Originally Posted by martzipan

Can confirm, LHR security was the most obnoxiously strict of the many airports I’ve traveled through this year (including in the US, EU, non-EU Europe, Southeast Asia, Oceania). They threw out my mostly empty 113 ml tube of toothpaste, and made me unpack the whole bag because I forgot that weeks ago at the beginning of the trip I placed a small bottle with liquid in it.

if it’s important to make it quick, pre-pack your liquids ahead of time so they are easy to remove.