I am flying domestically (US) in a couple of weeks and internationally to London in November. I want to take my Coronet with me but think it is will get squished if packed in a suitcase for checked luggage, so I am considering carrying on. Does anyone have experience going through airport security with a Coronet? If so, were you questioned about it? Should I bring written information about what it is and used for? I definitely don't want it to be confiscated!!
Thanks!
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Jump to repliesI would call the airline to make sure. That's an expensive loss if they confiscate it.
Good idea; thanks!
I bet a prescription from your doctor as a medical device would work, assuming your doctor would be agreeable. C-pap is considering carry-on with Rx (and does not count towards carry-on limits, or at least it didn't used to).
eta: plus it could be worn as a fashion statement! 
A prescription is a good idea, if possible. Thanks!
Sorry I can't help you Gratitude60. I didn't ever take the light helmet when we went away. My husband has now now passed. He did not have Parkinson's but PSP. I hope the helmet works for you and does improve things. Best of Luck.Patsylorium
I'm sorry to hear about your husband. Thank you for your well wishes.
You could break it down flat which is how it is shipped.
That would be a possibility but a real hassle. Thanks for your thoughts.
Please, please, do NOT try to flatten your coronet. I know the developer of the device, and the flexible printed circuit board used to make it is not designed to be bent back and forwards. The device should be bent - very carefully - just once, when you first receive it, and not changed after that.
I have taken a coronet on aircraft on multiple occasions, all of them domestic flights in Australia. I usually take it in my carry-on luggage, but have also packed it very carefully in checked-in luggage, where I put clothing inside and around it to cushion it as much as possible. I also locate other items around the coronet so that any force from the top or bottom of the suitcase is transferred into the other items before impinging on the coronet. I have never had any trouble with airport security or with damage to the device.
Thank you for the information; that's good to know. If carrying on, when you go through security do you have to take it out and explain what it is or do they not ask? Do you also carry on the power cord/transformer or do you pack it?
I was thinking of carrying it on and having a copy of the article by Gunjan Sinha dated Sept. 17, 2020 entitled "Trials begin for a new weapon against Parkinson's: light" that has a picture of a gentleman with the lighted coronet on his head at the top of the page. Hopefully that would answer any questions that might have.
Catherine Hamilton has just published a blog post at wellred.com.au/wellredblog/... in which she reports no issues at all with airport security - they did not even want to look at one of her early bucket light hats.
I regularly travel (when travel was possible) with a laptop PC whose power supply looks very like the coronet power supply, and have had no trouble with security when I have done so. One of the Australian airlines is fixated on carry-on weight limits, so when/if I travel with them the power supplies go in the checked luggage to save weight.
Not advice sorry but msy i ask how are u getting on with it. Recently a PwP group that i co run had a speaker ( Catherine Hamilton) on it, and since we spoke with Dr Lim of Vielight, so very interested but unsure which to go for. I read recentky that Well Red are looking into adding the nasal device, which might swing itYour thoughts ?
Hello,I don't know much about VieLight except that it was used during a recent observational study. When I was on their website, there are a few different devices but none of the descriptions say anything about use for Parkinson's. I don't know how the devices compare with the Coronet, ie. wavelengths, time, and hertz of red and infrared light.
I have communicated with Catherine Hamilton via email and I found her to be very responsive to my questions or concerns.
The bottom line is that while there are several small observational studies that show benefit from light therapy, a large scale randomized control trial that studies placebo effect has yet to be completed showing statistically significant benefit over placebo. So, I continue to use my coronet because I don't think it can harm and I believe it has helped a bit. I hope a study confirms benefit soon.
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