Estimates and results may vary. This product cannot determine the subjects exact blood alcohol concentration and should not be used for such purposes. If you have to consult the breathalyzer on your keychain to see if you can drive, then you probably can’t drive.
Condition: New Warranty:1 Year KHN Solutions Estimated Delivery: 12/17 - 12/20 Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
@ianimal Thanks, of the four drinking occasions I've had so far three involved not one but two and three drinking partners. The fourth was me alone at home and in for the night. One night I felt not quite safe to drive so a buddy took my keys and drove for me. He's bigger than tiny me and doesn't get as loopy as quickly as me. Tonight we drank light and none of us reached loopy. Maybe next time.
@Fish_Kungfu at least you will have a way to measure how drunk you are when you decide to try it. Just make sure you put it in your mouth before, not after...
@mehdaf Nopers- one google search, lots of hits. Plus I am a health care professional, so I knew it was a thing, just like eyeball shots. Check out: http://www.well.com/~cynsa/newbutt.html
I had the Radio Shack version of this back in the 1980s. It was kind of a party favor. The first one to peg the meter had to go buy the next case! Sadly, the digital meter on this one wouldn't be as much fun.
I always wanted to buy one of these, but since I quit drinking I don't really have much use for one.(I've heard stories of people in bars playing a game with these--they bet to see who has the highest numbers). I decided to quit drinking after my 7th or 8th dui. Don't ask, it's a story for another day and another object up for sale.
Friend gave me one (not this exact model) from Bed Bath and Beyond as a gag gift a few years ago. Tops out at what it called 0.14, which was after 2 beers.
So you don't think a police officer is going to wonder WHY you have a breathalyzer on your keychain? This Might make the officer check your bac after seeing the keychain .. Just saying-
A cop stops a blonde woman who was driving down a motorway. "Miss, may I see your driver's licence?" "Driver's licence? What's that?..." "It's a little card with your picture on it." "Oh, duh! Here it is..." "May I have your car insurance?" "What's that?..." "It's a document that says you are allowed to drive the car." "Oh this? Duh! Here you go..." The cop then takes his dick out of his pants, while the blonde exclaims: "Oh no, not another breathalyzer test!"
@UncleEdZed Pretty much - at .35 or higher the ER doc is going to ask you if you were trying to kill yourself (if you're a naive drinker and survive), but IIRC the highest survivable BAC ever recorded was over .90!
@UncleEdZed@Pavlov@dave i've personally seen pretty high ones when i worked in the ER. highest one is when the cops brought by a frequent ER visitor to sleep off his drunkenness. doc order a blood alcohol and it came back .666 (i know, crazy satan). doc looked at it and had me call the lab to have them run it again. second time, it came back at .664. the crazy thing is, the guy walked in under his own power and was talking to the cops as they walked him in. sure, he was slurring, but not so much that you couldn't understand him. luckily, he was a happy drunk and just stayed in the bed, slept and occasionally whistled when female staff walked by the room.
In my news career I talked to way too many cops about way too many dead people because someone decided they were still good to drive. Most of the time the deceased wasn't connected to the drunkard in any way, just a random passerby. Just don't do it. I really don't have much respect for people that drive drunk, or buzzed. It's not worth someone else's life.
@jqubed lost my MIL that way - to a professional drunk (0.28, if you're not passed out at that level, you have a problem) who drove 0.6 miles to buy another fifth of vodka rather than walk. Actually liked/loved her so not cool. And since she was family glue on that side, things came unglued as a result.
@jqubed Thanks. I'll spare the long and complex resulting story, but nope. Married 50 years husband passed away largely due to heartache within a couple years. And most of their 6 kids no longer talk. Dearly sad result due to the poor choice of one individual. He was well known to the local police and his mother and sister made excuses for him throughout the criminal trial. He spent paltry 7 years in prison.
My dad wants one of these for Christmas. Since it seems pretty widespread that these device readings are unreliable. I'd rather get a deep discount for unreliability than pay full price. In for one!
