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Q3 AlcoHAWK ABI Breath Alcohol Screener | 
| Brand: Q3 Innovations, LCC
Category: Health And Beauty
Buy New: $77.00 - $1,110.00
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Rating:  10 reviews
MPN: Q3I-10000-1P
UPC: 890004000010
EAN: 0890004000010
ASIN: B003HGL0DU
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 DOT approved - accurate at .08 - good product April 3, 2009
Mr. Ersh (St Paul, MN USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I've owned mine for a couple years. It's a great product and approved by the DOT to be accurate within .01 at .08. In other words if you blow .07 you are between .06 & .08. Using common sense I feel the machine is certainly accurate within it's technical specifications. At .08 on this machine I have a decent buzz but feel like I can drive fine, but I can see why the cops wouldn't agree.
I've read some comments like, "I blew .30" and wasn't passed out. Well the fact that you blew .30 on this machine is meaningless. Even the fact that you blew .15 is meaningless. This is a preliminary screening device intended to be accurate only near .08.
Note: The DOT approves breathalyzers, "for law enforcement use." You can buy one of these if you'd like, they start around $500.00 and are accurate to .005 from 0.00 all the way to .40.
If you treat this tool like a toy and take it out to the bars you will throw off the calibration and will need to send it in for re-calibration ($24.99 includes return shipping). When used shortly after consuming alcohol you will get a "hot" read and will need to have it recalibrated. The machine can't handle the high alcohol concentration due alcohol still being in your saliva (vs from the capilaries in your lungs). Don't eat or drink for 20 minutes, then use it and it works great.
A little bit of common sense goes a long way. You're buying a machine that costs around $125, the machines the police use start around $500. I believe the model used most commonly by police goes for around $800.
A Blast at the Bar.. and It Keeps You from Behind Bars June 11, 2008
Adam White (Sacramento, California)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This product works, and it works well. It provides hours of entertainment at the bar, and, if you heed its numbers, keeps you from behind both the wheel of a car and the bars of a jail cell. Use it for fun and to save your bacon! Worth every penny, as a DUI or DWI will cost you a lot more!
And as for the calibration issues. Recalibrate it by blowing compressed air through it or putting the mouthpiece out the window of your car on the freeway, mouthpiece forward, while it does its countdown. The blast of air during the countdown recalibrates the machine. Mine has worked, doing regular recalibrations, for nearly six months now.
 Needs Recalibration Quickly June 3, 2008
D. Mitchell (San Francisco, CA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fine for the first six weeks or so...very interesting...but now reading 3.4 after 3 beers...
Like most technology hardware companies these days, the margin is in the services. $19.95 to recalibrate...
Not really pleased with the purchase, as I don't see long term value for your $100. Was it worth $100 for six weeks? no.
 Consistent but not accurate May 5, 2008
Mike M
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this a few weeks ago and have tried it as well as had a few friends try it to see it worked the same for them.
Basically it seems like the makers of the product said we really don't want people thinking they can drive by giving a reading of .07 or something, so lets make this thing multiply the real reading by 2. One night after 4 beers in 2 hours, and the recommended 20 minute waiting period afterwards, I blew a .14. Last weekend at the end of the night I blew a .33 and was not in driving shape, but far from blacked out. My friend that same night (all following the 20 minute delay periods as well) blew a .37. As a 105lb girl I am pretty sure she wasn't anywhere near that considering we were having a conversation and the instruction manual said she should be in a deep coma and at .40 she should be dead.
On the other side it is very consistent. I blow, and wait 2 minutes, nearly identical everytime. I guess you just need to know what real number corresponds to what they are telling you. I am going to try re-calibrating a few more times before I return it though.
You will be surprised January 29, 2008
Elizabeth I (The Bay Area)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Easy to use and fast to warm up, this handy gadget stows easily in the car. Play with it in the safely of your home while having a drink or two--you will be surprised to learn that even when you think you would be OK to drive you are often way over the legal limit. Anyone who ever has even one drink before taking the wheel should purchase this product or a similar one. It can save your life or driving record. I am giving these as gifts to all my friends.
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