AlcoHawk Pro: Professional Edition Digital Alcohol Detector
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Product Reviews of AlcoHawk Pro: Professional Edition Digital Alcohol Detector
Product Review: Decent Breathalyzer
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't drink to often so when I do it's hard to know my limits. This thing really helps. However I found that you really have to wait a while after your last drink before it can get a good reading. Once I blew a .04 then 5 minutes later I blew a .09!! I trust this thing works though. It does warn you that you should wait about 20 minutes after your last drink. I would wait longer though. It was worth the money for me. You should send it to be calibrated every 6 months though.Product Review: Don't waste your money!
Summary: 1 Stars
We have purchase 2 Alcohawk breath testers. Both lasted barely a year... just enough to go beyond the warranty period. They each came up with "SN" meaning the tester can't recalibrate. The solution? Send it into Alcohawk for recalibration (with a fee) and everything's fine, right? Wrong! They claim the unit cannot be calibrated and offer us a lousy $15 trade-in toward a new tester. So our $100+ testers are now worth only $15 trade-in!
Our advice: Don't EVER buy anything "Alcohawk"! Look someplace else and consider a company that stands behind their product!
Product Review: FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
Summary: 3 Stars
the product worked good at first... however if you use it by not following instructions and blow into to soon after boozing it screws up the calibration...now i have an innacurate alcohol detectorProduct Review: Follow THE directions and it works like it should!
Summary: 5 Stars
So man bad reviews on this product and related products. It clearly states to wait 20 minutes after your last drink to get an accurate reading. I tested this, I took a shot of tequila "first drink" and went straight to the AlcoHawk Pro,, read a .10, which is legally drunk in TX. 15 minutes later, it read .002 and 5 minutes later .001. Then for the beer test. I chugged a 24oz Bud Light and straight the Alcohawk pro, it read a .216, which is pretty darn high!! 20 minutes later .002 .. So when I go out drinking, I stop drinking 20 minutes before I leave said given location to make sure I know what I am at. It is worth the extra money compared to the crap ones for $[...].. It comes in a hard carrying case and a lighter adapter for your car.. cheap ones do not have that!!
I recomend everyone own one of these things!!
Product Review: Good for a few months, then get ready to pay $ to recalibrate
Summary: 2 Stars
At first I was happy with the device, as I felt the readings were accurate and consistent. After about 8 months, the readings became very inconsistent, probably an indicator that the breathalyzer already needed calibration. For example, a person blows into the device and gets a 0.2 reading. 5 minutes goes by, the same person blows into the device again, but this time gets a higher 0.8 reading. Since I purchased this device, the high price of calibration has jumped even higher from $20 to $25. Let me just say how unhappy I am with having to calibrate the Alcohawk Pro roughly every 6 months or so for the extremely high price (especially relative to the cost of the device itself) of $25. Rather than spending the money to calibrate the device, I'll probably just sell it and be done with it.