elastic, with no kilogramme or pound figure anywhere
Length supplied
10 ft per reel, twelve reels — stated; the maker publishes the length in feet and gives no metric equivalent
Reflective tracer
Not published on the listing
Amazon reference
B08199JBKW (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0880302501067
  • Twelve separate colours in one pack, each one listed by name by the maker
  • The seven-core design is published, where one other listing in this hub never states a count at all
  • No diameter anywhere on the page, so it cannot be set beside the five listings here that print 4 mm

Best for: Someone buying colour for bracelets, key fobs and lanyards, who does not need a diameter or a strength figure written down.

≈ 11 €
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Specifications

Stated type
550 — stated in the title and in the first bullet; no type III designation is printed
Diameter
Not published on the listing — no millimetre figure appears in the title or in any of the five bullets
Inner strand count
7 — stated, described by the maker as a seven-core design
Sheath construction
Not published on the listing — the maker names an outer nylon over an inner polyester and never describes the braid or counts its strands
Minimum breaking strength
Not published on the listing — the cord is called tear-resistant, hard-wearing and elastic, with no kilogramme or pound figure anywhere
Length supplied
10 ft per reel, twelve reels — stated; the maker publishes the length in feet and gives no metric equivalent
Reflective tracer
Not published on the listing
Amazon reference
B08199JBKW (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0880302501067

What this listing puts on record

Twelve reels of 550 paracord, ten feet on each, in twelve named colours, described by the maker as a seven-core design in an outer nylon over an inner polyester, tear-resistant, hard-wearing, washable and light.

A craft set before it is a cord

The title says it plainly enough: a bracelet band set for DIY, with key rings, dog leads and tent line following. Four of the five bullets are about colours, projects and who the set suits, and the maker’s project list runs to bracelets, key fobs, dog leads, bags, laces, cat toys, dream catchers and rucksack zip pulls.

That is not a criticism of the product, but it is what the page is. It explains why the specification is thin, and it puts this listing in a different aisle from the ten, fifteen and hundred metre lengths on the same shelf, which are sold as cord by the metre.

Two blank columns on this sheet

No diameter. No millimetre figure appears in the title or in any of the five bullets. Five of the seven listings compared in this hub print 4 mm, and this one prints nothing — so the single number that decides whether a strand of cord fits a bracelet jig, a lacing hole or a tarp grommet is missing.

No breaking figure. The maker writes tear-resistant, hard-wearing and elastic, and never turns any of it into a kilogramme or a pound. Five of the seven listings here publish 250 kg — all five the same figure — and this is one of the two that publish none.

What is published: 550, a seven-core design, and the materials as an outer nylon over an inner polyester. The core count is real information, and one listing on this shelf does not manage even that.

The word climbing, and who wrote it

The fifth bullet groups hiking, camping and climbing as activities the set suits, and calls it a survival tool for emergencies. Those are the manufacturer’s words, recorded here as the manufacturer’s.

Three other listings in this hub end a bullet with a plain statement that their cord is not for climbing, so the shelf itself does not speak with one voice. Beyond that, this site says what it says of the whole family: paracord is not made to the standards that cover climbing ropes and harnesses, this site covers walking, bivouac and light camping rather than climbing or mountaineering, and the intended use of any particular cord is set out in its maker’s instructions.

Availability

Selling between 11 € and 16 € across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was checked.

Catalogued on the British Amazon store with nobody selling it: the reference is there, the offer is not.

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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    Stated type
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    Reflective tracer
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    Stated type
    Type III 550 — stated in the title and again as the heading of the first bullet
    Diameter
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    Inner strand count
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    Sheath construction
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    Reflective tracer
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    EAN
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    Stated type
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    Diameter
    Not published on the listing
    Inner strand count
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    Sheath construction
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    Length supplied
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    Reflective tracer
    Not published on the listing
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    EAN
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    • Eighteen colours on eighteen separate reels, with the length of each reel stated
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    Fabric
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