BACtrack Mobile Smartphone Breathalyzer

This unit is great, once it arrived I quickly charged it while downloading the app.

First a word about privacy, you have the choice of setting up a cloud account and if you want to save data to your health profile on iPhone, I don’t like the idea of saving/broadcasting potentially damaging personal data if I can help it so I turned both options off. Legally none of it should be admissible (at least in my state) no reason to be the one to fight that battle. Thankfully the developers do not hobble the app in any way if you choose to not use their cloud services.

The unit itself is small with rounded corners it doesn’t snag in my pocket and it’s slim enough to not print very much when sitting down. The stark white/black helps when it’s in my girlfriends’ handbag making it easy to find in a darkened bar. It comes with us anytime we might be drinking and away from home. It has rechargeable batteries and they seem to last a very long time additionally the app shows battery level at start-up.

Using BACtrack is easy, first, you must wait 15 minutes from the time of your last drink or your readings will be artificially high. Once you are past the 15 minutes just hold the on/off button down until it lights up, open the app wait a few seconds and tap the screen once “BAC test” pops up. The unit warms up then asks you to blow (also a light on the hand held will flash), it might take a few tries to get used to it but once you do it is very easy. Wait a few more seconds and your BAC is displayed. It’s “time to sober” is interesting, for me it is usually off by some margin.

My only complaint is it has a “need a ride” button that opens your uber app, although it is buried in the settings menu for some reason if a person blows over or even at .06 I wish it would pop up on the results page.

Even on nights when I wasn’t drinking I’ve had several friends blow and end up taking uber or waiting the 20-30 minutes to get to the legal limit.

Overall this thing is great. The design of the unit and the app are very simple and well done. When potentially dealing with impaired people simple is important. I like knowing what my limits are and knowing when I go past them helps ensure I make the correct choice to drive or get uber.

Ottimo prodotto che ha soddisfatto le mie aspettative. Cercavo un etilometro da mettere in auto ma che fosse ricaricabile via USB. É davvero piccolo e facile da usare.
Ovviamente va usato con il cellulare connesso ma diciamo che in auto questo è praticamente ovvio ormai oggi giorno.
Misurazioni affidabili, ma vanno fatte non ossessivamente di seguito alrrimenti il dispositivo si blocca e non le da errore.

I think this device is great for people who are genuinely concerned about driving under the influence, or more importantly, how easy it can be to misjudge how intoxicated they are. The device is easy to conceal, comes with a protective pouch, works well, and seems to be accurate. The time until sober feature is really great. I would only say that the smartphone software is not fully developed yet and has a couple of minor hiccups…like pairing is not automatic and requires that a button in the app be pressed to do so. It’s not a big deal but not 100% intuitive at first. Otherwise I find that the unit generally works as designed. It is very important to follow the instructions…especially about waiting 15 minutes before testing…I found this vastly affected accuracy.

L’appli est facile à utiliser, l’appareil est petit.
très pratique !

Funciona muy bien. De todos los modelos que he probado, sin duda el que más fiable es. La única pega que le puedo poner es que necesitas el móvil para poder ver el resultado. Por lo demás, un 10.