Originally Posted by Cholula
Place this stuff in a checked bag.
Yeah, you may have to wait a few minutes with the rest of us at the baggage carousel but it'll save you a stroke/heart attack as you worry whether or not the prohibited items will be confiscated from your carry-ons.
You trust the checked baggage system a lot more than I do. The system is overloaded right now, since a much greater volume of stuff is getting checked. For example, last week at SNA three flights at a time were being unloaded onto single carousels, with excess getting stacked in piles against the wall. Lots of baggage misses flights. It's been years since I've seen airport personnel look at baggage claim tags to confirm that people are taking the correct bags...
Just too many ways for bags to be delayed or lost. The baggage lottery is going to get considerably worse in the next few months (just wait till Thanksgiving!)