Flying with E-gear

[HighEnergyProton]

I'm going to be on a 2 hour flight on Thursday and just wanted some advice with my gear. I will obviously fly with an empty tank. But will the air pressure effect the bottles of juice? Will the plastic bottles be ok in the cargo hold? I won't be able to travel with them in my hand luggage (no space) so they will have to go into the hold. Anyone had any negative experiences with flying?

 

[Vermonster13]

The stuff pretty much has to go in checked stuff here. No problems for me on three hour flights.

 

[HighEnergyProton]

Ok great! Thanks I was considering leaving all my liquid here and buying some once I land, but I'll be in a new country and the last thing I want to do is locate a B&M store in a non English city straight after landing.

 

[Vermonster13]

Be sure the juices are clearly labeled is my advice. Leave DIY at home.

 

[HighEnergyProton]

For customs?

 

[Vermonster13]

Yes, no need to prolong time at the terminal.

 

[HighEnergyProton]

I've got an EU passport, so I don't really have customs issues, but I will definitely take your advice on that. I don't want to be interrogated over liquid! Thanks a lot for that

 

[HighEnergyProton]

Ok I flew with a half full tank of juice, misjudged my consumption and ended up boarding with half a tank. Never do this, heed my warning, no good things will come out of this! Juice abandoned tank, luckily into zip-lock bag and not into backpack, the juice decided it wanted a walk about. Took ages to clean!

This is my advice for today.

 

[danny.t]

last time I carried an extra 10ml bottle and refilled just before going through security and tossed the empty bottle.

 

[Bosco]

I fly with my stuff all the time and it's no problem. In the US, we have to carry all our liquids in a quart-sized ziplock bag. No matter how hard I screw down the caps, the bottles *always* leak. It never gets out of the ziplock, though.

All of my toppers, tanks, etc . .anything that can be "juicy" goes into a waterproof Otter Box that I carry in my laptop bag. My ego batteries go into a side pocket. My 18650's, etc, etc go into my carry on bag rolled into socks so they can't touch each other or anything else. Lastly, an ego with a filled evod goes into my laptop side pocket for use in the bathroom during plane-changes or immediately upon leaving the airport. I've never had juice leak from the evod during flight.

I often bring a small box with DIY supplies - cotton balls, nail clippers, wire, multi-meter, etc. Working on builds helps pass the time in the hotel room.

The *only* issue I've ever had is with my Magneto. For some reason I get stopped by security everytime I bring this. They take it out of my bag, ask me what it is, take it apart, send it through x-ray again, etc. They never have noticed any of my other mods. It's kind of a pain but I like my Magneto so I bring it, anyway.

 

[samwest]

Flew a lot in 2012 n never had a problem. carried all my kit in carry on. This all in conus though. took a number of toots throughout the flights. Stealthily mind you.

 

[HighEnergyProton]

Then it seems as though I was unlucky. It was my protank II mini on my eGo that leaked. It was luckily contained in the ziplock bag and no harm was done. It was onboard with me in my carry on. None of my liquids leaked out of the bottles though!