Titan WarriorCord | 103 FEET, 620 LB. TENSILE Strength | Exceeds MIL-SPEC Type III 550 Paracord Strength Standards. 7-Strand, 5/32" Diameter, Military-Style Parachute Cord, with Free eBooks.

I purchased three hanks from three separate MIL-C-5040H Class III paracord manufacturers in black. The first thing I did was cut about 1" off of each hank to expose the inner strands and fray the sheath to examine the quality of the weave. Here are my findings.#1 - 5ColOverall, superior product. Mills Manufacturing weaves their cords, and 5Col sells the best paracord of the three. Reason? They contain 8 inner strands, meeting the 7-9 strand spec. One is marked yellow/green as the identifier. Each strand is tightly woven and approximately the same diameter as the Paracord Planet MIL-C-5040. The deciding factor between the two is each strand of the outer weave is also 3ply. Compared to the other two, they utilize just a band of fibers for each strand. When unraveling, this potentially provides the user with even more quality cordage. The cord moves easily and does not feel rigid. It is easy to work with and maintains shape around bends. As far as break strength, I do not possess the equipment to accurately test performance. Per spec, its min break strength should be 550 lbs.#2 - Paracord PlanetI believe the manufacturer for this cord to be E.L. Wood based on the black & yellow strand markers. It contains 7 inner strands and a flat-ribbon sheath weave. It unravels equally and easily, but not as cleanly as 5Col. The cord feels limber and becomes oval around bends. Not flat, but not round. Feels as if the chord has a little more stretch too it, but only until under tension. I do not possess the equipment to test elasticity under its working load limit.#3 - TitanThe least favorable (to me) of the three. The outer sheath is also a ribbon style, but each strand contains more nylon than 5Col or Paracord Planet. It is extremely difficult to unravel which may attest to a tighter overall sheath weave than 5Col or Paracord Planet. There are 7 inner strands, but they are much larger and loosely knit than the other two. The first thing I noticed when receiving this hank was weight. This cord easily weighs more than the other two. Per MIL-C-5040H, there is a minimum diameter but no maximum diameter to Class III 550. Titan takes that to heart. Their cord is thicker than the other two with a single red identifier. Their website claims of having a 660lbs min break strength is probably true. Therefore, this is more akin to something between 550 & 750 cord. Maybe 650? It certainly deserves its name of "Warriorcord" instead of Paracord. I wouldn't recommend it for actual rigging, but that is a personal statement, not a factual one from an expert.Overall: Titan is a heavy duty cord. While the inner strands are not as tightly woven as other brands, the outer sheath is strong and resists unraveling. Compared to other brands, Titan uses more nylon fibers. If you are looking for paracord that exceeds MIL-C-5040H, Titan would fit the bill. I don't prefer it since they seem to be taking paracord to a whole new level with their new Survivorcord. While the idea of having jute, mono, and snare wire in the same cord is enticing, it begins to question the physical properties of the cord under stress and how to utilize the jute, mono, and wire without having to deconstruct your 550 cord. For short lengths, this is a non-issue, but for longer lengths, only someone willing to break down their new cord can tell.

Over the years and many travels across West Africa and the Middle East in my old, loyal, and brave Land Rover, I have used many different types and brands of paracords. I use them for every thing from wrapping my knife and machete handles to holding down gear on top of roof rack. I used them to tie down gear on my kayak, and on trips on horseback.Titan Paracords,are among the very best, hands down; they have never let me down. They are tough, reliable, easy on the palms of your hands and, last but not least, beautiful; yes, I said that, even though it may not sound as an appropriate adjective to be used by a manly man to describe paracords.By the way, Titan neither paid me, nor asked me to write this review. Recently, I bought some more cord on Amazon for a 2000 mile trip, and being big on writing reviews, positive or negative, I wrote this. I view Amazon shoppers as a community and think it is good for us to share our evaluations as customers; sharing helps all of us.I hope this review was helpful,Thank you,BijanThank you,Bijan

I've used paracord in custom harnesses for more than 10 years and I've never seen this before.The first step in conditioning paracord for project use is to detangle it from whatever spool, loop, wad, or other configuration it was originally packaged, stored prior to sale, and eventually shipped in.This involves heat-sealing one end of the cord (if that's not already done), tying a loose knot in that end, and then loosely (note that word) pulling the cord through your fingers unlooping, unknotting, and detangling the cord as you go along until you reach the other end.This does not involve putting any substantial pressure on the sleeve. There's just enough to detect any twist and to guide the cord.Doing that with this supposedly "Exceeds Mil-Spec 550" cord produced a sleeve slippage that left more than four feet of empty sleeve by the time I got to the end of a 103' package.That left me curious as to just how badly this stuff was made, so I started over and deliberately tested the "pre-shrunk" nature of the sleeve (see photo of the TitanCord Brag Sheet).I did that by SLIGHTLY increasing the pressure on the sleeve as I made a second detangling pass over the length of the entire cord stating from the same end I initially started from.That netted me just a little over 13 feet of empty sleeve at the end.I cut the cord at the termination of the interior fibers and heat sealed the cut end, then cut a 3 inch section of cord out of the middle of the (now 90 foot long) original cord.I used a pair of tweezers to fish out the core of the cord and did indeed find seven, 3-yard strands, each with what appears to be a reasonable amount of twist (I'm not set up to test that aspect of these - but visually comparing the internals of this to known-good paracord tells me that this is at least close in that aspect).There is, however, no required manufacturer's color strand. That's not a huge issue for me but "exceeds MIL-SPEC, Type II 550 Paracord Standards" shouldn't mean "except for the ones we want to ignore."Titan claims specifically that the sleeve is pre-shrunk.I have some difficulty understanding how that can be possible with more than 10% difference between the (mildly tensioned) length of the sleeve and the core.I spoke with two other manufacturers of U. S. made paracord to ask how it is possible to create paracord this bad (or at least with this problem) and both of them proffered that tension on the weaving machine, particularly the portion that controls the weaving of the sheath was likely set too low or the manufacturing parameters for this run were flawed (for instance - if the sheath weaver expected the internals of the paracord to include the waxed jute, fishing line, and snare wire of Titan's SurvivorCord - but the run was for Titan's WarriorCord (what this product was)).The project I was working on was on a tight deadline and required white paracord. I had no local source for it so I bit the bullet and remediated this product as best I could.Each length I used, I did a final stretch of the sheath to remove any further excess. In total, I'd estimate that there was an approximately 20% mismatch between the length of the sheath and the length of the internals of the cord.Note: That did not leave me with less cord. The internals were 100+ feet long as advertised. It just meant that I had to do a crap-ton more work to get this stuff to work safely and properly (putting the internals under stress without the sheath supporting them is not how paracord is designed to work. The over-long sheath in this case could have proved dangerous to anyone working near its working load without having removed the extra sheathing.I bought this because it was a) available for quick delivery and b) fit my client's needs.Given the amount of extra work involved in diagnosing and then remediating the problem, getting a refund for this hardly covers the cost of my time and the product itself is relatively inexpensive.Be aware that if you intend to use this stuff anywhere near its rated working load, you will need to be very sure that the sheathing is properly manufactured. It's possible this was a one-manufacturing-run problem that has since been corrected (although you'd think if that were so, they'd have pulled all the inventory created during that run and destroyed it).