AlcoHawk Pro: Professional Edition Digital Alcohol Detector
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Customer Reviews of AlcoHawk Pro: Professional Edition Digital Alcohol Detector
Customer Review: Waste of Money
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a pretty savvy buyer and always do lots of research prior to buying something. After extensive research I decided to purchase this one, partly because it was endorsed by some police departments.
Using it correctly, waiting 20+ minutes after food and drink, etc... turns out this device is highly inaccurate.
I am 220 lbs 6-8' and all the charts say that 4 beers in 2 hours is under the legal limit. Tried this several times after drinking 4 Bud Lights in a 2 hour span and waiting 20 minutes I get reading .21 and other time a .18 which lists a extreme DUI.
Maybe it need calibration but to that extreme? Its brand new.
All in all this is a waste of money and judging by its readings drinking some night time cold medicine would cause a DUI.
Very inaccurate device.
Customer 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!!
Customer 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.Customer 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!
Customer Review: A Great Gift for Those You Care About
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this item as a kind of "gag-gift" for the training department of my largest client. They are a pretty young group and like to party every now and then. They thought that it was hilarious that I got it for them and immediately started joking about how they could incorporate it into some of their drinking games (on their days off of course). Later I learned that what started as a joke led to them using it to make sure that their team members were fit to drive. I received some sincere thanks from them later for caring enough to get them this well made, pro-quality detector.