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In this guide: whether heated apparel is allowed on a plane, where the battery goes, what happens at security, and what to wear on a day that runs cold, warm, then cold again.
Yes, you can fly with a heated vest or a heated hoodie.
The garment is ordinary clothing and goes through security like any jacket. The only thing the rules care about is the battery, and there is one rule that covers almost everything.
Keep the battery in your carry-on. Never in checked luggage.
That is the whole thing. Everything below is detail.
The battery question, answered
Airlines limit rechargeable batteries by energy rating, measured in watt-hours. The cutoff for flying without airline approval is 100 Wh.
The EarthBae battery is within the cutoff. No approval needed, and you can bring a spare or two.
What happens at security
Disconnect the battery before you get to the checkpoint. Put it in your carry-on or a pocket. Put the garment in the bin like any coat.
Nothing requires you to disconnect. It just makes the X-ray easy to read. A battery and a vest are two things an officer recognizes instantly. A vest with a cable running into it is one thing they have to work out.
If anyone asks, the answer is short. It is a heated vest, and this is the battery for it.
Then you collect it and go.
Why travel days are hard to dress for
A journey is not one temperature. It is six.
The parking shuttle before sunrise. The security hall with a door open at one end. The gate seat under a vent. The jet bridge, which is outdoors with a roof on it. Then a cabin that runs cold by the window and warm three rows back.
Regular outerwear solves one of those. Dress for the gate and you carry a coat around the terminal. Dress for the cabin and the jet bridge gets you.
A heated layer holds a setting instead of a thickness. EarthBae Core and EarthBae Heat warm three zones across the chest and back, and you change the level instead of changing what you are wearing.
They work as your outer layer in cool to cold weather, which matters when overhead bin space is the real constraint.
Flying somewhere warm?
Same problem, opposite direction. Cold cabin, cold terminal, real heat at both ends.
EarthBae Air is a sleeveless vest you wear normally through the cold parts and switch on when you walk into the heat. It runs on the same battery, so everything on this page still applies.
Core and Heat for the cold months. Air for the hot ones. One battery either way.
A few packing notes
Charge before you leave. Gate outlets may not be free when you need one.
Keep the battery in a pocket or pouch rather than loose with your keys and change.
Fold the garment instead of rolling it, and keep heavy things off the chest and back panels.
When the battery wears out
Rechargeable batteries last two to four years of regular use, then stop holding a charge. Most of them have nowhere to go after that.
EcoDispose takes them back. Free, any brand, mail-in with a prepaid label, no purchase required. It accepts 7.4V batteries from ORORO, Gobi Heat, Venustas, Techniche, Volt, Venture Heat, Gerbing, and DEWBU, along with EarthBae's own.
Rules change, so check your airline before you fly. But the short version holds. Bring the battery in your bag, and go.
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Published June 2026. Last updated July 26, 2026.