Can I fly with my Onewheel?
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- CORRECTION*
-Pint's battery is 147 watt hours, not 145
-First batch of Pints, in sage green, had misprint on their bottom rail of 170 watt hours (though it really was only 147 watt hours like all current Slate and Sand colored Pints)
-XR battery is 324 watt hours
-V1 watthour unknown. If you know, please mention in comment below
General information on whether you can fly with your onewheel, and how to prepare your Onewheel for travel.
In Summary:
Yes you can fly with stock Pint and Plus. No you cant with XR. V1, unsure. Southwest has the highest travel acceptance rate. United and JetBlue consistently deny any Pints or Plus boards from flying. Delta is is a toss up. International unknown (comment below if youve had success).
Realistically:
Will depend on approval from 3 parties: FAA/TSA; your airline provider, and; security checkpoint inspection.
Where to find flight Documentation:
-FOR THE PLUS: google search "onewiki Plus travel documentation" and print out all contents
-FOR THE PINT: message me and I can email it out. Or join one of the following Facebook Groups, and search within that group for "Michael Escay Pint Travel Documentstion": Onewheel Owners Group; Onewheel Riders; Onewheel Pint Owners Group, or; Las Vegas Onewheels.
I have flown with my XR Eight times successfully. This is my process maybe it will help someone. First thing I do is disassemble the board in order to remove the battery, have no fear its surprisingly easy and straight forward and all you need is The correct hex key (I believe its 1/8" cant really remember right now) and a small Phillips screw driver. Disclaimer, removing the battery will void your warranty. After I remove the battery, I pack the board in its original shipping box and check it in as you would a suit case and carry the battery on with you other things. I have been stopped by TSA at security twice and asked what it, the battery, and i told them straight up its a battery, then they look at it for a couple of seconds and say here you go. I'm always kind and polite, I believe it helps. After security I put the battery in my carry one and it doesn't come out till I'm at my destination. When i travel with my XR i make sure to get to the airport with enough time so that if there is a complication and I am told I cannot board with this battery then I have enough time to take it back home then go back to the airport, Though I am fortunate to not live too far from the airport ~20 min.
I think calling your airline is a great idea, they will give you a the correct answer most times, but the issue is with the people on the ground. I have found there is a disconnect with the stated rules and what gate agents or check in agents know. I have been given wildly differing answers from what they told me on the phone. And if they ask to see it, well then your in for a world of frustration. Once they see it most of them think its a hoverboard and they say no that isn't allowed. After Which i go through the explanation of what it actually is, all while receiving this blank stair from the agent, and when your finally done they tell me "thamk you for the explanation sir, but sir we don't allow hover boards on our airline" -facepalm, frustration that turns into anger.
Like anything in life You can either be Proactive or reactive. What i mean is, by being proactive you can make the airline and TSA aware of what you are carrying and hope you talk to a nice not overworked underpaid disgruntled airline and TSA agent and hope they say sure you can definitely take that with you. Or be reactive, if they ask what it is tell them, but if no one asks I say nothing.
So in conclusion, traveling on an airline with your XR is a gamble. I'm a gambling man so I go for it and have yet to have a problem. Its all up to your own comfort level. I cant speak to travelling with a pint as I don't have one yet.....
Yep, they key thing you said "it depends on the people on the ground and how you conduct yourself." There have even been people denied with Pints and Pluses, which technically are legal. And as you said it's a gamble. The biggest risk i think os not so much being denied at your departure city, but possibly being denied when coming back from your arrival city (since you be visiting somewhere without the resources to hold onto your board should u be denied there). I guess worse comes to worse, just allot time for a fedex or ups visit before flying out.
But good to hear from your experience. Thanks for sharing
Mans wrote a 4 paragraph essay
This was the most comprehensive explanation on one wheel travel. The video above was like cats scratching my eyes out. Waiting for a full answer instead I got prompts to sign up for groups and listened for 5 min before I gave up.. Thank you Jorge for being concise
When a comment gets more likes them the video... Haaa jk ;) ty ty
just take the battery out and ship it to wherever you are going. Then toss the disassembled board in a bag. Not a hoverboard just some parts.
Could you send me the documentation for taking the pint on an airplane, please?
Great informative video. Just what I needed to know.
Just got a Pint, and I am planning to take it to Mexico.
Would appreciate it if you could send me the Pint documentation.
I will definitely send an update on my success or failure.
Sure thing. Just send your email addresss👍
@@watchncarry9593 nairadnagol@gmail.com Thanks a lot.
@@watchncarry9593 Hey. just got the ok from Delta to fly my Pint to Mexico.
Can you send me the Pint documents? I haven't been approved on the
FB page yet, so just want to make sure I'm covered.
My email is nairadnagol@gmail.com
I'll post an update of my experience when I get back to Mexico on Dec. 2nd.
Thanks again for the information .
@@dloganthegr8 sent. Sorry for delay
@@watchncarry9593 thanks a lot. It all worked out. Super easy in JFK. I put the Pint in a large backpack, a la Jimmy Chang, didn't take it out before sending it thru the x-ray. To my surprise, no one said anything, at all.