@RedOak Interestingly I received mine today and there was a sticker on it that said "For questions and support, visit www.bactrack.com/costco". It is white in color tough.
@petewills It may be a bit late for that. You could try canceling your order from meh.com/orders and reordering with the correct address. If the option to cancel is gone, you can try to write in to meh.com/support and see if they can re-route it - this is a bit of a long shot, though.
@Thumperchick the cancel and reorder tip is a good one, if done within 60 minutes of the order (the cancel link window), and the product isn't at risk of a sellout during one's maneuver.
It's interesting that the sensor has a useful life of 150 tests, and the item costs $10 but nowhere in the write up does it mention the amortized $0.067 cost for each blow. That is a deal if you ask me! ($0.10 per blow with shipping is still quite a deal)
I got mine today. It sucks because I've been pounding beers after work to ty it out and I can't open the damn mouthpiece. Time to try out my new Cheerson MIni Quadcopter with camera. What could go wrong?
Where the hell did you get these Meh? The back of a Costco truck? Also damn if it isn't the most baffling packaging I've ever had to rip open in frustration.
This was the best Christmas present ever (according to my 32 YO son). And yes, it is the newest bar drinking game. Just remember to call a cab after playing. Thanks Meh! You totally rocked this one.
Specs
Estimates and results may vary. This product cannot determine the subjects exact blood alcohol concentration and should not be used for such purposes. If you have to consult the breathalyzer on your keychain to see if you can drive, then you probably can’t drive.
Condition: New
Warranty: 1 Year KHN Solutions
Estimated Delivery: 12/17 - 12/20
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x Bactrack keychain breathalyzer
1x AAA Battery
3x Mouthpieces
Pictures
Breathalyzer
Included
Face for scale
Baby arm
Price Comparison
$39.99 List, $26.80 at Amazon
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Estimated Delivery
Monday, January 28th - Monday, February 4th
@shawn Can I tie this to my Meh account like you did with that Amazon Dash button so it won't let me buy any items unless I am sober?
@mehdaf K
@mehdaf Don't do it. (I'm enabling)
@mehdaf but drunk online shopping is fun! You do it, then a while later, you get a surprise in the mail!
@Thumperchick Actually, when "I" do it, I get a surprise the next morning... Buyer's remorse.
@shawn @mehdaf whatever the nerd version of a Pulitzer is, this mod would win it.
@marklog I believe it's called a Pulitzer...
Just kidding, but seriously you made me think of these true nerd awards: http://www.improbable.com/ig/
@Thumperchick Slickdeals app def does NOT help with that. Good price but did I really need a case of gummy bears?
This deal takes my breath away
I've been drinking long enough to damn well know when I'm drunk. Like right about . . . now.
Babys arms are back
@rileyper Now get the fuck outta heah!
@rileyper I just discovered this show in the last couple months and love it! Can't wait for season 3!
This deal sobered me up.
This deal blows...
@Nyc_Tattoo Nah. Meh can suck it on this one.
I'm just buzzing in here to get this deal.
I asked my wife what use we'd have of a breathalyzer, she said High Score board. In for one.
@DrunkCat You wife sounds like fun and potentially dangerous.
@DrunkCat star'd for the username/post combo
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How appropriate!
I just started drinking a couple weeks ago. These might come in handy.
@shortman hey, be safe! Always have a drinking buddy, that way there's an accomplice you can rat out!
@ianimal Thanks, of the four drinking occasions I've had so far three involved not one but two and three drinking partners. The fourth was me alone at home and in for the night. One night I felt not quite safe to drive so a buddy took my keys and drove for me. He's bigger than tiny me and doesn't get as loopy as quickly as me. Tonight we drank light and none of us reached loopy. Maybe next time.
What if I fart into it?
@Fish_Kungfu at least you will have a way to measure how drunk you are when you decide to try it. Just make sure you put it in your mouth before, not after...
@Fish_Kungfu before or after drinking?
@Fish_Kungfu Then you've been putting your alcohol in the wrong hole this whole time.
