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When you arrive, buy a couple of fuel canisters in any outdoor store and you are all set. Steed Steed 3 3 bronze badges. So far I took it with me on roughly 5 journeys in the last 10 years. TSA does not allow you to carry IsoPro canister fuel on an airplane, for obvious reasons. You can carry a fuel bottle for a liquid fuel stove if you take the proper precautions. First, make sure you clean the bottle the best you can.
Use soap, a brush and plenty of hot water to remove the smell of fuel. When you pack the bottle, make sure it is dry inside and out, with no scent of fuel. Sometimes, less-experienced TSA employees will confiscate a fuel bottle because of the red paint and warnings on the outside.
Wrap each bottle in a piece of paper and cover it with a rubber band remove the paper before using the stove, of course. It's the safest way to go.
We can nitpick all we want here about the rules, but that doesn't mean they'll be followed at the airport. Right or wrong, the airport personnel will win every single time.
Your Primus is not a stove unless it is screwed into a fuel tank. Your Primus is a part of a stove. It a stove part that can be taken onto the airplane as long as you have no fuel canister.
Your Primus is a little hunk of metal. I think moldy's got it right. Thank you all for your responses. Simply emptying the fuel container will leave flammable vapors. We recommend that you ship the fuel containers to your destination ahead of time - passengers frequently have to leave them at the checkpoint because of fuel vapors.
Moldy and One Sock, I think you're right, but Heeding Feral Bill's warning that individual airlines can have stricter rules than TSA, I will try to get United to clarify, however I'm not optimistic that it will accomplish anything.
Even if some airline rep says it's okay, it won't help us even a little bit if the doofus inspector doesn't agree. Their automated online chat feature just regurgitates the info we've already read. We'll probably decide to ship the stove to our shuttler to ensure it's not confiscated. I planned on shipping my beer can stove, trekking poles and possibly tent poles ahead and carry on everything else in my pack.
Is that reasonable? What else would be a good idea to be shipped? I find it easier to just UPS my entire pack ahead and not deal with airlines. I am also afraid that they might lose it. You might get through airport security like you should, but then you might have an experience like this or worse.
Ultimately it comes down to whoever is making the decision "on the ground". Personally, I'd rather not deal with the whims of an airline or a TSA agent. Mailing out ahead of time is less of a potential hassle IMO. There was a note inside my suitcase from the TSA that it was inspected. However, I didn't get a similar inspection note on the way back. It falls under the "You can't bring any food so you're forced to buy high priced crap in the terminal" rule.
It falls under the "You can't bring any food so you're forced to buy high priced crap in the terminal" rule You can bring all the food you want as long as you have leas than the 3oz of anything that resembles a liquid, cream, or gel.
I fly so much with work I almost have my own personal flight attendant and I have never had TSA confiscate a tuna sandwich or any other ready to eat food item. Whole jars of peanut butter are in the same category as sun screen and shampoo, so I would expect them to confiscate it if it exceeds the 3oz limit actually ml but they tell people 3oz. Just one more data point, YMMV: I've flown with various backpacking stoves a couple dozen times, no problem ever about half of these trips were international.
I'm always mentally prepared, somewhat at least, to not have the stove make it through, but it always has. For example, for the Jetboil Stove: I'll separate the burner from the pot. I'll triple-zip lock the burner itself and tuck it away somewhere, not overtly "hidden", but not in plain sight either.
A small baggie with a little folded up piece of jagged metal? They won't have a clue it's a stove. When I fly with my liquid fuel bottles needed for big, cold mountain climbs , I make sure they are very well aired out, caps off and stored elsewhere, and I even put a big piece of duct tape over the big red "FUEL" lettering and write "water only" on it.
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