heads up cheap para cord

[hedgerowpete]

went into the 99 pence shop in brum today they are selling a papra cord type stuff for 99p for 20metres. ok so its not para cord and there for you should not try to repair your parachute with it, but considering who expence para cord is and the fact that i only use it to tie a tarp up with it and the very occasional wooden post shelter its brilliant stuff.

as ever no attatchment to them, blah blah blah

but twenty metres for a quid well worth it

 

[ex member pyrophil]

Thanks, if my 99p store has some i will pick one up. like you say for tying bits of wood together its more than good enough, keep the good stuff for other things.

 

[spandit]

It's good cheap stuff - I've bought & used loads of it without problem

 

[jackcbr]

Bet Hugo gets it for 50p at the booties

 

[hedgerowpete]

never noticed before but at the moment almost all of my kit is coming from the pound shops as its within my budgets, lol

 

[monkey boy]

i always stock up on this stuff when the 99p produces it, its good for using and abusing

 

[persistent king]

our local poundworld has a camping section , the same there mate, except its a penny more lol

 

[hedgerowpete]

I had not seen it there before so i take it its not a stock item permanantly in, i will have to grab some more then

 

[spandit]

I've bought two different types - the better sort has a cord down the middle that you could use separately whereas the other sort is just padded. You can't tell which is which & I suspect the latter is cheaper so will be what they're selling now

 

[MartiniDave]

I find this stuff is great for jobs where ordinary string isn't quite up to the job, but I don't want to "waste" my 550 cord.
Haven't tried it on the bowdrill, I think it might have too much give in it.

Dave

 

[spandit]

Doesn't stand up to abrasion very well on a bowdrill but then my technique isn't very good

 

[monkey boy]

yeah its not good for bowdrills, its handy for riglines, guidline tying things together and things like thats

 

[hedgerowpete]

bow drill. mines a smoke drill as i have yet to make fire from it apart from when i loose my rag and snap it and chuck it on the fire

 

[ex member pyrophil]

I got some today. in discount uk shop next to the 99p shop were i am. they had mess tins for 1.29 each, think they had one size only. blow up pillows for 99p. stuff bags. 2 man tens for 9.99 and load other stuff. dont know how good the stuff is.