Post by thread:[OT] Carrying an LCD screen in handbag

Hi Everyone, Is anybody has any info about carrying a 19" LCD screen of a monitor in my handbag is any problem for security in airport? I have a currently broken monitor that I would like to carry with me to holidays but I would like to put the LCD itself separately into my handbag while the the rest into my luggage to avoid braking it during handling my luggage but not sure what would the security say about this? Maybe it would be better to fix an MDF panel in front of it and just put the monitor assembled into the luggage? Any advise? Thanks Tamas -- Rudonix DoubleSaver http://www.rudonix.com

If you pack it professionally - full antistatic bag, foam or styrofoam that's cut to fit exactly, sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard or fiberboard cut very nicely, then they should treat it as normal electronic components, which should go through, though they may make you take it out for examination. Added professional "anti static" and "handle with care" stickers on the cardboard/fiberboard/antistatic bag (especially if the bag is sealed with an anti static sticker) will also speak towards the fact that you're an engineer carrying a sensitive component by hand on the airplane. Either way, go to the airport an hour or two earlier than you would otherwise just in case, and be prepared to package and mail the LCD to your destination at the airport if they refuse to let you through. In the past I haven't had issues taking electronic kits, parts, and such through as long as they've been properly packaged, and inside nice development kit boxes (such as those from Microchip or Rabbit Semiconductor). But every security line seems to be different... -Adam On 8/5/08, Tamas Rudnai <spam_OUTtamas.rudnaiTakeThisOuTgmail.com> wrote: {Quote hidden}> Hi Everyone, > > Is anybody has any info about carrying a 19" LCD screen of a monitor in my > handbag is any problem for security in airport? I have a currently broken > monitor that I would like to carry with me to holidays but I would like to > put the LCD itself separately into my handbag while the the rest into my > luggage to avoid braking it during handling my luggage but not sure what > would the security say about this? Maybe it would be better to fix an MDF > panel in front of it and just put the monitor assembled into the luggage? > Any advise? > > Thanks > Tamas > > > -- > Rudonix DoubleSaver > http://www.rudonix.com > -

Tamas Rudnai wrote: > Is anybody has any info about carrying a 19" LCD screen of a monitor in my > handbag is any problem for security in airport? I have a currently broken > monitor that I would like to carry with me to holidays but I would like to > put the LCD itself separately into my handbag while the the rest into my > luggage to avoid braking it during handling my luggage but not sure what > would the security say about this? Maybe it would be better to fix an MDF > panel in front of it and just put the monitor assembled into the luggage? > Any advise? All I'd say is just be as up-front as you can about it. Have the screen in your hand in full view as you're going through security. As you approach them, smile and say "Hey... this a screen for my laptop, I'm carrying it because I don't want it to break". I'm sure they see all sorts of weird stuff every day, just be as up-front as you can about things, and nothing's more powerful than the human smile.

part 1 511 bytes content-type:TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 (decoded quoted-printable) On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote: > I'm sure they see all sorts of weird stuff every day, just be as > up-front as you can about things, and nothing's more powerful than the > human smile. So true. I took my hard drive clock with me on a plane, went through 4 screenings with it in my carry on bag and it never got a mention once. (And that was the scary looking hand-wired crazy prototype pos. :-) ) -- Ian Smith http://www.ian.org part 2 35 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset="us-ascii" (decoded 7bit)

Thanks to everyone, finally I put it into my laptop bag with a depron and a wooden sheet as a protection + a nylon bag (had no antistatic that big). But hopefully will be ok with a big smile :-) Thanks, Tamas On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:38 PM, <piclistKILLspamian.org> wrote: {Quote hidden}> On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Tomás Ó hÉilidhe wrote: > > I'm sure they see all sorts of weird stuff every day, just be as > > up-front as you can about things, and nothing's more powerful than the > > human smile. > > So true. I took my hard drive clock with me on a plane, went through 4 > screenings with it in my carry on bag and it never got a mention once. > > (And that was the scary looking hand-wired crazy prototype pos. :-) ) > > -- > Ian Smith > http://www.ian.org >

>> I'm sure they see all sorts of weird stuff every day, just be as >> up-front as you can about things, and nothing's more powerful than the >> human smile. > >Absolutely correct, try smiling at someone in France and see what >happens! You mean bad things or good things ?? I do remember carrying a small scientific telescope in hand luggage when boarding a flight at Orly Airport in Paris, which had part of the mount still attached. Going through the x-ray it did look just like a gun. Produced an interesting few minutes while the security satisfied themselves as to just what it was. Smiles all round at the end though.

