Hey guys, my fiancé wants to get a mini portable blender while we travel, but he isn’t sure if we’re allowed to take it on flights across Europe (Ryanair, Wizzair etc) because of the blades. He contacted Ryanair and they said he should be able to take it in his carry on luggage, but it seems strange because usually you’re not allowed anything sharp with blades in carry on. Has anyone travelled with a blender or sharp device & do you know if it’s better to have it in carry on or checked-in luggage? Thanks!
You can buy a portable blender with plastic blades, I’m sure Nutribullet make one.
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Hmm, didn’t know that, thanks!
I personally wouldn’t risk it, I’d put it directly in the checked luggage.
You can certainly put sharp devices in the checked luggage.
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Ah okay, thanks!
I travel with scissors, and there’s no problem at all packing them in a carryon as long as the blades are no longer than 4 inches (10 cm). I assume the same rule applies to blender blades.
@messenger
Which country is this? I travel from the UK and have had my tiny nail sissors and even my tweezers taken off me. That was Manchester airport last year. I was gutted as the sissors were brilliant and the tweezers expensive ones. I’d never packed them before in carry on, but did by mistake that time.
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@Louise7 me too! I’ve tried it twice with nail scissors and it was taken off me every time.
@botvot
I was actually travelling to Sydney and my daughter had asked me to fetch them to cut her kiddies nails, I’d had them years. I was so annoyed that I had forgotten to put them in my big bag that goes in the cargo area.
Many, many different countries including Gatwick.
It appears your security agent didn’t have a clue what they were doing. I’ve had scissors in my carry-on for at least three years, flying around 30 times during that period without any issues. Not once did I encounter a problem. The blades were measured a few times (there’s a measuring tape at the security counter), but not once was I questioned. To make the whole procedure quicker, I take the scissors out of my backpack and put them directly in the tray. Nail scissors to tweezer are not even measured.
Object next time they try to take anything off you. These rules are international.
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@messenger
That’s really interesting to read. I am at Manchester again in just over a week going to Australia. I doubt I will put them in carry on again though.
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@messenger
Thank you 
The TSA is a U.S. government agency. It doesn’t make travel rules for the world.
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Thanks for your help & input everyone! I think our best bet is probably to just head to the airport with it bubble wrapped & ask at the check-in desk which bag to put it in 
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This is the EU list of forbidden items: https://transport.ec.europa.eu/document/download/ccc90f5a-0010-464e-b90b-23142ea4e2e8_en
“scissors with blades of more than 6 cm as measured from the fulcrum”
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Thank you! 
True but reading this made me remember that time in Mexico my carry on scissors got snatched so it’s not just the US!
The point is, travelers should be checking rules in each country, because they vary. No one said only one country has rules.
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