Diztravel

Wipes in my carry on usually triggers a secondary screening in the US. If I remember I take them out of my bag before screening and that solves the problem of the secondary. This weekend I traveled and pulled out the wipes...but I forgot to take the lysol disinfecting wipes out of my bag...boom ..another secondary. The TSA agent checked to see if it had bleach. Apparently products with bleach are a no no.

BoeBus

Antibacterial wipes are certainly useful on what can often be pretty shabbily cleaned aircraft, however (and I'm guessing here) they won't be effective against viruses... Or is that wrong? Wouldn't you need something with alchohol or something more like bleach?

aristoph

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2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new strain of coronavirus. It is not yet available for commercial testing.

Specific Dettol products have demonstrated effectiveness (>99.9% inactivation) against coronavirus strains from the same family as the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in third party laboratory testing, when used in accordance with the directions for use. These products are: Dettol Antibacterial Surface Cleanser Spray, Dettol Antibacterial Surface Cleanser Wipes, Dettol All-In-One Disinfectant Spray, and Dettol Disinfectant Liquid.

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BoeBus

Great, good thing we have a few family packs in storage from when they were on sale before all this kicked off!

ahmetdouas

I always take baby wipes on board. Good idea. Although they are seeming to be in short supply in Waitrose Belgravia, as in there aren't any!

HIDDY

Must admit in all my years of travelling alone or with the wife we've never taken them whether it be by land, sea or air.

AnaTravel

For years I've included antibacterial wipes in my flight bag with no issues whatsoever. Towards the end of last year, I bought a box of 100 Clinell Antimicrobial Hand Wipes for travel. My husband found the quantity amusing. The laugh is now on him as the price of these items has shot up. Availability is scarce. I'm probably a millionaire in hand wipes by now
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Diztravel

Bleach based products as well as alcohol cased with at least 60% alcohol are effective against enveloped viruses like COVID19. The US EPA has provided a list of products which are effective https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...19/4966691002/

drvannostren

There's zero issue with wipes, plenty of people carried them before all of this stuff. I carry them because I often travel to places that simply don't give out a lot of napkins when eating, and/or don't have a place to wash your hands when you're done. I stock up whenever I'm on a flight or at a place that gives them out for free. Grabbed like 30 on a recent TAP flight that had them in the lavatory (the sink was working too these were just optional)

UKtravelbear

On a short haul ex europe flight last week. On boarding I passed a woman who was wiping armrest etc down with a wipe.

She then started playing with her hair and touching her face with the hands she hadn't washed after using the wipes

If you are going to wipe then for heavens sake follow the other advice as well!

crazyarmadillo

Carried them for years. Never a problem.

worldtrav

Naomi Campbell always wipes down the airplane with them, even before this.

alvinlwh

I recently travelled with a ton of wet wipes as I have a 3yo and a 10mo with me. Not a single security staff said a word about them.

ens100

I recently travelled LHR to GRU and back with a pack of wet wipes in my rucksack and have been carrying them on flights for a while now, with no issues going through security or anything. Carrying them more for my own peace of mind (as opposed to C-19 specifically) after having become aware of the number of people in my office building (and assuming in airport / planes) not washing their hands after going to the toilet.

MNMAA

I have been noticing this for years and years.
It’s simply baffling, to put it politely...