Is bringing a 22" back to the US from china okay?

[Flammable]

Im flying NWA going back to the US from china and im packing a 22"....would it be safe? I have it packed via layers of clothes - monitor - clothes - miscellanious items...Would it be acceptable as a carry-on?

 

[K1052]

A 22" what?

Ah...ok. LCD I assume.

With the way luggage is handled (international is even worse) I personally wouldn't trust it to come through undamaged.

 

[trmiv]

I think I'll be sorry I asked this but here goes: a 22" what?

 

[mugs]

As a carry-on inside a bag? Probably, if you can fit it. I wouldn't carry it on outside of a bag.

Edit: I'm assuming you're talking about an LCD monitor.

Edit 2: Yes, it appears you are. If you pack it in your checked luggage with no styrofoam I think it'd break

 

[Flammable]

yes a 22" LCD moniter

 

[bonkers325]

try to bring it on as a carry-on. luggage gets thrown around when getting loaded on/off flights. dont expect it to arrive in one piece unless u are physically carrying it with you!

 

[Juno]

a monitor made in china?!

 

[Flammable]

would checking in the monitor as luggage work?

 

[Flammable]

Originally posted by: Juno
a monitor made in china?!

its a samsung 226bw i got equal to 50usd off of it.

 

[Flammable]

bump

 

[FoBoT]

keep dreaming about packing a 22"
mega epenis FTL

 

[Aimster]

It says it is a samsung, it is really a samhuo

 

[imported_LoKe]

I thought you were trying to pack a freakin' sword.

 

[Yreka]

I was thinking a wheel

Thats what I get for listening to the hip-hop ( aka top 40) channel yesterday.

 

[McGyver]

is that thing painted with lead?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Penis enlargement? You can get anything in China nowadays.

 

[McGyver]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Penis enlargement? You can get anything in China nowadays.

i think 8" will do, a 22" is just a wee bit impossible

 

[jjones]

At 22" you better strap it to your leg or it's going to get stepped on.

 

[WildHorse]

No

Wrapping clothes around it will not safely protect it.

Find yourself some large-bubble bubblewrap and wrap it with the bubbles side down toward your monitor, flat membrane side out toward the exterior. That causes the flat membrane to stand off away from the monitor an inch or so.

If you wrongly put the flat membrane side against the monitor, a damaging object can easily come in between the bubbles and contact the monitor.

I'd wind 2 layers on there & tape it off. That'll make it bulky. Good. That's insurance against damage.

Carry on & put it in overhead luggage. Watch that no late boarders dump other stuff on top of it in the oh luggage bin.

If you can't carry it on, then find a heavy cardboard carton to put your bukly bubble wrapped monitor in, fill the empty space with more bubblewrap, tape it off, check it as luggage. What else can you do?

 

[bctbct]

You bought a 22" monitor in a foreign country to save $50? Hope you dont have to mail it in for warranty service.

 

[Drakkon]

Originally posted by: bctbct
You bought a 22" monitor in a foreign country to save $50? Hope you dont have to mail it in for warranty service.

the fun part will be when he gets to customs and has to declare it then pay the tax on it there...so much for that $50

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: McGyver
is that thing painted with lead?

And contaminated with both antifreeze and melamine? Or perhaps it's 60% cardboard?

 

[BoldAsLove]

i think the biggest they will have is 2''....oh wait.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Drakkon

Originally posted by: bctbct
You bought a 22" monitor in a foreign country to save $50? Hope you dont have to mail it in for warranty service.

the fun part will be when he gets to customs and has to declare it then pay the tax on it there...so much for that $50

He will probably lie, but yeah how stupid :roll: Just pay the $50 and buy it in the US.