I went through security at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago the other day. Because they had security dogs patrolling the lines, I didn’t have to take off my shoes or take my laptop, XBOX, plastic bag with eliquid, or anything out of my carry on. I had my Provari Mini in a case (without a battery) inside my backpack and in the side pockets I had two GP Spheroids, a Sophia v2 in a Loki Tank (empty), a GP Paps (without a battery), and six 18350 batteries – all in individual round hard plastic containers.
A TSA agent pulled my bag aside and asked if I knew why they wanted to look at it. I guessed that it was because it contained all kinds of goodies (thinking electronics and vaping gear). He went through the bag’s side pockets and took out the plastic cases and said that they looked like shot gun shells on the x-ray machine. I smiled and said that they were lithium ion batteries and that it was safest to keep them in hard plastic containers. He asked why and I told him that you wouldn’t want them coming into contact with other objects and possibly shorting. He said that he was surprised and glad that I knew that. He asked about my Paps and I said that it’s meant to hold a battery just like a flashlight and I encouraged him to unscrew the top to take a look to see there was nothing in it, which he did. We were both friendly and he got the idea, seemed satisfied, and put everything back and let me go on my way. When we got to our gate I put a battery in my Provari and attached an atomizer and had a nice stealth vape in a bathroom stall before boarding my flight.