Travelling with a Kindle

[JoannaLesley]

We are about to fly to the Canaries for a week of winter sun and haven't booked any hold luggage. Has anyone flown with a Kindle in their hand baggage? Have there been any problems at security? What I mean is, does all the data stay intact?

Jo

 

[TonyG]

why not, i fly twice a month with my laptop

 

[Red_Mick]

I've always flown with my kindle in my hand baggage, something to read on the plane.

 

[NigelDonnelly]

Kindle is fine for taking in hand luggage - enjoy your trip!

 

[JoannaLesley]

Thank you all. That has reassured and made me much happier! You know what it is like when you think you have read something....

Jo

 

[Shirker]

The Telegraph started it and basically made up a story recently about airport scanners wiping a Kindle. No investigation, no corroborating evidence, no other cases except the one they reported. Blaming the x-ray machine for breaking the kindle as it had stopped working after being x-rayed is about as sensible as someone having a little dance and it starts raining therefore assuming the dancing caused the rain... Given how many tens of thousands of Kindles, laptops, iPads, etc go through scanners problem-free every day it was a classy bit of lazy Telegraph journalism. Nothing to be worried about at all with it.