Personal experience with TSA and Cigars?
 

Well, in October my Wife and I are flying home. I obviously can't be inconvienced enough to leave me sticks at home :)

Does anyone have any experience with TSA and Cigars? I read that it's better to put them in your checked luggage. I googled it, but didn't see anything current, and TSA seems to change their minds on everything constantly.

I did search TSA.gov, and they gave a vague approval as if it were a magazine.

Help is appreciated.

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Carry them on Brian. DO NOT CHECK THEM!!! :2

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When I was playing competitive Paintball it wasn't unheard of for TSA to steal Paintball Guns, whether they cost $100, or $2,000... So that was running through my mind.

Hot damn, that was a fast answer. No wonder you're a keeper of the ring now :r

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You read wrong. Whoever suggested that is misinformed.

Carry your cigars on board with you.

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I'm assuming that they'd obviously XRay my bag and see a ton of sticks that might look like Dynamite ( :rolleyes: ) or something and want to take a look, but as long as they wouldn't keep them.

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Just leave the lighter at home.

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And put the cutter in check-ins

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No.

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Yea, I read that consistently. My brother and dad smoke, so a lighter isn't needed anyways.
Yes sir, read that consistently as well :)
Just saying, TSA never has ceased to amaze me :r

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TSA is as likely to think your cigars are dynamite as they are to think their your dildos.

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Oh... Should I put those in my Carry on as well? :r

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If your using a Herfador, make sure you can get it open once you land as they will develop a vacuum and will be difficult to open if you don't have a pressure release valve built in.

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A screw driver or a sturdy knife has always done the trick for me in this case. And I haven't always needed to do so.

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and now, I need to get a new screen. :r:r


Do you put that on your check in or carry on?

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I've probably flown 20+ times (I know, not a lot for some of you) with my Haliburton and my Otterbox loaded with dozens of banded Cuban cigars. They have opened the Haliburton twice, and one time asked (in curiousity, not accusingly) if the Cigars were Cuban. "Yeah, right....I wish" I responded. ;)

I would never put my cigars in a checked bag. :2

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One of the funniest moments at the Nashville airport is when a business associate of mine got strip searched because he forgot he had a corkscrew in his carry on. :r

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:r I've walked right through all the way to the gate before I remembered I had a knife in my pocket. Not a word was said about it.

I've flown with my 40 count in a carry on bag and it went right through the scanners without a problem :tu

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Yup, I always just put the case in my carry-on and keep it with me. Never had any questions asked. For that matter, I usually bring a lighter as well and never had a problem with that either.

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I've also thrown some ronsons in a couple of these before and stuck them in my checked baggage and they went through no problem. They claim to be approved for airline travel.

http://www.cigarsinternational.com/p...114099N&cat=13

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Its fairly easy to stop by a gas station or somewhere to borrow something to pry one open. Heck, I have a bottle opener on my keyring that does the trick. Plus, you can check a small pocket knife, as I've done many times.

I've made it through every flight I've had since I got started smoking cigars with a torch in my checked bag, and even with a can of butane one time. Only time my bag was opened was when I came back from Florida recently with a bottle of bourbon and 15 bottles of beer.