Has anyone tried to board a commercial flight (from a large airport) with a PSP in carry on? I've been carrying mine with me all the time, and will have to do some business travel in the near future. It seems pretty non-harmful, but I've had the TSA Nazis question other kinds of things.

If you've got anything like knives, blades, matches, explosives, etc, you're gonna get in trouble.

You might do a search on TSA here, as their guideline sites have been posted not too long ago.

Sue

It's a crap shoot at best. I got through with trioxane with my MREs, and that was a during full search.

Pull out the sharp objects. Then pull out the Spark Lite. Then pull out the tinder. All of a sudden you don't have much of a PSP left.

When I flew recently I didn't even bother trying to carry survival gear. That's sad to say, but it's true.

Had a Photon light and a Fox 40 with me on my keychain. That was it. What was really useful were the handy-wipes.

If you wanted to, you could stash your gear in the checked baggage. But there's no guarantee it'll be in there at your destination. I've thought of sending my stuff ahead like others have mentioned here on the forums.

BSA hotspark didn't draw any attention after I forgot about it in my briefcase last week.

link is:

http://www.tsa.gov/public/interapp/editorial/editorial_1012.xml

The Word file has a long list of what is an is not allowed in both carry on and checked.

I am not too sure that the people who work the checkin always follow what is on the list, but ...

"all lighters" are prohibited from carry on and lighters with fuel cannot be checked. Strike anywhere matches are also a no no.

I would not be suprised if a Strike Spark would be considered as "all lighters".

The rules do state that up to four books of saftey matches can be in carry on (but not in checked bags). I have carried book matches in carry on. Not my idea of the best choice, but at least they are better than nothing.

Anyway, probably a good idea to check the TSA site before you fly.

What I am waiting for is to see someone with a fireboard & spindle to board a plane. Would the TSA twits know what it is? Would they confiscate it?

Martin Focazio is always traveling.... <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Sue

It is a crap shoot. I've boarded planes with my PSP before (with all sharps and fire-making materials removed) and not had a hassle, but the last time the screener saw the CONTENTS LIST I forgot to remove and took a lengthy search of all my belongings. To be fair, they were training another screener, but I had quite the adventure running to my plane because of the extra time it took. Take out the contents list in addition to the obvious.

The prohibited list includes:

Drills
Bows and arrows
Tools longer than 7 inches

Martin might have to talk his way around that. <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Fire piston. Master the sheepish grin, and they won't say anything.

I was looking at wooden pistons a few weeks ago when a female friend came around. She still isn't sure that I'm telling her the truth about what they are. *blushing*