I am going to Poland for a few days and I am planning to go chemistry shopping, I have already planned transporting reagents to the Netherlands. I am
planning on taking the glassware in my checked luggage. I am wondering if I would get pulled aside and interrogated for doing this(I don't know if a
13 year old with a bag full of lab glass is suspicious).
Please excuse any mistakes, this was typed very fast.
[Edited on 30-7-2014 by prof_genius]Manifest - 30-7-2014 at 05:20
You should be fine, I would be worried about it breaking though.prof_genius - 30-7-2014 at 06:22
I would pack it with lots of bubble wrap, and if it breaks blame the airline.Texium - 30-7-2014 at 07:50
I would pack it with lots of bubble wrap, and if it breaks blame the airline.
I don't know if that would be
such a good idea. It seems that that would only draw attention to you and risk getting your entire load confiscated. If you find that a couple pieces
are broken when you get home, just be glad you got the glassware back without being questioned. If an airline receives a complaint about someone's
slightly sketchy baggage getting damaged, they probably won't try to reimburse them, they'll just confiscate it for one reason or another.prof_genius - 30-7-2014 at 08:35
True, glass is cheap in Poland so I can just order more.Oscilllator - 30-7-2014 at 16:48
Well this may not be strictly relevant to Poland, but I once took ~30kg (with packaging) of chemicals (inorganic salts mostly), a large box of
erlenmeyers + beakers, a water deioniser and as well as that, 2 machetes and a bunch of other knives on a domestic flight within Australia. The above
items filled up a large suitcase, a hiking backpack and another largeish cardboard box.
The point is though, nobody batted an eyelid, so perhaps airport security isn't quite as great as people make it out to be.prof_genius - 31-7-2014 at 00:44
I am probably going to pack some salts too, just make sure there are no cross and bones on the bottle (it could scare security).Artemus Gordon - 31-7-2014 at 15:28
Since the glassware is hollow, I don't think security would worry about that (I hope your outbound airport is a large one that routinely uses a
scanner machine. If they examine your bags by hand, expect them to unwrap every item).
Large bottles full of chemicals will almost certainly trigger a hand search, and possibly lots of questions. I would look into shipping the chemicals.
Three or four bottles of less than 100ml size might be interpreted as routine medications, but anything beyond that is begging to get the stink-eye,
IMHO.
