Concealable And Reusable Cruise Flask Kit - Sneak Drinks Anywhere - 3 x 32 oz + 1 funnel

This is the review for the guy/gal who wants the most comprehensive report on why these work, why they don’t work for idiots and the unlucky, and what other methods are available to sneaking alcohol on the ship. If you want the readers digest version, read paragraph 2 for my choice. I’ve read about 100 of these reviews, watched 20 or 30 different Youtube videos, read several detailed articles compiling data about rum runners, scanner machines, general human behavior, “wine” bottles, and bringing the massive generic looking shampoo bottles filled with booze and have come up with a few indisputable facts, as well as a few deductions based on probability. And obviously I’ve successfully sneaked alcohol on my cruise with these.Ultimately I chose a combination of the rum runner method and wine bottle method to hedge my bets hoping that at least one goes through and if both go through I will just have more alcohol when I get home (which both worked btw). I gave the rum runners about 80% chance of going through and the wine bottles about 80% chance as well based on all of the information I compiled which leaves only a 1 in 25 chance I end up with no alcohol on the ship.1. Carnival is by far the WORST for sneaking booze on. I may have only read one product review that mentioned a cruise line by name that WAS NOT Carnival. Their profit margin must be more heavily weighed on sales of alcohol than other lines.2. Rum runners are your BEST CHANCE for sneaking alcohol on other than wine bottles which you will pay a corkage fee for (about 15$ per bottle on NCL and 1 free bottle per passenger on Royal)3. If you choose the wine bottle method, just know you’re taking a chance as far as the person you get who inspects your wine bottles. If you shake a wine bottle, wine bubbles look a bit different than vodka bubbles which can be kind of combatted by ensuring the top of the liquor goes just above the seal line so it takes them more effort to look if they care enough.4. Only put wine bottles in your carry on as putting them in your checked baggage will cause them to search and find your rum runners (if you do both methods like I did)5. Limited information about scanning machines was available but the most information I was able to find implied that a TSA type scanning machine, they aren’t necessarily able to see liquid, but faint outlines of plastic things. Also, they don’t scan from the bottom, only the sides and top which is why all of the reviews showed that the rum runners were placed on the bottom with other toiletries stacked on top so when the scanner is run, you see a top view and sides which should only show a slim version and disguises the rum runners with outlines of other bottles.6. If you’re thinking of getting a TSA lock and using that, a simple amazon search will find that anyone can buy a key that only TSA is supposed to have. Also, they have no inhibitions in calling you down to the dark room in the ship where they will ask you to open up your bag to reveal your belongings.7. The shampoo bottles seemed to have more mixed than polarizing reviews and my friend elected to try them because they came with “quality control seals.” They worked fine but I’m still not sold because this removes items you could bring on because who uses two shampoos and better yet, who brings 32oz of it with them. Also, everyone knows shampoo is thick, a simple shake even with the quality seal will reveal it’s a thin liquid…. busted.8. Buy a couple of the same wine bottle and the wine sealers. A 30 pack is like 8 bucks with Prime. Don’t only buy 5 because you will mess up the first couple trying to figure out how long to boil them for. You’re paying pennies on the dollar for alcohol on the ship… Don’t trip over dollars to get to pennies. Do it right.9. Buy two of the same wine bottle, preferably chardonnay. Chardonnay works best because it’s usually a tinted bottle and a couple drops of yellow food dye makes the liquid indistinguishable from real chardonnay. The only part I haven’t come up with a solution for is the bubbles. This is tricky. Shake a chardonnay bottle, then shake a chardonnay bottle filled with your liquor of choice side-by-side and see the difference in the bubbles.10. Do NOT use a wine opener on the wine when you open it. Use the grocery bag method on Youtube. Whoever came up with this is flipping brilliant! I have seen stories of where idiots were caught because security suspected it was fake and they popped the seal on the wine to inspect the cork and they got caught because security saw the gaping hole from the wine opener in the cork.If you’re going to use Rum Runners, follow these rules1. Place rum runners ONLY in your CHECKED BAGS. They will be found in your carry on bags. Open bags are much much more likely to be searched.2. Try to turn in your checked bags in last if possible. I know you’re eager to get on your vacation but if your bags are among the last to be scanned, rest assured they will be rushing to get them done and everyone out to sea for an on time departure.3. I decided to place a 20$ bill on each rum runner with the words “Free Money” on it so if found, hopefully they would just take the 20$ bill and let me have the alcohol and if they took the alcohol and my money, I would raise hell saying they stole money out of my bag which is 100% true. And if you’re about to complain about the 20$ just think on cruise day if its a choice between getting them taken, and “spending” an extra 20$ to get about 250$ worth of retail value on the ship of alcohol, I hope you would chose the latter.4. Don’t go on Carnival. They are much more likely to search individual bags. This is a cheap cruise line with thinner margins than other cruises, and believe me the profit margin of cruise lines is already razor thin.5. Don’t be that guy and not buy any alcoholic beverages on the ship, you could risk getting the alcohol you worked so hard to get on the ship, taken. Pregame in your room, get yourself a solid buzz, then get a drink or two while out. Don’t cheap out that hard.6. Place them flat and stacked below your toiletries. If you have a rollaway, place them under the lining, they will disappear in the scanners sideways view because of the metal bars which you retract to roll your bag and will disappear from the top view because of the toiletries in your bag.7. To understand why this works, download the airport scanner game on your phone and see what items actually look like in a scanner.8. When filling the rum runners, get as many air bubbles out of it as possible before sealing it.

Would buy these over and over. Used for a royal Caribbean cruise. Followed the instructions and kept air bubbles out. Stored in the lining of our suit case & stored another folded up in our clothes. We didn’t check any of our bags so I can’t speak to that but for our carry-on stuff they weren’t detected. We put them in ziploc bags just in case but they didn’t leak at all. Rinsed them out and set them up to dry.

Really good and worked I would totally recommend this

Highly recommend. These things are very tough. I’ve used them many many times over and over. No issues at all.

Doesn’t leak. Durable.

I would have given these 5 stars, but some of them leaked on me. I went on a Carnival cruise in September 2015, and I filled 5 flasks with alcohol. Three of the flasks were 16 oz and 2 were 8 oz. I packed my bags the night before, and I hid some of the flasks in a check-in bag and some of the flasks in a carry-on bag. I checked on the flasks the next morning to make sure they weren't leaking, but some of them were. One of the leaky flasks (16 oz, Jack Daniels) was at the bottom of a bag, so I enclosed it in a ziploc bag and placed it higher in the luggage to make sure there wasn't too much weight on it. Another leaky flask (16 oz, Captain Morgan's) was in one of my cosmetic bags towards the top of my luggage. I put that one in a ziploc bag also. The other 16 oz bag had Jagermeister in it and I don't think it ever leaked. The 8 oz flasks were in outside pockets of my carry on, and neither of them leaked. I followed the instructions emailed to me from the cruise flask company--didn't fill the flasks more than 80%, removed the o-rings, put the caps on tightly, etc.I don't mind the leaks too much though because I got all of the booze on the cruise. None of the flasks were detected or confiscated. This saved us hundred of dollars in drink charges. The flasks fit nicely in a large purse, so I could easily take them around the cruise ship with me. I will be able to use these flasks again on future cruises or in other situations where I want to discreetly carry my own booze.One other thing...when I went to clean my flasks for the first time I had 6 bags, 5 caps, and no funnel. I don't know if they were shipped that way or not. It's all too possible that I accidentally threw these away or they fell on the floor and the cat had her way with them. So I don't mind taking the blame. I already had a small funnel that was perfect to fill these.

Durable, and well used