Would the TSA consfiscate my wallet multi-tool?

Um, They might…? Or they might make you put it in your bag and not on your person. I would think that yea, the “knife edge” will worry them a bit. Or be a red flag.

They probably won’t allow it in a carry on. Put it in a checked bag.

Ah. See I’m not gonna bring any checked bags.

I’m now looking into alternative ideas such as a “TSA approved” multi-tool. But people say that not all TSA officers know the rules and would still want to inspect it, and you have to talk about how it still falls under the guidelines. Very few still confiscate it, since the TSA guidelines warn that the final word on whether to bring an object on board rests with the TSA officer.

Ugh. I don’t want to go through that headache. Even if I can rest my case.

However apparently you can bring bottle openers on board? Maybe I’ll just do that then instead.

I think there’s a chance they might. I had manicure scissors taken away. Can you send it by mail to someone where you’re going?

Or go to a dollar store and buy a cheap bottle opener there? If it’s a party wouldn’t someone else have one as well?

Check it, or mail it to yourself at your destination. TSA has stolen Chinese folding scissors from me, and safety toy scissors from children. So I am sure some TSA people would gleefully (or grumpily) snatch your multi-tool, and some safety-nuts would thank them for it. :-P

@ScottyMcGeester Here’s the TSA Website ‘What Can I Bring ?’ with a “send a picture” for qualification of an item.

Probably, don’t chance it. If you need it put it in your checked baggage.

@Tropical_Willie even if I got the ok I would not chance it. The guys in the field don’t always get the memo.

I have one just like it but without any sharp blade and it has been through TSA check points without issue.

@Tropical_Willie I typed in bazooka in your site that you linked. It said no items found.

@ARE_you_kidding_me Taking things through TSA just proves that they’re inconsistent and/or miss a lot of things. I’ve mistakenly taken knives and Mythbusters’ Adam has mistakenly taken through razor blades that were like 18” long – we got through because they didn’t notice. But sometimes they do notice ridiculously small things and take them.

In looking at the pic, I saw several things that could easily stop it from making it through. As others pointed out, it really will depend on the TSA agent you get & their mood at the moment. I believe I’d carry a duffel bag with a change of clothes for a checked piece of luggage or store it in your wallet. No checked luggage might throw up a red flag which could cause you to be scrutinized even closer. I strongly suggest that you not pull it out during the flight or some flight attendant might have a meltdown & have you booted from the flight…or worse.

Be safe & have a wonderful time!!!

@LadyMarissa Your advice is good except for one thing. Everyone hauls on carry-ons only these days so no checked luggage doesn’t put up any red flags.

There is no telling – and almost literally “no standards” – on what TSA will find objectionable and confiscate. And what’s worse is, it almost doesn’t matter what their own regulations say, because the gate agent has discretion within wide latitudes, and that has been backed up.

In fact, until recently you are allowed to carry knives of up to a certain size, and within certain styles, as posted on TSA’s own published guidelines – but the agent can still seize it. (And now, you can’t do that – again – and the rules change with seeming regularity and arbitrariness.) Finally, arguing with the agent – because I’ve seen it attempted – not only doesn’t work, but makes things worse.

For whatever good it will be for you, here are the TSA rules for what you can and cannot bring aboard in hand-carried or checked luggage.

My advice would be: It’s a $2.50 item. Carry it. If they take it, then you’re out two-and-a-half bucks and you can order another one from Amazon to be at your destination the next day, if it’s something you really want to have. And if they don’t take it, well, then you’ve done your bit – however small – to desensitize them from the next stupid thing they think they need to take away as part of their Stupid Security Theater demonstration.

They took my propane cook stove even though there was no propane tanks and no residual propane in the stove whatsoever. Oddly they didn’t take the stove connecting pipes in which they might argue that a tiny few propane molecules might reside.

I wrote a rebuttal in which I stated that my underware was far more flammable than my inert metal camp stove. They told me basically to go pound sand. Bastards!

If you love it, I wouldn’t risk trying to carry it on. I’ve never seen TSA domestic flights check an item for passengers if it can’t be carried on, they just make you throw it out. Domestically they just don’t care it seems. It will be a crap shoot for you.

Just buy a cheep opener at a grocery store when you get to the other end if you must have something, but really won’t other people have the means to open a bottle? Are you visiting people who actually live where you’re going? Going to their house? Even I can open bottles in my house and I don’t drink.

Someone pointed out above it’s just a few bucks, so if you do lose it, it is a $3 loss? Probably, you can handle it. Unless, the specific one you have is hard to find.

I’d leave it home.

I asked my expert. Here is his response:

“That tool would absolutely be spotted and confiscated. If it’s got a blade or sharp edge (and isn’t a safety razor), it’s forbidden.”

I’d pack it in my luggage or leave it home.