TSA-friendly belt?

Passenger [Question/Post]

This question could be for either a TSO, or a fellow passenger who has found something that works. One of the advertised perks of the TSA PreCheck program is that you do not have to remove your belt. However, in practice, I have found this to not be the case, especially lately as the magnetometer sensitivities seem to have been dialed up to 11. It’s gotten to the point I just take mine off by default, as it’s easier than trying to either trying to catch my bin before it enters the CT scanner, grabbing a new bin, or hoping the TSO screening me is gracious enough to just grab my belt from me and hand it back to me on the other side.

Has anyone found any belt that is consistently good at not causing false alarms on the magnetometer? I’d even be happy with a belt that had a plastic clip if it didn’t set off the freaking magnetometer every time. My only requirement is a men’s belt, that’s nonporous enough that I can wipe it down. And not a million dollars.

It seems like a small thing to “just take it off,” and if you fly a couple times a year, sure. But I fly a lot more than that, and it’s becoming such a drag to take it off every time I proceed through a screening checkpoint.

Posted Jul 8, 2025, 4:48 PM UTC

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