# Self-inflating personal safety devices (life jackets, safety vests) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Self-inflating personal safety devices (life jackets, safety vests), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is restricted; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is No more than two devices, fitted with no more than two small gas cartridges per device (Division 2.2 gas only), plus no more than two spare cartridges per device, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Self-inflating personal safety devices (life jackets, safety vests)
- **Authority:** FAA (air transport) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on and checked baggage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** No more than two devices, fitted with no more than two small gas cartridges per device (Division 2.2 gas only), plus no more than two spare cartridges per device.

## What the source says

> Self-Inflating Personal Safety Devices (intended to be worn by a person) This entry includes inflatable life jackets, safety vests, motorcycle vests, riding vests, avalanche backpacks, or any personal safety device that self-inflates using a Division 2.2 (non-poisonous, non-flammable) gas. For models that contain lithium batteries, see PackSafe battery guidance for conditions and limitations. Other dry cell batteries (e.g., alkaline, nickel metal hydride, nickel cadmium) are not restricted. Quantity limits: No more than two self-inflating personal safety devices, fitted with no more than two small gas cartridges per device (containing no hazardous material other than a Division 2.2 gas) for inflation purposes. No more than two spare cartridges per device.

## Source

- https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/outdoor-equipment

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules](https://referencesource.org/air-travel-item-restrictions/).