Air travel with rechargeable batteries

[DanBMW]

How do you travel with your re-chargeable batteries? Do you pack them separately? Carry on or checked baggage? International flight?

 

[GF99/99]

Every time I fly out of Bangkok, the security closely scrutinizes my Omni 20C+ powerbank, but pays zero attention to the rest of the batteries - much higher capacity overall - stacked in my bag. Go figure.

Oh yes your right, I forgot to mentioned that as well. Yes any larger powerbanks they always want to see, kind of goes in the same category as the large canister light batteries.

 

[DanBMW]

My initial concern was leaving Cozumel two years ago and their airport security taking our re-chargeable batteries out of our carry-on and keeping them. This might have been an isolated steal.

 

[GF99/99]

My initial concern was leaving Cozumel two years ago and their airport security taking our re-chargeable batteries out of our carry-on and keeping them. This might have been an isolated steal.

I just flew out of Cancun couple months ago after a 1 month long cave diving trip with some friends.

loads and loads of loose 18650's and AA's, 2 massive canister batteries, rebreather head, and loads of 1st stages all in my carry on. No issues other then them wanting to see the 1 stages.

I would think in Cozumel it will be the same they would be very very use to tourist bring UW strobes, and camera setups through that airport as well.

 

[Searcaigh]

I would say out of all 60+ countries I have traveled through China, Japan, and Korea are the strictest about batteries.

Amman airport in Jordan was the worst place I encountered.

 

[GF99/99]

Amman airport in Jordan was the worst place I encountered.

Oh I can only imagine. When I went diving in Jordan I just took a ferry from Nuweibaa over to Aqaba so never had to deal with airport security and batteries. But I went back through Israel via a land boarder crossing and that was an experience...

 

[Joneill]

How do you travel with your re-chargeable batteries? Do you pack them separately? Carry on or checked baggage? International flight?

TSA guidance on batteries is here - scattered across 3 pages for different types of batteries.

What Can I Bring? All | Transportation Security Administration

FAA as well:

https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/lithium-batteries

https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe...o more than,U.S. Department of Transportation

 

[Barmaglot]

But I went back through Israel via a land boarder crossing and that was an experience...

The only time I've drawn the attention of Israeli security was when I had a set of these in my checked bag:

Turns out that on x-ray they look exactly like loaded pistol magazines.