Wearing your BP/W on Airplane

[Bubblesong]

I would only try this with my Freedom Contour as it feels like an orthopedic back support. But when I last took this BP/W to St.Croix, it was in my Scuba bag, and airport security still gave me the squinty eyeball, like they suspected it of being body armor or something.
So I wondered if anyone has tried this method of getting luggage weight down.

 

[Compressor]

I have enough trouble with my looks getting thru security without a BP/W on me that I don't wear one. I put mine in checked luggage.
For those wearing it, please don't go thru the metal detector.

 

[lowviz]

Considering exactly the same thing. Planning a trip to Canada with my Freedom Plate under a big jacket. "Take off your belt and shoes". Oh yeah, then there is this...

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[Bubblesong]

Well if the security does squawk, I can still cram BP/W into my carryon, since i will have gotten past the Valkyrie-women pre-screening carry-ons for size and weight. (You have seen these women right? Grim Reapers of Gear?). Anyway, so when i am in security I can unzip expander on my suitcase and stuff it in.

 

[lowviz]

since i will have gotten past the Valkyrie-women pre-screening carry-ons for size and weight. (You have seen these women right?

Yeah, * sigh *

 

[Degenerate]

I know a guy who boarded a flight in FULL motorcycle protective gear, leathers boots helmet and all.
He didn't have a comfortable flight but getting through security was no problem.
If you can wear it you can bring it, as long as it's not illegal or anything like that.

 

[JohnnyC]

Get a dry bag and poke holes through it and put some grommets in it and attach it to the back plate. Then you've got a carry-on backpack that you can actually use as a carry-on.

 

[Snoweman]

Get a dry bag and poke holes through it and put some grommets in it and attach it to the back plate. Then you've got a carry-on backpack that you can actually use as a carry-on.

Doesn't poking holes in a dry bag negate its purpose??

 

[JohnnyC]

Doesn't poking holes in a dry bag negate its purpose??

Not if the goal is to carry-on your BP/W. It gets your BP/W on without having to check it, and you get actual carry-on storage space.

 

[Snoweman]

Not if the goal is to carry-on your BP/W. It gets your BP/W on without having to check it, and you get actual carry-on storage space.

But any duffle bag would work, doesn't need to be poked, and is probably cheaper than a dry bag.