[LCA2015-Chat] [Chat] Flying with soldering irons

[Joshua Mesilane]

Checked baggage works ... if you have checked baggage ;)

For a 1 week trip I travel fairly light, read: extremely light.

I got some interesting looks when I had my LiPo in a LiPo bag at Melbourne
Airport (Apparently it looked like a bomb) last year on the way to LCA,
learned to pull it out of the bag (despite what the airline regs say) when
going through security after that.

If it's a problem I'll just ditch the tip and get another one. The iron
came from Jaycar, and they have the replacement tips available.


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On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Michael Wheeler <lca at mwheeler.org> wrote:

> Yeah I've had electrical cabinet keys removed from my carry on for the
> same provided reason. When I returned from my holiday I found a multitool
> in my bag (with the nice blade and all) that made it through 4 airport
> x-ray checks,.
>
> Regardless of the security theater played in airports, I've found it best
> to put as much stuff in checked as possible to stop those awkward pauses at
> the x-ray station when they spend 10 minutes looking at the screen trying
> to look through the 100m of network cable, electronics parts, various
> laptops, (spare) battery packs, and other weird and wonderful stuff that
> they don't usually see in a typical customer.
>
> On 23 December 2014 at 17:33, Thomas Sprinkmeier <
> thomas.sprinkmeier at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12/23/14 14:25, Mike Carden wrote:
>>
>>> I have flown with all manner of tools but always in my checked luggage.
>>>
>>
>> I had screwdrivers in my carry-on once to which the eagle-eyed defenders
>> of our airways objected.
>>
>> My daughter asked why and was told "in case he tries to take the plane
>> apart".
>>
>> I thought it was cute that they had silly little answers to silly
>> questions from little girls.
>>
>> Then I thought some more and realised that they just had silly reasons
>> for silly actions.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>>  They don't like you having stabby or snippy things in your carry-on.
>>>
>>> Remember also that spare batteries can be problematic along with things
>>> like gas powered soldering irons.
>>>
>>> --
>>> MC
>>>
>>>
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