I have Global Entry and TSA pre check, so that may have helped.
Mexico City was another story. Carry-ons are based on weight. I made it thru customs, no issue, but when I got to security, they didn't care what it was, but they would not budge on the weight, so they made me Check it in.
Had a short layover, so I missed my flight, and had to take a morning flight, but it's here in Oaxaca now. All's well that ends well.
So I'd say, if anyone is traveling internationally with a Onewheel, just know the rules for that country's security process.
13:04 denied, like on the phone they said they can’t bring it?
Do you get it back if it’s confiscated?
I live near BWI airport and the carry on specs is 24 inches tall. and the pint is 27 inches long (without a bag). I'm planning on trying to fly with it this December and want to get the onewheel bag or a duffle bag. How did you get past this specs or did they didn't care that it's only a couple inches taller
They didnt bother to measure my bag even though it was over by a few inches. Unkess the bag is really long, i don't think theyll care to inspect, at least with southwest.
My bag is an Ogio duffel, not sure of name, but discontinued. Another youtuber on here, John Dyer, uses a 30 inch bag called the Olympia Sports duffel bag. On Amazon for less than $35. Hes flown with his Pint in it (check out his latest video) and he reported no problems
But if you really want to fit within the carryon specs, you could always remove the Pints front and rear bumpers and foot pads. That would spare you another few inches, and those parts are super easy to disassemble/reassemble with a simple allen or torx wrench
@@watchncarry9593 I own the solo float plate too and the fender from flightfins which both have different hardware to take off. thanks for the info for the duffle bag. I also have TSA precheck which can help speed up the process if they question me.
@@ChezThunderDash yeah, should be fine. Keep me posted
Can you link the docs in this vid? Purdy please
Youll have to join onewheel owners group on facebool and search for docs per instructions i mentioned in this video. Or send me your email address and ill send it to u
Can u send me the the travel Documents..
Email me at watchncarry@gmail.com and ill send it to you👍
My airline keeps refusing to let me fly with the pint so I have to pay 1100$ dollars to get it to me may I get the documents? And possibly some help? I would really appreciate it very much
Sure, whats ur email address? Are you flying within the the U.S.?Or you can join one of the facebook groups in the description and search and download it there.
@@watchncarry9593 milkman8655@gmail.com and I'm flying from the u.s to iceland with iceland-air
hi again i dont use facebook.
@@milkmangaming3325 what's ur email
@@watchncarry9593 milkman8655@gmail.com
Any info about alaska air?
Never flown or heard anything about them unfortunately. That being said, the airline doesnt matter so much as the TSA security agent. Assuming u pack ur board in a bag, the TSA security are the only ones who will be seeing the board since the airline attendants dont actually search inside ur bag
Regardless of how you describe it, the phone agent's opinion, or luck of others...direct from Southwest's website: "Due to concerns regarding the lithium batteries used in hoverboards (balance boards, gravity boards, self-balancing devices, etc.), effective Saturday, December 12, 2015, Southwest Airlines will not transport hoverboards in either checked luggage or as a carryon item." www.southwest.com/html/customer-service/baggage/special-luggage-pol.html
That regulation you're quoting is a printout on the onewiki file, and I always bring that with me through security. It is important to know and follow, but that does not apply to the onewheel Plus or the pint
Has nothing to do with "how you describe it," it has to do with the plain and simple truth. The onewheel uses a different lithium ion battery than the hoverboard. There are many different types of lithium ion batteries, and each are different in terms of chemistry and thermal capacities. Some are safer than others (like those used in the onewheels) and some more dangerous/unstable (like those used in the hoverboard).
So when I spoke to Southwest on the phone, I told them that my board has a lithium iron phosphate battery for my Plus. The agent said they would have to check on that specific "type" of lithium-ion battery and put me on hold for a few minutes. Then a supervisor was connected to me, and he said that as long as I had information on that type of battery printed on the board along with the watt hour rating, that I should be okay to bring it on the airline.
Point of this video is not to tell you how to lie, that wouldn't be safe and that would put everybody on the plane at risk. Point is to educate both you and the airline on what the specific type of battery is in this board.
@@watchncarry9593 so you do fully tell them that it’s one wheel? And when they ask you if it is a hover board what is your response? It’s really not a hover board but I can see some people believing it to be one. I have also heard others say to call it a dolly but I don’t know about lying to people who have probably seen a one wheel befofr
Mike Aninger:
Regarding your comment that I am incorrect in saying the Onewheel Plus has a lithium IRON phosphate battery...
A Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePo4) is a TYPE of Lithium Ion Battery: source >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery
Page 43 of the Onewheel Plus Owners manual literally prints in the Battery Section "Lithium IRON Phosphate": source >> usermanual.com/document/11752/onewheel-manual.html
I may not be an expert on batteries, but at least I can read. You are incorrect, sir.
Have a good day