Flip Flops
Jul 23, 2006 | 8:03 pm
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I've never had a problem with these huaraches. I wear the Pachuco rojo style.
http://www.huaraches.com/shopping/
Even got thru notorious shoe carnival airports like HNL with those.
http://www.huaraches.com/shopping/
Even got thru notorious shoe carnival airports like HNL with those.
Jul 23, 2006 | 8:13 pm
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Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much
The strange irony about all of this is that my Adidas flip-flops have a thicker sole than my dress shoes or my running shoes! They are well in excess of the dreaded 1".
Jul 23, 2006 | 9:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Superguy
I've never had a problem with these huaraches. I wear the Pachuco rojo style.
http://www.huaraches.com/shopping/
Even got thru notorious shoe carnival airports like HNL with those.
http://www.huaraches.com/shopping/
Even got thru notorious shoe carnival airports like HNL with those.
Type One
Type Two
Jul 23, 2006 | 9:24 pm
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Can't tell the heal on type 2, but it might be a little more than an inch. Can't see why type 1 would be a problem though.
Jul 23, 2006 | 10:08 pm
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Looks like Keen & other companies are coming out with some "dressier" versions now. Cool! The "over-the-toe" thing has me sold---it has been great toe-stubbing-prevention when walking thru crowded plane aisles. Nothing like bashing your toe on the metal support of a seat, or some wayward carry-on on the floor, etc. And, the "leather" they're made out of is "machine washable." (I have a pair of their hiking sandals made from the same leather, and yep, it's washable.)
Jul 23, 2006 | 10:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Superguy
Can't tell the heal on type 2, but it might be a little more than an inch. Can't see why type 1 would be a problem though.
Neither are over an inch. Type 2 was measured with a caliper after I disagreed with the "situation." About 7/10 of an inch.
Come to think of it, the "situation" was in HNL. 
Seriously, I got no problems with TSA in HNL except for the way they handle the shoe policy. I usually transport a bunch of electrical junk and one agent and I are getting to know each other pretty good, unfortuantely he's always the one swabbing my stuff
and not at the detector. I think he know's it's me just by looking at the carry on
Jul 23, 2006 | 10:15 pm
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Originally Posted by skye1
Looks like Keen & other companies are coming out with some "dressier" versions now. Cool!
Jul 24, 2006 | 11:23 am
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I have seen TSA screeners tell pax to put flip-flops back on rather than put them in the bin: at JAX, SAN, and MYR, to name a few.
I have also personally been told, "Those must come off," when wearing flip-flops at IAD and RDU, and at CRW was told I had to remove my leather sandals. (and to settle debates, the phrasing was "must," not "recommended," with the screener physically blocking the WTMD)
I did once see one of these same screeners doing different duty (at the x-ray) when her co-worker let me through wearing tennis shoes without a word. The look she shot at me when I complimented the guy and at the WTMD guy himself that day was lethal!
I have also personally been told, "Those must come off," when wearing flip-flops at IAD and RDU, and at CRW was told I had to remove my leather sandals. (and to settle debates, the phrasing was "must," not "recommended," with the screener physically blocking the WTMD)
I did once see one of these same screeners doing different duty (at the x-ray) when her co-worker let me through wearing tennis shoes without a word. The look she shot at me when I complimented the guy and at the WTMD guy himself that day was lethal!