carry-on electric shaver?
#1
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carry-on electric shaver?
Are electric shavers allowed in carry-on luggage world wide? There must be some kind of sharp thing in them, but I don't know what airport security thinks about them.
Something like this for instance: http://di1.shopping.com/images1/pi/4...egral+6525.jpg
Something like this for instance: http://di1.shopping.com/images1/pi/4...egral+6525.jpg
#3
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Are electric shavers allowed in carry-on luggage world wide? There must be some kind of sharp thing in them, but I don't know what airport security thinks about them.
Something like this for instance: http://di1.shopping.com/images1/pi/4...egral+6525.jpg
Something like this for instance: http://di1.shopping.com/images1/pi/4...egral+6525.jpg
#6
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I've carried mine on on every flight I've ever taken as an adult.
Only once did it get looked at, well before 9/11: It was a family emergency situation, I had quickly thrown what I needed into a carry-on with no thought as to neat packing. It wasn't anywhere near full, the stuff shifted. Razor power cord, toothbrush power cord and cell phone charger all in a pile with the razor caused a confusing mass that X-ray couldn't figure out and so they had to open it and have a look.
These days I make sure it's fully charged before I leave, I don't carry the charger anymore. Non-issue.
With mine at least you have to expose the sharp stuff in order to clean it properly. The blades are well under 1/4" each and have many other blades at the same height but different orientations. It would be hard to inflict more than the slightest of cuts with it.
Only once did it get looked at, well before 9/11: It was a family emergency situation, I had quickly thrown what I needed into a carry-on with no thought as to neat packing. It wasn't anywhere near full, the stuff shifted. Razor power cord, toothbrush power cord and cell phone charger all in a pile with the razor caused a confusing mass that X-ray couldn't figure out and so they had to open it and have a look.
These days I make sure it's fully charged before I leave, I don't carry the charger anymore. Non-issue.
With mine at least you have to expose the sharp stuff in order to clean it properly. The blades are well under 1/4" each and have many other blades at the same height but different orientations. It would be hard to inflict more than the slightest of cuts with it.
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#9
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It wouldn't be that difficult to take an electric shaver and take all the electrical stuff out of the inside. Now, you've got a nice hollow container, inside which you could put ... oh, I don't know, 3.5oz of hand lotion or something like that.
Seriously, though ... as long as the X-ray reveals something that looks like an ordinary electric shaver, I'm sure it won't be an issue.
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