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Electronics & Batteries

Power banks, vapes, lighters, laptops, drones — and the lithium-battery rules that decide where each one rides.

Start hereLithium batteries & power banks: the Wh rules

  1. Can I bring a curling iron on a plane?

    Carry-on: DependsChecked: Depends

    Corded models fly in both bags; butane cordless irons are carry-on only and banned from checked, with no spare gas cartridges.

  2. Can I Bring a Disposable Vape on a Plane?

    Carry-on: YesChecked: No

    Disposable vapes are carry-on only, never checked, and you can’t use or charge one in flight. Watch destination-country vape bans too.

  3. Can I bring a drone on a plane?

    Carry-on: YesChecked: Body only

    The drone body flies in either bag; the limit is its lithium batteries, which must go in your carry-on.

  4. Can I bring a hair straightener on a plane?

    Carry-on: DependsChecked: Depends

    Corded flat irons fly in both bags; butane cordless models are carry-on only and cannot go in checked baggage.

  5. Can I bring a laptop on a plane?

    Carry-on: YesChecked: Discouraged

    Yes in carry-on with no limit; allowed but discouraged in checked bags because of the lithium battery.

  6. Can I Bring a Lighter on a Plane?

    Carry-on: LimitedChecked: No

    One ordinary Bic or Zippo lighter is OK in carry-on. Torch/jet lighters are banned everywhere; fueled lighters need a DOT case to be checked.

  7. Can I Bring a Power Bank on a Plane?

    Carry-on: YesChecked: No

    Power banks fly carry-on only, never in checked bags. Under 100 Wh is free; 101-160 Wh needs airline OK (max 2); over 160 Wh is banned.

  8. Can I bring batteries on a plane?

    Carry-on: YesChecked: Depends

    Alkaline and NiMH fly in both bags; spare lithium batteries are carry-on only, with watt-hour and gram limits.