[hn9780470248775]

I typically don't bother to remove "liquids and gels" from my baggage. The detection rate is less than 50%, and even then, they'll only find the most obvious offending water bottle (or whatever). You shrug, say "whoops", and move on.

You could probably claim contact lens solution as a "medically necessary liquid," which is exempt from the rules anyway.

[Lawtonfogle]

>You could probably claim contact lens solution as a "medically necessary liquid," which is exempt from the rules anyway.

That's not a loophole that could be exploited. /s

On a side note, could one seek to get water treated as a medically necessary liquid? It is, and the rules say nothing about being limited to only counting medically necessary liquids that cannot otherwise be obtained on the other side of security.

[dionidium]

> The detection rate is less than 50%

Far less. I, too, never remove this stuff and I've never been asked to.

[peteretep]

This must be a TSA thing; every damn time at LHR I forget anything, it gets caught, they get irritable with me, it needs redoing.

[DamnYuppie]

I agree the security at LHR is far more intense. They caught a lighter and topical gel buried way down in a traveling medical kit I carry. I have gone through TSA 100's of times with this kit and they never once mentioned it.

[__z]

I've (accidentally) carried contraband liquids through TSA airline security 3 times - been "caught" twice.

[pavel_lishin]

I've stopped taking them out as well. The detection rate so far has been 0%.

The detection rate on a flask with vodka in it is slightly higher, which makes me concerned as to what other things you could bring with you as long as it's in an xray-opaque container.

[freehunter]

That's good to know about the contact lens solution. Thanks for the tip!

[freditup]

You still should remove contact lens solution from your bag and put it separately in the bins. It's just not confined to the fluid ounce size limit.

When I do this, they often will spray a bit of the solution and test it for something or other.