BA baggage rules contradictory

[Vertigo]

Umm, so am I going mad here?

The basic rules on the BA site say this:

Umm, no electronics in the cabin bag? That sounds ludicrous.
If you then click through to the "restricted and prohibited items" page however, you get this bit:

This would appear to contradict the first part as it refers to keeping batteries in devices in "hand baggage".
You could argue that by "hand baggage", they mean specifically the "Hand Bag" and not the "Cabin Bag" but this is tenuous and the note at the bottom refers specifically to batteries in the cabin bag.

What on earth is going on?

 

[Vertigo]

Thanks for the info all, makes a bit more sense now.

I'm flying Club World so, providing my cabin bag is under the size limits, I don't see any reason they should need to check it.
In this instance, would I be ok throwing my laptop and tablet in the cabin bag?

Also, regards the "hand bag", how strict are they with size on this? The 15cm thickness limit seems rather restrictive.

 

[Vertigo]

Ok cool.

I think I'll just take my camera in the Retrospective 7, along with any spare batteries and other odds and ends, then put the laptop and tablet in the cabin bag and see how I get on.

EDIT: Thinking about it, I guess the 15cm restriction on the hand bag is so it'll slide under the seats, which obviously isn't an issue in CW/First.

 

[Vertigo]

When I do overseas photoshoot I take my pelican case with my camera and lenses. It’s FULL with electronics obviously and batteries and to keep things together I keep the batteries in camera and spares in the same case. It is my carry on luggage.

I actually did exactly the same the last time I went to NY as I took several lenses with me, some large. That way I knew that, in the unlikely event I was forced to check it, it'd survive.

This time I'm only take a (smaller) camera and a couple of compact lenses so a small shoulder bag is fine.