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12-27-2012, 05:18 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Sep 2000
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Does this really work?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA1070H85993
Personal Breathalyzer Alcohol Tester Keychain w/Countdown Timer & LED light
$11.99
Can such a cheap device really work?
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12-27-2012, 05:20 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 28,521
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Drink or drive, pick one.
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12-27-2012, 05:26 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Canada
Posts: 20,699
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If you are unsure if you should drive after drinking, best not to.
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12-27-2012, 05:31 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
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No idea if that one works. According to one expert, there is at least some correlation between alcohol consumed and BAC reading on a portable breathalyzer.
http://www.tuckermax.com/stories/the...i-pants-story/
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12-27-2012, 05:34 PM
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Platinum Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Colorado
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http://www.amazon.com/BACtrack-Singl...e+breathalyzer
I hear these are useful, but they don't tell you how drunk you are over what they are rated for; they come in .02,.05 and .08.
But as others have said, don't mess around if you're not sure.
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12-27-2012, 05:46 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: I'm from the internet
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12-27-2012, 05:59 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by techs
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I wouldn't bet a DUI on it, that's for sure.
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12-27-2012, 07:25 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Aug 2000
Posts: 26,092
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It registers alcohol on the breath but I've never tested it next to one that reads bac accurately.
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Last edited by jjsole; 12-11-2012 at 11:59 PM.
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12-27-2012, 07:48 PM
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Golden Member
Join Date: Dec 2002
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They kinda sorta work. You can pick up used roadside ones from LEA's online for under a hundred bucks but the calibration equipment to keep them in spec is not cheap.
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12-27-2012, 07:49 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ohio
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Corporate Thug
I wouldn't bet a DUI on it, that's for sure.
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I agree
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12-27-2012, 09:00 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Canada
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For that cheap, I wouldn't be confident in its accuracy.
I've seen $100 meters that test other gases for safety along with drinky-drinky.
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12-27-2012, 11:20 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
Posts: 31,959
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I figure if you've drank enough to be concerned, you're within the error rate of a cheap meter. IOW, I wouldn't trust it. I'd guess it's accurate enough to detect alcohol, but not how much.
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12-27-2012, 11:27 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 3,484
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A meter, even an expensive one, is not the tool for deciding this. Use your brain.
If you're inebriated enough that your brain is not working, don't drive. If you're unable to decide when said organ is not functioning correctly, stop drinking and/or never drive.
To me, it seems like a personal meter would serve one of two purposes:
Either you're one of those people who is completely wrecked around the legal limit, and you want the meter to replace sound judgement, or
You're the type of person that is very cognisant around the legal limit, but you realize that you drive like shit and might even get pulled over for suspected drunkeness while stone sober.
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