DarwinCharles

Hi all.

I received a new TV at xmas as a gift and it's the only thing I'd possibly want to take with me so far as household goods go.

Has anyone shipped a TV alone?
I've seen it doesn't look possible on a plane.
Is it cost effective?
What about customs?
I'm reading up and in between selling my stuff, sorting pet travel and packing up, I'm getting pretty mixed up and frustrated.

Any info welcome

TIA

Former Lancastrian

If it has been used then no taxes payable to Customs. Personally I would sell it in the UK and then buy another in Canada.

https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/category/televisions/21344

christmasoompa

https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Compa...ods-Canada#TVs

HTH.

OrangeMango

As far as I know you can have it shipped by a company. Things are a lot easier if you still have the original packaging of it. Whether you can take it on a plane with you as "carry on luggage" probably only depends on size and weight. If it's a small one, it may even fit into your checked suitcase.

However, don't expect to have any real reception of TV signals in Canada. You'd only be able to use it as some kind of a screen. TV transmissions work differently in Canada than in the UK.

And then there is the 110 / 220 volt issue to consider and the adapters, British to North American.

neonwired

Don't put it in checked luggage, unpressurized holds can break them and insurers won't cover it.

OrangeMango

Understandable.

However that would also apply to laptop computers if they ever threaten to bring in a law that laptops need to go into the cargo hold?

spouse of scouse

My laptop's travelled the world in my checked baggage. I just put it in its bag and stick it in the middle of my clothes. No problem.

BristolUK

Your trusty HP Stream?

spouse of scouse

That's one of them
I should have said my laptops, plural. I only take one at a time but of course have had different ones over time. Still like the Lenovo ThinkPads the best, but they're a bit heavy.

dbd33

I lugged two about for years (one for use with a client's VPN) one in the cabin, one in the luggage. Nothing remarkable happened with either of them.

spouse of scouse

Yes, they're pretty tough.

Entirely off-topic but I still laugh at myself when I remember my first 'long haul' overseas trip. I'd somehow got the idea that I had to pack as much of my wardrobe as I could stuff in. I didn't do that a second time.

OrangeMango

Unless it's the law, I would never put the laptop into a checked baggage.

If this will ever become law, it'll probably be the US under some security paranoia to initiate that one.

I would however have concerns and second thoughts about laptop batteries in checked baggage in the cargo hold of a plane.

dbd33

What do you think might happen to the laptop batteries?

(and why doesn't it happen to the batteries in other hand held electrical devices)

Siouxie

This, presumably....
https://www.consumerreports.org/prod...res-on-planes/

2017..

dbd33

"So far this year the Federal Aviation Administration has reported at least 18 incidents involving lithium-ion batteries on airplanes and in airports, and there were 31 incidents in 2016."

Firstly, these incidents include airports, not just aeroplanes. There's no suggestion that batteries are more likely to do anything when included in checked baggage.

Secondly, in 2016, there were about 35,000,000 flights. Suppose there were 100 passengers on each flight and each of them carried 3 batteries. My calculator has exploded but 18/(35,000,000*100*3) is not a big number.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...er-of-flights/

Thirdly, there's no suggestion in the article that anything happened in consequence of these incidents. They aren't plane crashes or passenger deaths.

All in all, it's like considering the placement of one's ball point pen during a flight, where is it less likely to leak or explode or whatever might happen to it.