after 9/11, the TSA took two of my favorites.
they said it was because of the batteries,
and they would not accept my argument.
so…now i fly (or not) with “cheapies”,
since the TSA confiscated one of those, too.
reasoning is, i can buy a cheap replacement
at my destination, and give it to the TSA
at their security station before my return flight.
very sorry to hear that, what did they look like, were they longer than 7” with Tactical Strike Bezels?
TSA has never taken any light of mine, and have never said anything about the batteries either. Mine are not tactical looking…
These have been thru multiple flights:
the only challege was, one time I was asked by security, who approached me while I was seated in the boarding area
“is that a flashlight clipped to your back pocket?”
I replied, “Yes Sir, would you like me to show it to you?”
“No thats fine”, he said, and walked away.
I could tell he could see that the thing in my pocket was round, not flat like a knife… what initially drew his attention was the pocket clip…
It was the Titanium light on the right in the photo.
I do not carry knives thru security, TSA does confiscate those…
I lost a really nice one to them…
If I’m traveling usually I have three lights with me, Prometheus Alpha, Titanium Tool and a FW3T. Actually it’s four, an Aurora A4 is always on my keychain.
the two were taken several years ago.
i thought TSA had “loosened up” some
since then, but no, they confiscated the
cheap one and a lighter (birthday candles).
maybe i fit some “profile” or “wanted” picture.
again, now i just go cheap and do not waste
my time by attempting to prove otherwise.
My travel light is a “Lumintop LM10”:
I like Lumintop for the quality and relatively fair prices. They are not always “budget”, but they are highly regarded across the flashlight community. The FW3A is on my to-buy list also.
On the one hand, I’d really like one of my trusted flashlights in case of emergency when traveling by air. On the other, I’d be quite upset if TSA confiscated any of those…
It hasn’t come up since I haven’t flown since I joined here.
That’s literally what happened to me a “headless horseman hayrides” in West Park, NY. Lost a decent 14500, kept my SK68 Sipik (yeah, not expensive, but at the time it was a good light for me), SK68 still has its uses
I keep looking for the perfect travel light. Pocketable in any type of attire, robust, good UI with easy moon and high, waterproof, “bright enough” and versatile. Plus rechargeable but also compatible with easily sourced primaries… Oh, and it must have good tint and CRI (willing to balance those options although I like 3500-4000k and 90+ CRI).
I’ve tried many, and like the single AA concept for easy maintenance… but so far I’ve used my Wizard Pro XHP50 Warm for a couple years now and its been close to perfect. CRI seems better than the 80 I thought it was rated for and tint is great, too. Pair that with a 219B AA or AAA vampire and I’m happy.
I actually worked there as a scare actor a few years later. Security doesn’t want visitors scaring the actors or ruining the scares with flashlights. Bunch of bullshit if you asked me, security there buncha rent a cops with more ego than brain matter, probably more interested in pocketing confiscated items (knives, flashlights, whiskey flasks, weed etc)
I will try doing the same next time I travel. I have a few (dispensable, cheap) pen lights which look like long pens. Maybe I will just remove the metal clip and let it blend in as a “pen” when going through security check-points.