EMPTY water bottle???
 

ok, so if i bring something like

http://media.rei.com/media/ee/85f7a8...3309f0ba11.jpg

or

http://www.hookupyourdorm.com/assets...e_Nalgene1.jpg

with me, and it's empty to the airport, will I be required to leave it behind? note that it will be empty and i'll add water from the drinking fountains. i know, it's cheap/odd, but atleast i'll have MORE water than the 1 cup as supplied when getting food/munchies on my flights?

i'll be flying from iad to cdg (charles de galle) and then to lin (linate italy) and coming home, it's lin to bru (brussels) then iad.

i was told as long as it's empty, no problems bringiing such nalgene bottle.....thanks for any input on this (silly yet odd) question.

No issue bringing these, in any of the countries / airports you mention.

ty star_world.

anyone else get hassled for bringing an empty bottle onboard?

Never hassled.

Never hasseled, even with a bit of water < 3oz inside. Sometimes I leave it in the bag, other times I put it in bin so smurfs can see and/or feel it is empty.

I always carry an empty water bottle and fill it from drinking fountains before the flight.

THANKS guys (and gals!?).

I'll be bringing 1 of those 2 bottles w/me on my trip....

I was able to bring my empty stainless steel bottle on my flight out of YWG a few months ago no problem.

I always bring in an empty water bottle to fill once inside security. Just be sure it is totally dry before going through TSA....no water droplets on the inside of the bottle, and definitely nothing swishing around at the bottom.

I bring a nalgene every where that I go, including on flights. You won't have any issue, unless you have a bit of water in it..

Yeah. I had one of those confiscated (abandoned at the checkpoint). It was just a drop. Jerks....:(

So essentially a screener saw the bottle and wanted to take it home with him/her. No surprise-- why buy when you can steal from passengers?

I almost always carry an empty bottle, usually Gatorade. I eat sunflower seeds and use the bottle to spit seeds in. Never had a problem.

If I'm flying in the back of the plane, I usually bring two empty two-liter soda bottles in my carry-on, to fill at a water fountain, and have never had a problem, since the whole liquids ban started.

If you find yourself having to go through security again, simply empty it out (restroom/water fountain/outside, maybe) before heading into the new security line. If the empty bottles seem bulky, I'm sure there are some collapsible camping-oriented water containers available, which would take up less space in your carry-on when empty.

I've even considered taking my camelback through dry, filling it at a fountain, and just wearing it...:p

In order to obviate any problems going through security I usually fill an empty water bottle (it must absolutely be free of any moisture) with dehydrated water which as everyone knows is not a liquid.

With dozens of flights under my belt I have never had a problem.