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I have a camera tripod[0] with detachable legs, allowing you to use it as a monopod. The thing's incredibly sturdy, and the monopod could easily be used as a hiking pole. Similarly, maybe there's a way to DIY a tripod out of hiking poles? The rules really are ridiculous. You aren't allowed to bring a clear bottle of water, but you are allowed to bring fish in your carry on. Freeze that water, or put a fish in that bottle of water, and it is allowed, because you're transporting live fish! I was going through a checkpoint a few weeks ago and forgot a filled, reusable water bottle in my backpack. Instead of just letting me dump the bottle out and proceed, the TSA handler made me go to the back of the line and go through the entire checkpoint, body scanner etc again. If I had just brought a fish with me, I could have avoided the whole thing. [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN5LRYQ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VN5LRYQ No longer for sale, but there are similar ones

flangola7 3y ago
Link gives me an Amazon dog
gamblor956 3y ago
Fish are allowed in small bottles of water (though filled "water" bottles are not) because the presence of a living fish in the liquid is a pretty clear indicator that the liquid in the bottle is water, and not something else like explosives.
- jlund-molfese 3y ago
  But the TSA presumably already has a way to tell whether a liquid is an explosive—and it doesn't involve fish. The TSA allows for breast milk and "toddler drinks" to be brought on board, with or without children present. They also allow contact lens solution, liquid medication, and, during covid-19, hand sanitizer (an accelerant!).
ghaff 3y ago
I actually have a walking stick with a removable end knob that exposes a tripod screw. However I assume I wouldn’t convince any TSA agent that the item in question was not in fact a walking stick. (Also not sure it gets short enough to fit in carryon.

flangola7 3y ago

Link gives me an Amazon dog

gamblor956 3y ago

Fish are allowed in small bottles of water (though filled "water" bottles are not) because the presence of a living fish in the liquid is a pretty clear indicator that the liquid in the bottle is water, and not something else like explosives.

jlund-molfese 3y ago
But the TSA presumably already has a way to tell whether a liquid is an explosive—and it doesn't involve fish. The TSA allows for breast milk and "toddler drinks" to be brought on board, with or without children present. They also allow contact lens solution, liquid medication, and, during covid-19, hand sanitizer (an accelerant!).

ghaff 3y ago

I actually have a walking stick with a removable end knob that exposes a tripod screw. However I assume I wouldn’t convince any TSA agent that the item in question was not in fact a walking stick. (Also not sure it gets short enough to fit in carryon.