2airishuman
Contributor
Recently took a trip where I brought my weights, because I had some snorkeling from shore planned, in a wetsuit, and didn't want to try to rent weights for that given our itenerary. Besides, I have the Mako weights and like them better than the standard.
TSA's web site is silent on whether diving weights are permitted in carry on luggage, so I checked them. They made it through OK but TSA opened the bag, which is unsurprising since they're opaque to x-rays.
On the return trip I mailed most of them back in a small priority-mail flat rate box, thinking myself very clever since the $8 of postage is quite a bargain for the 14 pounds of weights that I could fit in the box. The postal clerk put some extra tape on it but perhaps not as much as I would have liked.
The box came apart in the mail, and the postal service put the weights back in and taped it up. Well, all but one weight. I filled out forms, and we'll see if they find it and send it to me. It had my name on it, which might help.
The weights that made it through were banged up pretty badly.
If I try this again, I'll buy a roll of tape and secure the box better before mailing it.
TSA's web site is silent on whether diving weights are permitted in carry on luggage, so I checked them. They made it through OK but TSA opened the bag, which is unsurprising since they're opaque to x-rays.
On the return trip I mailed most of them back in a small priority-mail flat rate box, thinking myself very clever since the $8 of postage is quite a bargain for the 14 pounds of weights that I could fit in the box. The postal clerk put some extra tape on it but perhaps not as much as I would have liked.
The box came apart in the mail, and the postal service put the weights back in and taped it up. Well, all but one weight. I filled out forms, and we'll see if they find it and send it to me. It had my name on it, which might help.
The weights that made it through were banged up pretty badly.
If I try this again, I'll buy a roll of tape and secure the box better before mailing it.