For those that fly with your calibration equipment do you check it or carry it on. If it's carry on do they hassel you because it's not a laptop or something that can be easily powered on.

For those that fly with your calibration equipment do you check it or carry it on. If it's carry on do they hassel you because it's not a laptop or something that can be easily powered on.
I wouldn't check any equipment, but then I don't generally check anything at all. ;) I've never gotten my D2 looked at twice in my backpack, but I've also never carried a full suite of gear onboard, either.

Yea, the D2 looks like a mouse so they would not give it a second look. I was thinking more about video test generators or handheld meters like the CA813. Just trying to figure out what I can reasonably take to the UK without getting hung up in security going out or coming back.

I do not check much. Most of what I take I carry on. The degree of hassel varies on each trip. I have never been asked to not take my equipment, but it has been looked over quite a bit.

My experience is all US based with this stuff, but some of the foreign carriers sound more picky. One of my pieces is not allowed to leave the USA either.

Greetings

I carry on as much as I can. $12K sensors are not to be checked in. Lose it ... they give you all of $500 depending on the weight.

I fully expect the screeners to flag the package as it goes through the X-ray. Too much stuff in the bag for them not to.

Once a screener guy showed me what my bag looks like and pointed out the reason for the check was not because of a specific suspicious item ... but rather there being too many items in the one bag and they could not tell the different items apart. Hence the open bag policy and the swabbing. Makes sense to me ...

And not big deal. Much rather they be thorough like this and not ... (boom! ... don't want that happening.)

Regards

Thanks, it would be interesting to see what some of these meters look like under an X-ray :)

As stated above, definitely carry your equipment on the plane, but be sure that you do not have any tools in your equipment bag that they may not allow on the plane. Other than that, you may get a few questions regarding what the equipment is and what it is used for, but it is pretty straight forward.

Safe travels! :)

Dave