flying with stove

[Kimmyt]

What type of stove is it?

I've flown with a small stove like this a few years ago: http://www.rei.com/product/660163

in my checked baggage and had no problem (no fuel cannister, obviously). Of course, it was probably fairly obvious to the baggage guy that I was going camping, considering that my bag was full of tents and sleeping bags and climbing gear. Now, of course, this isn't a guarantee you won't get a bag guy who's having a bad day and is feeling peevish. If you're really worried, you could just stop at an REI once you get to your destination and pick up a cheap model, the single-burners run for something like $30.

If you're feeling risky, and you have a stove with an external line you could probably rinse thoroughly with water and remove the residue.

Just buy fuel once you get to your destination.

[Tuckervill]

I've seen in person at the airline check-in people who had to give up gear like that, whether there was fuel or not. I'd plan on getting one when you got to your destination and leaving it for someone else when you come back.

It's what I used to do with strollers when my children were little. Buy a $15 umbrella stroller and leave it for the housekeeper at the hotel when I left.

Karen

[lph]

And here I thought this was a follow-up to the "cooking disasters" thread...

[Trigress]

I've taken a stove flying once (I've sent a burning one flying as well, actually), and that was no problem at all, neither from Oslo via Frankfurt and Sao Paolo to La Paz, or from La Paz via Sao Paolo, Rio and London.

However, American airlines are a little more panicky, aren't they?

[newfsmith]

Pre 9/11 we have checked our camping stove without problems, but not since. For this summer's trip we will be UPS'ing it to friends ahead of time. Maybe you should consider the soda can stove for your travels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage-can_stove just re-cycle at the end of each leg of your trip.

[carback]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I'm flying from Canada to the U.K., if that matters.

[Jolt]

Maybe you should consider the soda can stove for your travels. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverage-can_stove just re-cycle at the end of each leg of your trip.

That's what I'd recommend. I use one of those for backpacking trips since it's lightweight and there are no moving parts to break. It only boils water though, no simmering control, so depending on what you're planning on cooking it may or may not work (my backpacking meals consist of "just add boiling water" kinds of things that cook quickly, so that isn't a problem). I would even think it would be OK to fly with since it doesn't get any fuel residue anyway since all the alcohol burns off cleanly. And if not, like newfsmith said, you can always recycle it.