I want practical ideas to store paracord to minimize the space needed and be able to have the cord available if needed.
What do you guys use? Any ideas or suggestions will be welcome.

EOk

First post - welcome.

I daisy chain short pieces (chain stitch in crochet, I think). Up to about 12 feet long, I double the cord and then start at the tails, chaining it up to the bight. Free the bight, tug, and it's ready to go. Longer pieces get doubled and re-doubled, then chained. But when it gets to around 30 feet or so, it gets awkward. A mini "rope bag" is my prefered solution then - just sew up a very small stuff sack and either put a grommet in the bottom (best) or sew a loop inside the bottom of the stuff sack. Tie one end into the sack (thru the grommet and knotted or onto the loop). Flake (aka stack) the paracord into the sack and leave the other tail on top, close the sack, and it's tangle-free and stowable. You can usually hold onto the top tail and hurl the sack over a limb and it will trail the line out smoothly. If you miss, put some weight in the sack (earth is fine), back flake the line, and toss again.

Hope that's clear enough...

Tom

After forming a daisy chain in a line, treat it as *new line* and form a second daisy chain with it. This makes the overall daisy-chained line shorter but fatter.

Also, over 45 years ago while taking junior life saving, we were taught to make a ball of line that fed from the inside of the ball. I believe one could hold onto the free end and heave the ball to a person in need. However, to rewrap/recoil the ball would be more tedious than stacking the line back in Tom''s stuff sack.

for peaces 2-15 ft I wrap it around my fingers it I have a foot or so left then wrap that around the mini hank and finish it at the end by wraping it around one side of the hank. Hope that makes sence.

I have a keyring fob made with the parachord weave described by Lighthound. 2 lengths of a yard each ended up as about 5 inches. (I didn't remove the inner strands.)

Make a belt using the Slatt's Rescue Belt .
You then use it as a belt. I am currently wearing one that is 7 links wide. It uses a common 2 toungue belt buckle. It is 54 inches long. Goes about half way around again. It is made from 150 feet of paracord.

Those plastic M&Ms minis containers work pretty well

Part of my daily stash is a single piece of paracord that was folded 6 times, then the three pairs of lines were braided together into a sling. The prototype which is with my bag of tricks was 3 pieced, but why I didn't think of the single strand version is beyond me. Stitch the ends back on themselves to form loops, and you can run a 'biner through each end as your sling attachments.

I have a Ramflex pack frame that I wrapped paracord on below the pack bag. Plus I wrapped the barrels of my M6 survival gun with paracord that gives me some extra cord and gives me a little something to grip besides cold metal.
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I find that cord gets tangled up if it is not wrapped around something. I like the plastic frames that you can buy wrapped with cheap cord. Toss the cheap cord and wrap with your preferred cord.