Laptop Carrying Cases

Flying with your own laptop is very common; People carry their laptop when traveling for business, pleasure and when relocating overseas.

We for example never pack our laptop in the container when we are moving abroad. We like to carry it with us. This way we have immediate access to all our files and there is no need to carry heavy documents in our suitcases.

Should laptops be packed in checked luggage or in laptop carrying cases?

There are passengers who prefer to pack their laptop in the checked luggage for several reasons;

Some want to avoid the hassle of taking out the laptop from the laptop carrying cases when going through airport security checkpoints. others might fear that their laptop get ruined if put through the x-ray machine, and some like to travel light, carrying as little as possible on the plane.

We recommend that you don't pack the laptop in your checked luggage

First, your laptop should not get damage by the x-ray machine at the airport. For those of you who still worry the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the U.S.A have issued "Checkpoint Friendly" procedures that became effective from August 16, 2008.

Note: The "Checkpoint Friendly" procedures are valid only for flights in the U.S.A

Second, airline personnel are in rush to prepare the airplanes for departure, and suitcases tends to get tossed everywhere. Therefore your laptop might get damaged, lost, or even stolen.

So, the best thing you can do is carry your laptop with you on the plane.

There are a couple of reasons for using laptop carrying cases instead of packing the laptop in your carry on luggage.

First, keep in mind that in many airports the security staff requires that you remove your laptop from its case while going through security. If it's packed deeply into your carry on luggage, you would have to unpack your handbag to get at it, and the people behind you wouldn't be very happy.

Second, carry on luggage are stored in the overhead bins during the flight. You can't be sure that your laptop is protected as in most instances the overhead compartments are full and packed.

Third, some tend to over pack the carry on luggage and thus leave no space for their laptop. Even if there is some space left, the carry on luggage is full with other things that may cause scratches or damage your laptop.

So, because on most flights you are allowed one carry on luggage and one personal item, it is best that you bring a laptop bag and carry it as your personal item.

To help make the screening process of laptops more efficient and to better protect the passenger's laptops, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the U.S.A came up with new laptop cases requirements that will allow passengers to keep their laptops in their laptops carrying bags, when going through x-ray scanning.

The approved laptop bags should produce a clear and unobstructed image of the laptop when undergoing X-ray screening.

What are the laptop carrying bags requirements?

• It should have a designated laptop-only section.
• The laptop-only section completely unfolds to lie flat on the X-ray belt
• No metal snaps, zippers or buckles inside, underneath or on top of the laptop-only section
• No pockets on the inside or outside of the laptop-only section
• Nothing packed in the laptop-only section other than the computer itself.

• The checkpoint friendly laptop cases is valid for flights in the U.S.A
• TSA is not approving or endorsing any bag design or manufacturer and will only allow laptops to stay in bags through screening if they provide a clear and unobstructed X-ray image of the laptop.

For those of you who are used to carry inside their laptop bag a notebook, power cord, mouse etc'. and do not mind taking their laptop out for x-ray screening, there is no obligation to use the checkpoint friendly laptop cases.

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