Paracord storage

Dizwolf

Dizwolf

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I wanted an easy way to carry 100 foot of paracord in a small day pack. Coiling it always seemed to make a mess of it. Remembered this technique from doing old water rescue work in scouts, dunno the name or origin of it. It can be done tightly, but for speeds sake I keep it semi loose. Shortens the cord up, and makes it easier to pack without tangleing. When/if you need all of it, you just untie the end, and it all pulls free.

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That is called a chain sinnet. If you are using a very long piece of cordage (100 feet and over) you can try doubling it to cut the total length way down and give yourself a pretty compact mass of cord. Doubling it does run the risk of an occasional jam when letting it out.
 
I usualy do the figure 8 coil around pinky and thumb then insert S binner thru and hook on belt loop mine is only 25 ft not 100 but works for me.
 
I've never needed more than 25' lengths so I cut and burned the ends of four 25 footers and figure 8 them as previously described. Then, if I want to take 25' I can, or 50 or the whole 100 depending on the trip.
 
I believe this knot is also known as an electricians knot....due to how they put up all their cords in this manner. I stick with the figure 8 method as well. Much easier to deal with and it doesn't put all the kinks permanently into the paracord.I carry lots of 25 footers and usually one 100 footer. worst case you can just use a knot and turn the 25 footers into whatever you need.
 
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I stick mine in a quart sized ziplock. Keeps it from getting out of control, plus you have the ziplock to use for whatever.
 
I just store mine loose in a pencil case with one end externally secured so i can pull it through if I need it
 
Gotta make you wrap/pull it from the right end, otherwise you'll end up with a knotted mess. In fact we got so sick of dumbasses wrapping them wrong and spending 5 minutes screwing around with 100 feet of parachord that we just wrapped it in a 5 inch wide choil.
 
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Good call on 25 footers.
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I have a separate rope kit for my hammock, but one trip the best spot for it had a tree that was too big around. That 25' 550 lb test paracord did the trick!

I've recently added some very lightweight but sturdy plastic clothes pins to my rope bag. More versatility and not any noticeable weight or bulk!
 
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