I'm going to be flying within the U.S. in April, and I want to bring a LIDO with me. Has anyone taken this grinder through security successfully? Maybe I'm too cautious, but I've learned you never know what to expect from the TSA (!), and I don't enjoy airport-related surprises.

Also, best practices for travel? Off the top of my head I'd guess locking down the burrs and removing the handle would be good ideas. Will probably use the stock neoprene sleeve. Anyway, I welcome any input!

p.s. A LIDO post outside the owner experience thread?! Heresy!

I've taken all sorts of weird stuff through airport security, its usually not a problem. Although I did have an allen wrench set confiscated once. What did they think I was going to do, take apart the plane?

Anyway, if you take it through carry on, just be prepared to explain yourself if they ask. They absolute worst they will probably do is take it out of your bag and look at it. If you put it in checked baggage, taping a note to it that says what it is might not hurt.

We've flown with the Lido, took along a silicone folding dripper, beans, and filters. Had no trouble at all, and didn't do anything special 'locking down'. Frankly, just took it, stuffed in the carry on bag, along with everything else (had no checked luggage), and traipsed away...

Aha. Thanks! Right, I'd carry on. Good, so they don't seem to think the grinder looks like a bomb then. Maybe I'll bring the manual just in case.

Carried on a fishing rod and tackle once and had no problem, but the cricket bat was determined to be a "bludgeon" and had to be checked. Oy.

I flew to Florida with the LIDO. Took it in checked baggage one way and carry-on the other. No issue either time and both times it was checked by TSA.

Got back yesterday from a week in Barbados, JFK as hub w/o any problems. Coffee in ziplocks, lido and clever cofee dripper in checked(free on Jetblue) baggage.

Marvin

My wife sneaked a bag of Oreos into my carry-on once. You should have seen the look on the TSA agent's face when she saw that! She showed me the x-ray image and I had no idea what it was. We were both surprised upon opening the bag.

Oreo bombs. The stuffing is really C-4.

More than once now, I have been overhead paged at the airport and "escorted to my bags" as soon as I picked up the courtesy phone. Each time, a very alert looking dog was pointing to my bag. Said bag would be unpacked and gone through. Doggie would enthusiastically wag tail while smelling the bag of coffee.

Seems that it is common to pack drugs inside coffee.

I'd build a little extra time into the itinerary.

Joe

Ha! I've only ever seen dogs at MIA, where there's surely much more for them to find than coffee. Meat, for example, and, and...