Accessory cords offer tremendous versatility from utility to life-safety applications. Although many take accessory cords for granted, quality does make a difference. Sterling's cord is unique in many ways. First, they offer one of the largest collections of stocked colors in the industry. Second, they twist the yarn in the sheath from 3mm on up, which makes it durable, easy to knot, and handles great. Third, thier accessory cords provide higher tensiles per diameter than those currently available. The smaller diameter cords (1.5mm-5mm) work great as tent guylines, shoelaces, zipper pulls, and other non-life-safety applications. Larger cords (6mm-9mm) are best suited for prusik cords, load release hitches, anchors, cordelettes, purcells, ice threads, lightweight low-stretch fixing and hauling "tag" lines.