elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

Over the past ten years, we have flown to Europe. I've taken my Velocity camera back pack, with two bodies, three lenses. Each body has a "power grip", so between them and four more batteries, I took six. I always took them up into the cabin. During TSA check in, the back pack camera combination goes into the tray and slide through the x-ray machine. There has never been an issue. We will go again, only this time to the Baltic. I've already talked to Delta airlines and they see no problem.

Medic24

Thanks to all for this discussion. We too are going back to Iceland this summer for a photo 'safari' and had not yet considered the implications of taking additional spare batteries. The beauty of Iceland is well worth the cost and hassle in travel.

Raccie

Electronics Ban when returning to the USA. Anything larger than a cell phone has to be checked.

List of the airports affecting USA
AMM, Queen Alia International, Amman, Jordan
CAI, Cairo International Airport, Egypt
IST, Ataturk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey
JED, King Abdulaziz International, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
RUH, King Khalid International, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
KWI, Kuwait International Airport
CMN, Mohammed V International, Casablanca, Morocco
DOH, Hamad International, Doha, Qatar
DXB, Dubai International, United Arab Emirates
AUH, Abu Dhabi International, United Arab Emirates

UK & Overseas carriers are affected by the rules:
British Airways
EasyJet
Jet2.com
Monarch
Thomas Cook
Thomson
Turkish Airlines
Pegasus Airways
Atlas-Global Airlines
Middle East Airlines
Egyptair
Royal Jordanian,
Tunis Air
Saudia

There is talk that the ban is to be extended to include European countries.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

I flew from Tampa to Trenton last year and had no problems with my gear. I put the plastic protectors on all of my batteries and then placed them into a ziplock. I left the one in the camera. When going through security, I placed the ziplock with the batteries in a separate inspection tray from my belt, change wallet etc. I placed the camera bag on the x-ray and verified with the inspectors about leaving the cameras in the bag. Everything was fine.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Aside from TSA and airline rules, individual agents have the option of doing a more thorough search. The last few times I traveled, I had just one carry-on, a backpack. Of course, I wasn't carrying lots of photo gear, just one compact camera.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

On my March 2017 trip to Norway, everything out of the camera bag in Oslo and connecting airports.

cthahn

Call the airline yourself. Rules can change by the day.

ragatazz Loc: Michigan

The last 2 times that I have flown, the airline said, that there was limited space for carry ons and that they were taking your carry on away from you at the boarding gate to put in with the baggage and they give you a red ticket to "claim" your carry on when you land. Be careful.

dave.m

on a separate topic with going to Iceland: make sure you take a bit of thick polythene or similar to put your bag on.

Many of the prime photo locations are very wet underfoot (something to do with melting ice :) and even if you wear your bag at all times it can still get wet when you put it down to access equipment. If you go to the ice beach, and another location I can't remember, watch the waves for a few minutes to gauge the size. Also look behind you to make sure you have a run out escape route. Push your tripod well into the sand. I personally saw a guy with very expensive camera setup, grab the tripod and kit and run straight into an ice block and fall. Everything - man, camera on tripod, camera bag on his back, completely submerged in large wave for several seconds. Apart from being literally freezing cold, all his kit potentially ruined with salt water. If in these type of locations take turns, with the other acting as a lookout if possible.

Icelandic sand is volcanic and VERY abrasive - so avoid putting bag down on sand in very windy conditions, and stand tripod in shower in hotel to clean up.

Also based on expert advice, I took a large microfibre cloth, a few 10mg silica gel packets, and a large zip up poly bag - the type advertised for compressing clothes in a suitcase. If your camera gets damp with spray drift a quick wipe, put in the bag with a silica gel packet, and dry as new in a short while.

By chance I also took a photo vest and DSLR eveready case on a belt. One of the best things I did as left equipment bag in the car and just carried camera + tripod + 1 extra lens. The belt was much more useful than the vest (had to unzip superwarm parka to get to it) so have since bought a lens bag to suit 70-200mm with hood on for the belt.

Also took screw in ND filters. I know they are not as versatile as square filters but are much easier to carry in a pocket.

Iceland is stunningly beautiful in so many places, but can be rugged and very exposed (there are virtually no trees). A few simple precautions can make it a wonderful holiday.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Your best bet is to contact both TSA and the airline on which you plan to travel. Ask them and make sure you get a name, and possibly an employee number, make note of everything that is told to you.
--Bob

BlackRipleyDog

I have a two-battery pouch designed by "Think Tank" which holds my extra Nikon batteries as well a slim wallet with a clear plastic front window for inserting a business card that I hang around my neck for carrying extra CF and SD memory cards. The last time I flew was domestic 1 1/2 years ago and passed through TSA with no issues.

peterg Loc: Santa Rosa, CA

1. Check TSA web site. Restrictions change. Knife blades of any size are now restricted. Example: Corkscrew with a blade is not allowed in carry-on bags. I've travel a lot with carry on camera gear. TSA never checked anything except a very small multi-tool. They were looking for a blade less than one inch long.
2. Check airline. Allowable carry-on dimensions and weights differ between airlines and airplane type. Some non-US airlines permit only one carry on item, not two.
3. I often wear an Scottevest Travel Vest, now on sale, with many pockets when flying. I carry everything I need when en-route without visible pockets, including a camera, earphones, food, phone, a battery pack, papers, glasses, etc. At security, slip off and send through X-Ray machine.
4. Consider getting TSA Pre-Check and/or Global Entry for international travel. It's well worth the money. TSA Pre-Check in included with Global Entry.

Algernon Loc: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

I just returned from Iceland and Greenland two days ago. I carried my camera and lenses and spare batteries (including spare "normal" batteries for my intervalometer and headlamp in a zip-lock bag) in my carry on, which coincidentally is also the Peak Design bag. My carry on got manually checked a couple times, but not due to the camera equipment. It always was my spare external battery that I carry to recharge my phone and Kindle if I am away from an outlet while traveling.

I found that the security questioning by Delta was more intense than the actual security check points in Reykjavik.

In other words, it shouldn't be a problem but as has been expressed earlier in this thread by others, each individual security agent can have different approaches.

pjeffers

I flew to Iceland last November with a fstop bag full...right at the weight limit and size for united airlines...going to Iceland did not have to open bag and had no issue getting it on the plane...coming back to Dulles I was chosen to open my bag...they took out the camera and looked at and the put it back and waved me through...

I had my batteries with their covers on...my biggest issue was lifting that bag into the overhead it was a tight squeeze.

Algernon Loc: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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This is all great advice. The microfibre cloth will come in especially handy since I guaranty that your lenses will get wet, and often your full set of gear. And in addition to the ocean and waterfall spray, be prepared for very windy conditions. At more than one location it was difficult to stand. Car windows were getting smashed due to high winds.