Traveling with fire poi?

FiReBuG · Posted: Fri 14th Sep, 2007 6:12 am Post subject: Traveling with fire poi?

I have a kinda strange question.....

I prefer fire poi above all, and I'm going to be traveling in the near future. I've been wondering about traveling on a plane with wicks that have already been dipped in fuel and burned. Since airport security is so strict these days.....do you think they will give me a hard time? I mean, if I were some security dude (with no knowledge of poi) checking somebody's baggage, and I found a pair of poi that smelled like fuel I might get suspicious......
I know I sound paranoid...but airport security can be really annoying and unpredictable. I was flying from California to New York one time, and they went through my baggage (not the stuff I was carrying, but the stuff I had checked) and they confiscated a bracelet that had fake bullets on it! Laughing

Has anybody had previous experience with this?

Invader_Xan · Joined: 02 May 2007 Posts: 540 Location: In Space

I think they can be a bit of a pain when it comes to wicks that have been used before.

The solution I plan to use is to make myself some cheap wicks which I can use while I'm there and then throw away or donate to someone else before I leave.

I hate the idea, because it seems so wasteful and environmentally unsound, but the authorities are pretty much forcing me to do so if I want to engage in my favourite hobby. sceptic

Marvin · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 126 Location: Cannock

but them in a seperate bag and declare at the air port (just say i have some fire spinning equipment) and they'll check em at another desk and you'll be fine i recently took 2 fire staffs 2 fire spinning clubs 2 sets of fire poi a fire diablo fire eating and breathing sticks and fire juggling clubs (all in one bag Wink

) and they had no problems

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