Baltic 150 Lifejackets without cylinders?

[nigelmercier]

I've got 10 Baltic 150 Manual Lifejackets that I don't want anymore. About 12 years old, I'm guessing they are worth perhaps £10 each (see eBay item 140992289082).

Only problem is getting them back home on the airplane. Would removing the cylinders reduce their value, or would a buyer replace these anyway?

 

[Tranona]

Check with the airline, but there is usually no problem taking LJs with cylinders in hold baggage. There are some guidelines on the RYA site and individual airlines will have their rules (if any) on their own sites.

 

[nigelmercier]

There are some guidelines on the RYA site and individual airlines will have their rules (if any) on their own sites.

http://www.rya.org.uk/infoadvice/boatingabroad/Pages/flying.aspx

"The CAA confirmed that one of the exceptions to the regulations which forbids the carriage of dangerous goods in passengers' baggage is for no more than two small carbon dioxide cylinders fitted into a self-inflating life-jacket for inflation purposes, plus no more than two spare cartridges , but this exception ONLY applies with the approval of the airline..."

Hence my question.

 

[Tranona]

So! 5 trips should do it!

Seriously I took 4 cylinders on Easyjet as hold baggage. Remember checking with them beforehand, but can't find anything on their site now.

Not sure whether there is a market for old LJs now they are so (relatively) cheap.

 

[Plevier]

I have a couple of 12 year old LJ's I carry as spares but I regularly inspect and test inflate them, as I'm sure you do with yours.
However I would not feel comfortable selling them on to someone else who might not do that, I'm tempted to say PROBABLY would not do that.
Would you buy a 12 year old LJ yourself?
Caveat emptor has its limits. I don't want to read a lurid headline "RNLI blames deaths on out of date lifejackets bought on ebay."

PS If the cylinders are not corroded and can be weighed accurately I think I would trust those more than the jackets.

 

[Amulet]

In a previous discussion of this it someone unearthed the fact that the international "whateveritis" guidelines for airlines "allowed" cylinders in hand luggage (I think not in the less pressurised hold). This resulted in some indignant yachtsmen blowing their tops at airlines that wouldn't let them take their cylinders. Unfortunately, they hadn't read the whateveritis guidelines to the end, where it says that any airline can, at its discretion, disallow practically anything. That is, the guidelines effectively are an agreement that you're "allowed to allow it", not that you "must allow it". I have heard tell that flights to destinations that are overrun by seafarers are savvy about this, but that the reaction of flights unfamiliar with it is unpredictable. It's a bit silly given that they already have one per passenger aboard.

p.s. A friend and skydiver tells me that we have it easy - apparently boarding a flight with a parachute in your cabin baggage arouses even more interest.

 

[northwind]

Isn't there a little Co2 cylinder on the lifejackets on the aircraft?

Can't see how a few more will cause an issue!?