Originally Posted by
travelinhobo
Of course you can fly with stoves. What's that about?? I always used the MSR Whisperlite Intl, but never liked it mainly because it doesn't simmer. Biked Venezuela in 99. Don't Remy what fuel they had, but since that was where the tour began, know fuel is available.
In 1999 the rules were different, I used to travel with a swiss army knife in my pocket back then. Now anything that TSA thinks could be a danger is not going to get on the plane.
An empty fuel bottle or stove that has a slight odor is not a hazard, but TSA will confiscate it anyway. Gasoline or coleman fuel can be smelled by the human nose at a few parts per million, but the lower explosive limit is over a percent (or over 10,000 parts per million). So, a slight odor is a poor way to measure a genuine hazard, but that won't stop TSA from keeping your stove or fuel bottle from getting on the plane.