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Alan B. Pearce <.....A.B.PearceKILLspam.....rl.ac.uk> wrote: > I do remember carrying a small scientific telescope in hand luggage when > boarding a flight at Orly Airport in Paris, which had part of the mount > still attached. Going through the x-ray it did look just like a gun. > Produced an interesting few minutes while the security satisfied themselves > as to just what it was. Smiles all round at the end though. I once (stupidly) carried a small plastic baggie with a couple of back pills and a lactaid pill in it through security at Schiphol in Amsterdam. It never occurred to me that they might not be very pleased about me carrying seemingly random pills about. I told them I'd be happy to show them the pill bottles if they went and retrieved my checked luggage. After a few minutes they let me through thankfully. Oops! Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams

I'm just through the screening and they asked me to remove the laptop from the bag but the lcd remained in there. They were looking at it for a minute but then did not say a word :) thanks guys On 8/6/08, Josh Koffman <EraseMEjoshybearspam_OUTTakeThisOuTgmail.com> wrote: {Quote hidden}> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Alan B. Pearce <A.B.Pearcespam_OUTrl.ac.uk> wrote: >> I do remember carrying a small scientific telescope in hand luggage when >> boarding a flight at Orly Airport in Paris, which had part of the mount >> still attached. Going through the x-ray it did look just like a gun. >> Produced an interesting few minutes while the security satisfied >> themselves >> as to just what it was. Smiles all round at the end though. > > I once (stupidly) carried a small plastic baggie with a couple of back > pills and a lactaid pill in it through security at Schiphol in > Amsterdam. It never occurred to me that they might not be very pleased > about me carrying seemingly random pills about. I told them I'd be > happy to show them the pill bottles if they went and retrieved my > checked luggage. After a few minutes they let me through thankfully. > Oops! > > Josh > -- > A common mistake that people make when trying to design something > completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete > fools. > -Douglas Adams > -

At 04:05 AM 8/6/2008, you wrote: > >> I'm sure they see all sorts of weird stuff every day, just be as > >> up-front as you can about things, and nothing's more powerful than the > >> human smile. > > > >Absolutely correct, try smiling at someone in France and see what > >happens! > >You mean bad things or good things ?? > >I do remember carrying a small scientific telescope in hand luggage when >boarding a flight at Orly Airport in Paris, which had part of the mount >still attached. Going through the x-ray it did look just like a gun. >Produced an interesting few minutes while the security satisfied themselves >as to just what it was. Smiles all round at the end though. A couple of times I had stuff that looked extremely suspicious (other than just some circuitry). Once a gleaming stainless steel cylindrical device about a foot long, connected to a substantial spool of wire and an electronic box. Another time a bundle of cylinders that were opaque to X-rays (nuclear parts). In both cases I called ahead and left extra time and things went well (they also did some extra checks which I'll not mention in public). Funny, when I phoned they didn't give me any advice about smiling, but did advise me to explain first and not to do anything sudden on the spot. ;-) Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" @spam@speffKILLspaminterlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

> I'm just through the screening and they asked me to remove > the laptop > from the bag but the lcd remained in there. They were > looking at it > for a minute but then did not say a word :) thanks guys July 2008: I carried about 150 NimH AA cells in 2 x 50 box new and 50 loose but properly packed in my carry on bag Qingdao-Shanghai-Hongkong-Sydney-Brisbane ... Sydney-Auckland. At every "-" above they had to be run through the X-Ray a second time and then discussed. They show "orange" on their screen and are too dense for them to be sure of. Going into China was OK until the very last leg HK-Qingdao. I had a travelling workshop plus many components (coals to Newcastle) - enough to build a dozen b_m_b timing mechanisms FWIW. I was last in the queue on arrival as my bag was late arriving. They took me into a side room and opened all my bags and went through everything in my bags and asked lots of questions about almost everything. They even took my collection of DVDs away to "read". Half were blanks :-). Overall it was more amusing than worrying. Had I had any "energetic material" with me as well I may not have felt so happy. After they had had their fun they let me proceed. (I also got the little room treatment in Sydney outgoing - that time for b_m_b check - sticky tape wipes then placed in an analyser. You are entitled to refuse to be checked - but if you do, your trip stops there.) Shanghai tower were also XRaying guests and refused to let me take my laptop up - I had to check it into their property office - a luxury they can afford as you all go up and back. Shanghai Maglev XRays you on. In a Shanghai railway station I got one random bag check by military - a very very cursory search. Shanghai tower also had bomb dogs wandering. Earlier this year I travelled Qingdao-Beijing by train and they were XRaying all passengers bags. Surprising really. 2003. UK - Dublin. Collapsible tripod bought in Venice in carryon bag. Had had no problem Paris-Heathrow. They thought, I think, it was a g_n. Interesting reaction by the same team. Same result in Sydney with same tripod on same trip. Nowadays they would confiscate it once they had found what it was. Tower of London used a suction tube air sampling backpack b_m_b sniffer that year. R