Flying with e-juice--does it always leak?

[Langdell]

Well, I just took my third plane trip since I resumed vaping several months ago, carrying bottles of e-liquid with me. On all three flights, the juice from the bottles and from a partially full cartotank leaked everywhere. On the last two flights, I made sure that the bottles were all screwed shut tightly and even put them in their own little separate plastic baggies inside my big baggy for my toiletry liquids. But they still leaked everywhere, including out of their plastic baggies and all over the big plastic bag.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there some explanation for it? Like maybe something about the way e-liquid reacts to the air pressure changes that causes it to do this? Any solution?

 

[Robino1]

Did you have it in your carry on or did you have it in your checked baggage? I've not had bottles leak in my carry on. Clearo's have though. I now only fill one clearo and pack the rest. A trick I do with shampoo bottles, a piece of plastic wrap between the opening and the cap. Screw the cap on tight. It has cut down on the leaking in my checked bags.

I think they pressurize the cabin better than in the luggage hold.

 

[tj99959]

Simple trick:
Take the cap off, squeeze the bottle until juice almost comes out the tip, put the cap back on tight. This creates a vacuum in the bottle which will allow for cabin pressure. Then as per FAA regulations ALWAY place bottles of liquid in a zip-lock bag.

 

[UncleChimney]

Simple trick:
Take the cap off, squeeze the bottle until juice almost comes out the tip, put the cap back on tight. This creates a vacuum in the bottle which will allow for cabin pressure. Then as per FAA regulations ALWAY place bottles of liquid in a zip-lock bag.

Great tip! I'll be using it soon.

 

[Langdell]

Did you have it in your carry on or did you have it in your checked baggage? I've not had bottles leak in my carry on. Clearo's have though. I now only fill one clearo and pack the rest. A trick I do with shampoo bottles, a piece of plastic wrap between the opening and the cap. Screw the cap on tight. It has cut down on the leaking in my checked bags.

I think they pressurize the cabin better than in the luggage hold.

2 of the 3 times they were in carry-on. One flight they were in checked luggage. The leaking happened in both cases.

Simple trick:
Take the cap off, squeeze the bottle until juice almost comes out the tip, put the cap back on tight. This creates a vacuum in the bottle which will allow for cabin pressure. Then as per FAA regulations ALWAY place bottles of liquid in a zip-lock bag.

Thanks! I will try this trick. They were in Ziploc bags--as mentioned in my original post, I pack them in the Ziploc bag I carry all my liquids in, and after it happened the first time I started double-bagging the juice bottles by putting my juice inside a second plastic baggy inside the main one. They still leaked all over everywhere, including all over the big Ziploc bag and everything else in it. But I will try this trick for sealing the bottles.

 

[Myrany]

2 of the 3 times they were in carry-on. One flight they were in checked luggage. The leaking happened in both cases.



Thanks! I will try this trick. They were in Ziploc bags--as mentioned in my original post, I pack them in the Ziploc bag I carry all my liquids in, and after it happened the first time I started double-bagging the juice bottles by putting my juice inside a second plastic baggy inside the main one. They still leaked all over everywhere, including all over the big Ziploc bag and everything else in it. But I will try this trick for sealing the bottles.

Just a though small SPace bags seal up a bit better than Ziplocs

 

[Robino1]

Just a though small SPace bags seal up a bit better than Ziplocs

I will add that the freezer bags also seal better than regular ones.

 

[chadsmo]

Yeah, you even deal with a little bit of leakage if you're driving and changing enough elevation. I live at 345m (1130ft) and when I go to Vancouver the highway takes me to 1244m (4100ft) and I find even that is high enough for bottles to leak, not a ton, but just enough to make a little mess.

 

[ChrisUp2Late]

I just returned from a trip to Ontario, Alberta, then home to BC. It was a juicy mess. Protank leaked, juice bottles leaked, all in my carry-on.

I had juice bottles stored in the standard security line issued plastic bag for liquids for the first leg of the trip (big mess). From then on, I used the gov't plastic bag while going through security, then transferred things to freezer bags.

I'll try the bottle squishing technique next time, but it seems that leakage is inevitable. Ugh!

 

[317Vapers]

yep that should work great, or you just take your caps off once your seated and let them steep for couple hours LOL

Simple trick:
Take the cap off, squeeze the bottle until juice almost comes out the tip, put the cap back on tight. This creates a vacuum in the bottle which will allow for cabin pressure. Then as per FAA regulations ALWAY place bottles of liquid in a zip-lock bag.

 

[317Vapers]

good to know while driving through the mountains! I'll check my bottles as I'm going and do the squeeze trick. Or just leave the caps of till I arrive

Yeah, you even deal with a little bit of leakage if you're driving and changing enough elevation. I live at 345m (1130ft) and when I go to Vancouver the highway takes me to 1244m (4100ft) and I find even that is high enough for bottles to leak, not a ton, but just enough to make a little mess.

 

[Unforeseen]

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