Locking Suitcases

Kay H · Mar 18, 2008

Elli said:
Kay, didn't you just go on a cruise or just a trip and met Fern somewhere? Had a good time?
Elli

Yes, Elli.

Pat H, Fern and her sister and 2 neighbors, Kathy Q, her son and her friend and Linda Brown and several friends. We all had a ball. Good bye Pina Coladas, hello slim fast!

julle · Apr 1, 2008

Warning against Brookstones Lock Warranty

We purchased some locks from Brookstone which we have been pleased with during many trips.

Brookstone gives a warranty and promises that you can get a new one when you return the cut off lock.

Well, as posted previously, TSA does not put the cut off locks in the suitcase, and as we did not have the cut off lock, I paid $ 10 for a warranty which Brookstone knows harly ever will be used.

thinze3 · Apr 1, 2008

My daughter just returned from Mexico and her brand new Safe Skies made lock had been cut off and not returned.

I bough them on a clearance at Radio Shack, so I won't worry about it.

Joe L · Jun 2, 2008

No Lock Works

I still use TSA locks but no lock is secure with a zippered suitcase.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEvSWN3rbSo&feature=related

geneticblend · Jun 4, 2008

What is the purpose if you lock your suitcase with an approved lock or one of those nylon zip tags, only to find that the suitcase was opened anyway? And what if no note saying that the suitcase was inspected is left? How do you know who really took off your lock? You don't. So why put a lock on in the first place?

thinze3 · Jun 4, 2008

geneticblend said:
What is the purpose if you lock your suitcase with an approved lock or one of those nylon zip tags, only to find that the suitcase was opened anyway? And what if no note saying that the suitcase was inspected is left? How do you know who really took off your lock? You don't. So why put a lock on in the first place?

Theorectically, the TSA approved combination locks can be opened with a key that only the TSA inspectors have. In a perfect world, the TSA would open your lock, do their search, then lock the bags back again.

Obviously not what is happening.

x3 skier · Jun 4, 2008

geneticblend said:
What is the purpose if you lock your suitcase with an approved lock or one of those nylon zip tags, only to find that the suitcase was opened anyway?

I lock them to keep the zipper from opening and spilling the contents on the ramp. Zip ties work just as well but if the TSA cuts them to open for inspection, I am hosed.

NEVER put anything you don't want to loose in a checked bag. Either carry it on or ship it with insurance.

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