We took the standard 550 Paracord and made it better…we gave you more features without sacrificing strength. We produce our custom survival cord here in the USA with a factory that makes Mil-Spec cord for our military. To prove it out, we had our vendor preform a Mil-Spec tensile test on it. It averaged about 586 pounds in tensile strength. So you can still call it “550 Cord” if you like when referring to strength.