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I travel with my underwater kit pretty regularly (housing, two strobes). Batteries never go in the checked luggage, it’s a standard regulation. Most airlines have stated requirements about batteries in hand luggage in terms of size - make sure you read and know them before you go.
With some prep, I actually think it’s barely an issue. This is a non-trivial safety issue and the airlines are doing the right thing. It may be inconvenient but the amount of energy in a large battery is pretty significant.
Firstly. Most strobes take Double A (AA) Batteries, so yeah I can imagine putting those into your carry on not being much of an issue.
If you are talking about Deep Blue Lights, Archon, Keldon even Sola and other high end manufacturers your batteries are into the kilograms per unit and you are going to want more than one of them.
Your information didn't actually specify anything of value as far as I could tell nor did it provide insight on how you can safely travel with large batteries that are a requirement for your work and kit without the constant fear of losing them to air port staff mid journey.
Is there some way of checking them in, maybe in a separate hard case. I can't be the only one who has bumped into this issue?
I've tried contacting Air Asia and all they say is it's up to the people at the counter or security. They just have special regulations about those high Mah quick chargers and Samsung Notes.