International Flight > spare batteries in carry-on and juice + everything else in checked bags?

[Flt Simulation]

International Travelers

I am now in the US and I am going back to the Philippines for about a year.

I have a couple of VW box mods and a mech. tube mod along with 3 or 4 various atomizers. I also have a bunch of 18650 and 18500 batteries along with a couple of those skinny EGO style Twist batteries.

Since I make my own juice, I have some large bottles of VG and some 60mg Nic unflavored PG base, along with some bottles of flavorings.

I am thinking that everything I have goes into the checked bags except for the batteries which go in carry-on luggage ... does this sound right to you?


One thing else ... If I have a small EGO Twist battery with a small Kanger Aerotank Mini on top of it (for vaping at the airport once I get into Hong Kong), do you think I would have any problem with airport security if I put that in the TSA tray along with my other carry-on junk that's in my pocket before going though the metal detector? ... The Aerotank Mini in my pocket would have a little juice in it.

Thanks,

 

[Frenchfry1942]

I carry a full tank on top of a mod with an internal battery. I just put it in the tray so they can visually see it. Everything else goes in my checked bag. The batteries, they don't want in the passenger cabin. I can just imagine their reaction to seeing large bottles of liguid, coil wire, and batteries in your carry-on.


Sorry, I missed the post just before this.

Anyway, I just carry one system with an internal battery for airport vaping. You can probably carry a small bottle of juice. I have done it. I put it in with my toiletries so it isn't as noticeable.

 

[Flt Simulation]

Thanks ... I can understand everything we have related to vaping going into checked baggage, but I thought that they didn't want batteries in checked baggage.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

If I had a separate battery, I would put it in the tray. If they ask...its for the vaporizer.

 

[stevegmu]

If you put batteries in your checked baggage, you risk them being removed. Batteries have to go in carry on luggage only...

 

[Flt Simulation]

Well, I have 4 or 5 extra 18560 and 3 or 4 of the 18500 batteries (in plastic zip-lock bags)) ... I would rather put them in my checked baggage, but I heard the airlines are now so paranoid about batteries that they don't want them in the cargo hold of the aircraft ... so I though they had to be in your carry-on bag.

But, maybe I am wrong.
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Edit: Steve ... that's what I was thinking too

 

[stevegmu]

Well, I have 4 or 5 extra 18560 and 3 or 4 of the 18500 batteries (in plastic zip-lock bags)) ... I would rather put them in my checked baggage, but I heard the airlines are now so paranoid about batteries that they don't want them in the cargo hold of the aircraft ... so I though they had to be in your carry-on bag.

But, maybe I am wrong.
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Edit: Steve ... that's what I was thinking too

Put them in your checked bag and they will most likely not be there when you land... Yes, put them in battery boxes and in the bin for the x-ray machine, along with whatever mods you are taking. Liquids go in the quart ziplock bag, as well as filled tanks. I also tell them I have vape gear as I go through...

Keep batteries and equipment with you, or in carry-on baggage - not in your checked baggage! In the cabin, flight crew can better monitor conditions, and have access to the batteries or device if a fire does occur.

http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-information/safe-travel-batteries-and-devices

 

[Rossum]

The batteries, they don't want in the passenger cabin.

Wrong. The batteries must be in the passenger cabin, where they are far easier to extinguish should they catch fire than if they were in the hold.

Large quantities of liquids (anything more than the 3-1-1 Liquids Rule] in checked baggage.

Everything else is at the passenger's discretion.

If I have a small EGO Twist battery with a small Kanger Aerotank Mini on top of it (for vaping at the airport once I get into Hong Kong), do you think I would have any problem with airport security if I put that in the TSA tray along with my other carry-on junk that's in my pocket before going though the metal detector? ... The Aerotank Mini in my pocket would have a little juice in it.

Should not be a problem. Vaping has gotten popular enough that the TSA and even foreign security screeners know what this stuff is.

Pro-tip: Keeping the Aerotank upside down during pressure changes will minimize the chance of it flooding and leaking.

 

[FlamingoTutu]

From TSA:

As of January 1, 2008, the Department of Transportation (DOT) through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) no longer allows loose lithium batteries in checked baggage.

The link has been posted but here it is again Safe Travel with Batteries and Devices | Transportation Security Administration

I have to have read something wrong, you were planning to carry the extra batteries in a baggie?

 

[SissySpike]

Where are you going in the PI I have a home Leyte Provence and my Wife is going to school in General Santos City rt now.

 

[Flt Simulation]

I have to have read something wrong, you were planning to carry the extra batteries in a baggie?

I was going to put a piece of electrical tape over the positive post on each battery. Then put each battery in a separate plastic zip-lock bag. Then put those packages of batteries in my carry-on bag.

Everything else related to vaping (including juice, attys, box mods with no batteries, big bottles of VG and Nic PG) goes in one of my checked bags.

 

[Flt Simulation]

Where are you going in the PI I have a home Leyte Provence and my Wife is going to school in General Santos City rt now.

I lived in Bacolod City for 5 years before. This time, my wife wants to go back to nursing school in Dumaguete City.

 

[Flt Simulation]

Our house we used to own in Bacolod City ....

Thank God I was able to sell the house and the bike before we came to the US 4 years ago.

 

[SissySpike]

I lived in Bacolod City for 5 years before. This time, my wife wants to go back to nursing school in Dumaguete City.

Cool Thats what my wife is doing its a no brainier a couple hundred thousand thousand for school here or 25 thousand in the PI Our house is rt on the beach no phone signal no internet very remote. Its a true paradise.
Maybe you can score a GI Mod on your way threw Manilla ;-)

 

[Flt Simulation]

Got to love the PI !

 

[Flt Simulation]

They even have a K-Mart and a Walmart over there:

 

[FlamingoTutu]

I was going to put a piece of electrical tape over the positive post on each battery. Then put each battery in a separate plastic zip-lock bag. Then put those packages of batteries in my carry-on bag.

Everything else related to vaping (including juice, attys, box mods with no batteries, big bottles of VG and Nic PG) goes in one of my checked bags.

Okay, I thought you knew better than to just toss them in a bag, lol. You might draw less attention though is you got plastic battery boxes for them. I've only flown domestically since starting vaping but have been floored at how much TSA knows about vape gear. Have a great flight flight and year back in the Philippians!

 

[Thrasher]

They even have a K-Mart and a Walmart over there:

Totally

Freaking

Awesome

You won the internet today

 

[Rickajho]

I was going to put a piece of electrical tape over the positive post on each battery. Then put each battery in a separate plastic zip-lock bag. Then put those packages of batteries in my carry-on bag.

Everything else related to vaping (including juice, attys, box mods with no batteries, big bottles of VG and Nic PG) goes in one of my checked bags.

You never put anything in checked baggage that you cannot afford to lose - cough cough - have stolen by baggage handlers.

The 3-1-1 rule still applies to liquids in checked baggage. Just because you put large bottles in checked baggage doesn't mean they are allowed.

Batteries need to be secured in devices or suitable plastic storage boxes. Don't do a hack job, just buy some boxes.

 

[stevegmu]

I bring back bottles of wine and booze as gifts in bottle armour cases and various large bottles of lotions, colognes, perfumes and oils in checked baggage and have never had a problem. Pretty sure the liquid rule doesn't apply to checked baggage...