Are they going to give me hell if I leave my e-cig in my carry-on when I get on a Southwest airplane? My small bottle of juice? I know it's legal but I'm concerned with getting snared at security and missing a flight. Thanks.
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If the bottle of juice is 3 ounces or more it will not be permitted in your carry-on. And this same topic has been discussed many times before. I recommend you use the search function on this forum first.
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PS: If it's about an inch in diameter and metal I wouldn't suggest taking it in your carry-on because they may think it is a bomb.
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PS: If it's about an inch in diameter and metal I wouldn't suggest taking it in your carry-on because they may think it is a bomb.
This question gets asked here a couple of times a week. You can keep the e-cig in your carry-on bag or in your pocket. If it's in your pocket it must go into the scan basket for TSA screening. I carry a 30 ml bottle of e-liquid with me for most trips. That goes into the the one quart Ziplock bag that contains the other liquids like shampoo or toothpaste. This Ziplock bag must placed in the scan basket during screening but the juice can go back into your carry-on bag or pocket afterward.
Your liquid goes into your one 1QT ziplock bag you are allowed to take on board with you. Your ecig will not be a problem going through security. At most, and not always, if picked up on the scanner while going through security they will stop and take a quick look to verify its an ecig. I think I've gone through security 10 times since I started vaping. Four times they've stopped and taken a quick look and 6 times they haven't. Doesn't slow you down more then 2 minutes if that long going through airport security if they do decide to take a extra look. Nothing to be concerned about. Enjoy your flight 
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Just got back from a trip to Rome and cruise from there across Italy, Spain, etc. and here is what I found in both research before going and in experience. If you have regular ecigs as opposed to a VV mod such as Provari or GGTS you will have more issues. I know that seems backwards but the more NOT like a cigarette it looks the less people mess with you. If you have your liquid marked with a professional label rather than a sharpie then that sometimes helps. However you carry your liquid you need to keep it in a Ziploc bag with all your other liquids like shampoo etc. I also suggest keeping all your ecig stuff in one single case, pouch, or Ziploc because they WILL want to look at it no matter where you put it so you might as well have it where they can tell you aren't trying to hide anything. If you are going over seas like I did (which I doubt since you are flying SW) then make absolutely certain that no matter who asks you whether it be the security at the airport or the guy next to you at the restaurant, you say that it's a medical device (again much easier if it doesn't look anything like a cigarette) or at least that your doctor told you to use it because your smoking caused medical problems (which is true) and this would help you. I told everyone that it was a "vaporizer" or "personal vaporizer" which is obviously true but in the airports all they needed to hear are the words "medical device" and they zipped up the case and said I was good to go. I carried on my Provari, Raptor tank with replaceable atty, vivi nova also with replaceable atty, bottle of menthol liquid and vanilla cream liquid, and 4 18650 batteries in a large nylon zipper bag. Then I kept my GGTS with Ody 2 +Kir clear tank extension in my pocket which I would remove with the rest of my pocket stuff so they could see it was "something I needed to carry with me". Most people didn't think anything of it in public but on the ship, in the airport, in restaurants, stores, etc I had to explain frequently that it was a vaporizer I used for health reasons. My research also said the same things. In a lot of airport in US and abroad they frown on ecigs and with take them from you if you display them as such (hold them and use like a cig, use a PCC that looks like cig case etc).
So in a nutshell for you and others reading this, if you are going to stay in US and have devices that resemble cigarettes then just stay low key in the airports and on the plane and don't try to stand out with them. If you are going overseas I strongly suggest buying a mod that can't possibly be mistaken for a cigarette or other smoking device and make absolutely certain you call it a medical device and/or a vaporizer.
So in a nutshell for you and others reading this, if you are going to stay in US and have devices that resemble cigarettes then just stay low key in the airports and on the plane and don't try to stand out with them. If you are going overseas I strongly suggest buying a mod that can't possibly be mistaken for a cigarette or other smoking device and make absolutely certain you call it a medical device and/or a vaporizer.
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