Anyone interested i have......

[princess jackson]

We are shopping today looking for cabin size cases, and we found TSA locks £5.50 from House of Fraser.

 

[mushumadness]

thats cool

we got ours off ebay and they were more than that lol trust me

ours are purple and green.

shopping day for us tomorrow, we are coming up to the metro centre

 

[wicket2005]

I will have a look for some next time I go to town, thanks for the tip.

Enjoy yourself at the Metro Centre mushumadness. I usually like to spend quite a while in the Ikea store when I go up there.

 

[wilki32]

What are TSA locks, take it something to do with their security.

 

[wicket2005]

They are just padlocks that the TSA have the keys for, so technically they should not be sawed off like non TSA locks. Saying that this year in both directions our cases were not opened. We had two hardbodied cases which we had luggage straps round and these cabled together, we left the locks open. We also had one soft bodied holdall which was padlocked with a cheap padlock.

 

[Mr-D]

I got mine from Tesco's. Can't remember the exact price but they were around the £5 mark.

 

[mickeys_chick]

hope you can help i read in another thread about not locking your case......why is this?? I have one of those hard back cases with a combination lock on it am i supposed to leave it open?? If so how are you supposed to secure it??

 

[carolfoy]

MIckeys chick, you are quite right that it is not recommended to lock your case, customs can and will break open any locks if they want a look! the TSA locks that Princess Jackson is talking about are locks that customs can open without the need to break your cases, personally I've never locked a case yet and have never lost anything! so its entirely up to you. HTH

 

[gbrchill]

hope you can help i read in another thread about not locking your case......why is this?? I have one of those hard back cases with a combination lock on it am i supposed to leave it open?? If so how are you supposed to secure it??

You could always set the lock and then put a sticker on the case adjacent to the lock declaring what the combination is - just in case the TSA want to get into it. They may try that combination before resorting to less subtle ways.

The main purpose of locking bags is to prevent casual bag dipping as it passes through the various hands between you checking in and picking it up at the other end. I haven't bothered with a TSA lock. I just use a brightly coloured thin cable tie. If the tie is gone when I pick the bag up I know to check the content.

Chris.

 

[mickeys_chick]

thanks some good advice there