If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Travelling with hand-held GPS receivers
How do you pack your GPS receivers on the plane?
Do you take it in a carry-on bag or do you put it in your checked luggage? I've been putting it in my checked luggage (so's not to freak out the TSA screeners) but now I'm concerned about theft by the TSA searchers so I'm wondering what's the best thing to do. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Travelling with hand-held GPS receivers
"Sam Jones" wrote in message ...
How do you pack your GPS receivers on the plane? Do you take it in a carry-on bag or do you put it in your checked luggage? I've been putting it in my checked luggage (so's not to freak out the TSA screeners) but now I'm concerned about theft by the TSA searchers so I'm wondering what's the best thing to do. Carry it with you. I've found mine had been played with once with the batteries almost drained when I had it in the pocket of my checked baggage. Anyway, airlines don't like electronic gadgets in checked baggage (with batteries in place.) The last place I used mine in the above incident was southern Tasmania, with plenty of battery power left, and I turned it on and the last location showing was not far from Kota Kinabalu, where I was at the time, and the batteries were almost dead. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Travelling with hand-held GPS receivers
"Leo Hamulczyk" wrote in message om... "Sam Jones" wrote in message ... How do you pack your GPS receivers on the plane? Do you take it in a carry-on bag or do you put it in your checked luggage? I've been putting it in my checked luggage (so's not to freak out the TSA screeners) but now I'm concerned about theft by the TSA searchers so I'm wondering what's the best thing to do. Carry it with you. I've found mine had been played with once with the batteries almost drained when I had it in the pocket of my checked baggage. Anyway, airlines don't like electronic gadgets in checked baggage (with batteries in place.) The last place I used mine in the above incident was southern Tasmania, with plenty of battery power left, and I turned it on and the last location showing was not far from Kota Kinabalu, where I was at the time, and the batteries were almost dead. When I went on vacations to Disneyland as a kid, I would pack my Walkman in checked baggage, with the batteries in, and nothing ever happened, of course, this was back in the 1980s. My parents packed my Walkman into checked baggage, and nothing ever happened. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Travelling with hand-held GPS receivers
"Sam Jones" wrote in message
news How do you pack your GPS receivers on the plane? I put it in my pocket or carry on. I am a window seat person and use it all the time. I use it in domestic USA, long haul USA-Europe, USA-Australia, domestic AU, and intraEuropean flights. Only time I had a problem was a EWR-SFO FC flight. Do not bring a GPS into Russia. The vestgies of the Soviet State are still there. They are prohibited there. Do you take it in a carry-on bag or do you put it in your checked luggage? I've been putting it in my checked luggage (so's not to freak out the TSA screeners) but now I'm concerned about theft by the TSA searchers so I'm wondering what's the best thing to do. Do not put any valuable stuff in checked luggage. dennis |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Travelling with hand-held GPS receivers
"Sam Jones" wrote in message news How do you pack your GPS receivers on the plane? Carry on, in its own bag (inside my carry-on bag), and it's never been a problem. Many models don't give their power switches adequate protection from being accidentally switched on, so you may want to pull the batteries out before packing it away. Keep them handy, though, in case you need to turn the thing on to demo it to TSA, etc.. Bob M. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Travelling with hand-held GPS receivers
"Sam Jones" wrote in message news How do you pack your GPS receivers on the plane? Do you take it in a carry-on bag or do you put it in your checked luggage? I've been putting it in my checked luggage (so's not to freak out the TSA screeners) but now I'm concerned about theft by the TSA searchers so I'm wondering what's the best thing to do. They deal with thousands of people with laptops and other electronic gadgetry every day. Just be prepared to take it out of your bag and put it through the x-ray machine seperately. Then it should be fine. |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Travelling with hand-held GPS receivers
In article ,
"Sam Jones" wrote: How do you pack your GPS receivers on the plane? Do you take it in a carry-on bag or do you put it in your checked luggage? If you want to reduce the chances of theft, carry your GPS receiver on board with you. The TSA and the airline will not care, but make sure you have a charged battery in the unit in case you are asked to turn it on. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
British tourists travelling to Zimbabwe | Pat Anderson | Africa | 0 | March 17th, 2004 01:35 PM |
Travelling CPT to Lorenco Marques | Daniel | Africa | 2 | January 28th, 2004 11:25 AM |
best travelling time? | Diana | Africa | 4 | January 9th, 2004 03:29 AM |
Travelling to India with a laptop? | Rohit | Air travel | 30 | December 8th, 2003 02:04 PM |
Travelling with a pregnant woman | Alfred Molon | Africa | 7 | November 19th, 2003 11:33 PM |