Help Travelling out of Thailand

After over 26 fires and other incidents over the past two years related to e-cigarette batteries overheating in checked luggage, the US Department of Transportation has issued a ban on checking them.PSA: Don’t Pack E-Cigarettes in Your Checked Luggage

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I stated it somewhere else allready . Lasttime traveling out , i was halted after the x-ray asking i had batteries in my bag ( handluggage ) . I said yes , and i needed to show them . I took them out , but i had them inside a battery box , containing 2 batteries . The 1 person asked other person if this ok , and he nodded : yes ok . It will light up on x-ray and can see it . If they stop you or not , is a guess , but they can do and they can confiscate them if not properly packed . Li batteries are dangerous , and can explode or give very serious fires . Do handle them with care , and put them in a decent protective case , and in your hand luggage . This way , incase something bad happens they can seperate the pack easy , before bad this happen ( there is minimum 1 case 100% sure where Li batteries are the reason for aircrash , and there is investigiation going on on at least 1 more crash that i'm aware of ). This is the minimum hassle you can have , put in battery box and handluggage and done , no problem .

 

Success...

made it through without a hitch. Airline stated all batteries must be in carry on, not in checked luggage. Now the only issue is the 2 meters of snow and minus temperatures in March!!! a proper homecoming.



thanks for all the input and advice...keep on vaping THAILAND!!!

 

Hey, just want to share my experience leaving Thailand from Phuket. I actually went through the security X-rays 2 nights in a row since my flight on Sunday night was grounded before even taking off.
I had zero problems first time I dismantled everything and Placed with my carry on then reassembled everything once through the scanners. No questions asked. Second night, was asked if the 2 batteries I had were batteries and I said yes, no problems. Mod and atomiser also in my carry on bag. No questions asked and you could clearly see them on the X-ray screen.
Phuket airport has been redeveloped and has a big outdoor area where there is a shop called smoke cafe and room for about 100 people to smoke outside. I saw Lindsey Lohan outside there having a smoke last night too! Anyways, I was able to vape in the outdoor smoking area at Phuket airport without any issues and I also saw 3 other people vaping there too. They also had no issues bring there vape in/out of Thailand via Phuket and one of them wasn't even aware vaping was illegal.

 

Thanks for sharing. Oh how i love not to be there....

 

I read up to about thirty reports. The one thing that struck me was that none of the reporters asked for details of the mod/battery. Or maybe they did, but the editor only wanted a shock/horror story with photos of a bloke with his teeth blown out and an atty sticking out of the back of his head.