fishi
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Always carry on. They're to easy to steal.For Light and Motion Sola lights that are sealed do you put in carry on or checked, and is it different on the return trip from Cozumel?
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Always carry on. They're to easy to steal.For Light and Motion Sola lights that are sealed do you put in carry on or checked, and is it different on the return trip from Cozumel?
When leaving Cozumel, my husband got tools (used to fix scuba gear) confiscated by the TSA. Put tools in your checked luggage.
Same for me. I carry a small tool kit, and I accidentally left some of it in my carry on baggage. It included a very high quality multi-tool. When it was discovered, I knew I was screwed. The person checking it said he had no choice but to put it in the discard bin. The discard bin was a large trash bin with a garbage bag in it, the top edge wrapped around the upper corners of the bin. He took my expensive multi-tool over to it, slipped the edge of the garbage bag away from the corner of the trash bin, and dropped the tool under it so that it could be easily retrieved later.
The TSA has lightened up somewhat on tools & scissors in carry-on (see list: Prohibited Items | Transportation Security Administration), but it's still a risk with final call up to the agent. Confiscated items are supposed to be handled by regulations and sold, but many of us suspect they like to keep things.
Security in other countries for flights to the US is contracted to be at TSA standards, but the details are up to them.