This was such a good question I moved it to it's own thread.

Well, when I was in the military a friend of mine asked me to make a net hammock for him. With two broken hockey sticks, a pair of steel rings and a roll of para cord, I did. 3-1/2 ft. wide and 7 ft. long.
Other than that, wrapping's for knives, a 7 braid belt, tent lines and so on. Your only limited to your imagination. 😈

Lashing anything together. Too many uses to list. For me it would most likely be used to lash poles to make shelter, Tie up tarps for water collecting, make a spear or splint a broken bone. Maybe as a means to get up and down a steep slope or to make and pull an improvised sled. Think the insides could be used as tinder. String a bow or firebow, use as bootlaces. Fasten things to a pack. Snareing, leash for animals, fish nets... counting the days.

We use them for camping to put up tarps and lash stuff together. I also make them into all sorts of stuff. like bracelets, keychains, lanyards, dog leashes....bla bla bla

Para cord can be used to do anything you use regular cord for, but the nice thing about para cord is that you can pull the inner cords outs and use them separately from the outer sheath. The is handy for making improvised fish nets. Also the inner cords can be used for repairing leather work with and awl or can be unsound to make thread like string for sewing. The curls in it can cause tangles so a limitless care and attention is required.

I use para cord for everything when camping or backpacking, tent lines, hanging bear bags.

We used para cord to hang a hammock over rough ground. You can also use it for shoe laces should your hiking boot laces fail. This won't work with smaller holed boots but fits mine just fine. I carry tons of it when I am hiking.

Preppersaurus

From everything I have been researching in wilderness survival books, online and on Youtube, paracord has a wealth of uses, so check into it folks. But to offer some ideas, you can use paracord to make snares, or for the line on a handmade bow for a bow and arrow set. You can strip down a length of it and use one or more of the inner cords for fishline. Yet another use is the line on a bow-drill set for making fires, as cordage to make improvised snowshoes, etc. You can even use it simply as clothesline in a bugout situation to hang wet clothing to dry, and using saved plastic clips from loaves of bread as proxy clothespins! Neat idea! (Not mine). But the list goes on. So research it out. Paracord can be your best friend!

I was thinking about fishing with a bow lately. But at 6 bucks an arrow I don't want to waste that. So I was planning on tying paracord to an arrow to recover it. I'll let you know how that goes. Other than what everyone else says, I've used paracord to make rock slings.

The deal with slings is... they can be very deadly at 20-30 yards, but I wouldn't try to use them unless you got like 100 hours of practice at least. I'm going to practice this weekend. Maybe Ill get a feel for using them. It's honestly not even close to a good survival weapon, it's more of a hobby for me. However, saying that, the sling WAS used to ward off hyenas and lions as well as being an ancient lightweight foot soldiers weapon. Then again, the people using it probably practiced since they were small children.

Paracord is way to heavy for bowfishing. Braided dacron or fast flite is what you need. Be good for tying to a spear though.

Paracord is way to heavy for bowfishing. Braided dacron or fast flite is what you need. Be good for tying to a spear though.

Eh thanks man, I'll look into that stuff!

turn it into a hand cuff !

I love paracord, I use it for so many different things. I will make my main list short

My main uses:
Shoelaces
Belt
Steering wheel cover
Lanyards (sunglasses, knife, binoculars, whistle, Keys etc...)
Survival Bracelet

What I use it for:
tieing tarps
Tent holddowns
Holding items down while travelling in the wonderfulness of BC
Starting a fire ( take it apart and fray the 7 strands and hit it with a ferro rod)
Climbing
Carrying out game meat
fishing ( the small strands make a very good filiment for fishing)
cooking over a fire
clothesline
etc etc etc...

it has so many uses

CSG

I keep paracord mostly in quick-release donuts. I use it to make hammocks, drag timber, temporary construction bracing, tying tarps, lashing together just about anything, and as emergency climbing cord.

I have paracord everywhere. I have them on all of my entrenching tools, some of my blades.i actually wrap almost anything that has a handle.

We had fun with the entrenching tool with the kids this summer. I opened the shovel to a 90 and the spike to a 90 to form a "T"... I unravelled the paracord, and threw it up into the ve of a tree... Now, it took quite awhile to be able to climb that tree, but it was possible. I only weigh 200, plus my two kids, we were able to swing from it as well. Good quality paracord is like water... No BOB should be without it.

We have used it to make almost everything for bracing shelters to crafting various camping items. Then there is the best use of all. It is a bonding tool. We would spend hours in the tent in front of the lantern learning to tie various knots. The kids will never forget those moments. I know I didnt. 35-38 years ago when I was a wee runt, my dad did the same with me. Moments like those are etched in my memory.