Airplanes and Vaping doable?

[fearsintophobias]

Vapor will not set the smoke detector off. I took my smoke detector at my house off the ceiling and blew many hits directly at it without problem.

[ramblingrose]

There are more than one type of smoke detector, and they have different triggers. Some will go off. Blowing the vapor at a lav detector in a plane has already been tried - it set it off.

[Timbrin]

There are more than one type of smoke detector, and they have different triggers. Some will go off. Blowing the vapor at a lav detector in a plane has already been tried - it set it off.

Lucky I didnt read this thread before before my holiday to Thailand.

Had a 12 hour flight to Amsterdam on China Airlines, I kept two fully charged classic pen style e-cigs loaded with 36mg juice in my hand luggage.
I had planned on vaping under my blanket but in the end I just went to the toilet every hour or so and vaped in there for a few minutes, no problems and no alarms sounded.

[SpaceCadet]

Following my near disaster when trying to vape secretly in my seat - and coughing out a bunch o' vape - on a BA flight this year, I tried something new flying to EWR a couple of weeks ago. It was a 7.5 hour flight and as usual we were hemmed in by a stranger, so I couldn't nip to the toilet too often.

Basically, I usually use the tray table to lie forward on and get some sleep. This time I used both the crappy pillow supplied by Continental, and my daft inflatable neck pillow, for comfort. As the neck pillow has a curved shape, I had an idea! I grabbed my Janty Stick and held it in my hand in the 'hole' within the curved bit of the inflatable pillow, and used the softer pillow on top of that. I lay my head over that lot and vaped away happily for about an hour, slowly breathing the vape out through my nose into the softer pillow to prevent it 'escaping'! It must have worked, as even the OH (vape police) said nothing.

Pretending to be asleep stealth vape-a-thon!

[Snarkyone]

I recently took a trip and was able to vape right in my seat with no problem. I took it apart and showed the stews what it was and went about my business, why would you hide doing something that is not illegal to do? Hiding just makes it seem like you are doing something wrong. A lot of people seem so timid about making a stand for THEIR right to vape and are more concerned about rocking the boat...no wonder we stand idly by while the world goes to hell in a handbasket everyone is too timid to stand up and say NO! this is wrong and it must stop. Quit letting others rule your actions. It's one thing to be polite and respectful, it's another to just lay down whenever things get rough.

[boa279]

Im an aircraft mechanic so I can tell you why e-cigs set them off. Inside the some detector is a light bulb and a photosensor. Since normal air is transparent the light reaches the sensor no problem. However, smoke or vapor of any kind will cause less light to reach the photo sensor causing a drop in voltage across the photosensor setting off the alarm. Hair spray will set it off as well as body spray if you spray directly at them.

[SpaceCadet]

I recently took a trip and was able to vape right in my seat with no problem. I took it apart and showed the stews what it was and went about my business, why would you hide doing something that is not illegal to do? Hiding just makes it seem like you are doing something wrong. A lot of people seem so timid about making a stand for THEIR right to vape and are more concerned about rocking the boat...no wonder we stand idly by while the world goes to hell in a handbasket everyone is too timid to stand up and say NO! this is wrong and it must stop. Quit letting others rule your actions. It's one thing to be polite and respectful, it's another to just lay down whenever things get rough.

I flew Continental, who have a clear no-vaping policy. It's right there in black and white in the in-flight magazine. It's not illegal, but the airline has banned it on their flights! Nothing I can do about that.

[jj2]

Back in March, I had no trouble. Another test is coming at the end of the month. I hope I don't set off any alarms.

[Truthbrigader1]

I don't know why E-Cig users are so "afraid" to vape ANY where! I use mine EVERYWHERE I go: up and down the isles and all the way through "check out" and out the doors of our 3 Save Marts here in town, as well as ANY store or business I enter - the Post Office, Starbucks, Grocery Stores, Drug Stores - ANYWHERE and EVERYWHERE!
And YES, at SFO (SanFrancisco International Airport) on the Shuttle Bus from the parking lot, in all lines and all the way through and while up at the Baggage Check In, Security, the Flight Gate and walking onto the plane. This was SouthWest Airlines, & I had never heard from anyone who ever tried to use their E-Cig on a plane, and since I didn't KNOW, I did turn the little overhead fan right onto my nose, so, as I took my drags and let the vapor slowly go out of my pursed lips and nose, what did not dissipate into the air was quickly blown away by the nice stream of air coming down right on my "exhale". So it worked great all the way! And I was sitting in the MIDDLE, right between a young lady and an older man - I vaped constantly all the way Back & Forth...and then, when we all deplaned back in SF, I turned around and told the head stewardess: "Hey, hon, I guess you didn't notice my use of the awesome great new invention - the electronic cigarette! That's because it doesn't smell, like tobacco, and it's not smoke...and..."
She interupted and said, "Oh, no problem, we see them all the time now. We have NO Problems with it. Vape 'em if you got 'em."
So, c'mon you guys - If you ACT like you need to sneak and hide it, they'll believe something must be BAD about it. But when you just use it everywhere because IT IS FANTASTIC and NOT Harmful and your RIGHT to do so, people will be more apt to accept it, or at least, when they give you that same ol': "Hey, you can't smoke in here", and you give your 30-second explanation (e.g. "Oh, yeah, I know - - this isn't smoke! It's just water vapor. NO tobacco; NO smoke! So it's completely lawful and, as a matter of fact, is saving the lives of 10s, possibly 100s of thousands of lives. So Thanks for the reminder.) And you go on vaping like it's just the most natural thing in the world. Of course, most of the time, you've got 2 or 3 or more people asking "Where'd you get that? I need to get my Mom one... Where can I get one of those? And, being an E-Cig dealer, I give out cards by the dozen everywhere I go.
So, c'mon you guys! Get out there and vape! We've got the "cure" for tobacco smoking and 450,000 deaths every year! and YOU'RE gonna HIDE it from people???!!! SHAME ON YOU!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE,
Richard - Truthbrigader1

[radiokaos]

I do it all the time. I will never admit to doing it on commercial since most airlines frown upon it. I'm going to start doing review while in the air.

Here is some video of me vaping on a airplane.

This video is pass protected but type in "ECF" and you can see for yourself.

http://www.vimeo.com/7256127




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