@mehdaf LOL thanks for the tip!
@mehdaf the lessons I wish college had taught me...
@ianimal @Fish_Kungfu @lowerone
@lowerone Not according to these:
https://drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90534
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_enema
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398065
http://www.bluelight.org/vb/threads/613617-Plugging-Alcohol?s=c45a3910888ffcc13074953a77c0ee00
@PhysAssist you know, that many links and I'm likely to think you did more than just a cursory search.
@mehdaf Nopers- one google search, lots of hits. Plus I am a health care professional, so I knew it was a thing, just like eyeball shots.
Check out: http://www.well.com/~cynsa/newbutt.html
For a real eye opener...
.02 BAC?! What an amateur! I think I need to teach her how to blow.
@yakkoTDI Do go on...
I'll drink to that .. Nawwwww meh deal
I'm going to buzz by this deal...
perfect gift for that alcoholic bitch who ran me over!
I had the Radio Shack version of this back in the 1980s. It was kind of a party favor. The first one to peg the meter had to go buy the next case!
Sadly, the digital meter on this one wouldn't be as much fun.
This is a fun game but the higher levels are really hard to beat.
I always wanted to buy one of these, but since I quit drinking I don't really have much use for one.(I've heard stories of people in bars playing a game with these--they bet to see who has the highest numbers).
I decided to quit drinking after my 7th or 8th dui. Don't ask, it's a story for another day and another object up for sale.
@wew I bet that makes your 6th wife happy
@wew The surviving families thank you.
@wew I'm just glad you finally stopped drinking and driving; kudos to you!
@wew November marked for me a decade of no booze, thanks to (no names please, but you know!).
For the gift-giver who likes to drop hints.
Friend gave me one (not this exact model) from Bed Bath and Beyond as a gag gift a few years ago. Tops out at what it called 0.14, which was after 2 beers.
@fury Depending on your gender and weight and the alcohol content of the beer that might not be too far off.
So you don't think a police officer is going to wonder WHY you have a breathalyzer on your keychain? This Might make the officer check your bac after seeing the keychain .. Just saying-
@AttyVette Ocifer, what seems tobe the lobprem?
@mydrivec What arrows, ocifer? I dinnt see no injuns.
@AttyVette Reminds me of the old joke:
A cop stops a blonde woman who was driving down a motorway. "Miss, may I see your driver's licence?" "Driver's licence? What's that?..." "It's a little card with your picture on it." "Oh, duh! Here it is..." "May I have your car insurance?" "What's that?..." "It's a document that says you are allowed to drive the car." "Oh this? Duh! Here you go..." The cop then takes his dick out of his pants, while the blonde exclaims: "Oh no, not another breathalyzer test!"
Measures BAC up to .40% ??
Isn't that the point where the Angel of Death taps you on the shoulder and says "Don't bother." ?
@UncleEdZed Pretty much - at .35 or higher the ER doc is going to ask you if you were trying to kill yourself (if you're a naive drinker and survive), but IIRC the highest survivable BAC ever recorded was over .90!
@Pavlov yep, 0.914, measured off some guy who survived getting hit by a bus if I'm remembering what I googled earlier today right.
@dave Wow. I didnt know that. But I suppose there are a few in here who've had hangovers that FELT like a bus ran them over.
@UncleEdZed @Pavlov @dave i've personally seen pretty high ones when i worked in the ER. highest one is when the cops brought by a frequent ER visitor to sleep off his drunkenness. doc order a blood alcohol and it came back .666 (i know, crazy satan). doc looked at it and had me call the lab to have them run it again. second time, it came back at .664. the crazy thing is, the guy walked in under his own power and was talking to the cops as they walked him in. sure, he was slurring, but not so much that you couldn't understand him. luckily, he was a happy drunk and just stayed in the bed, slept and occasionally whistled when female staff walked by the room.
@dave Ah, alcohol, both the likely reason he was hit by the bus and the reason he survived.
@carl669 be honest now, are you carl.669?
@mehdaf potentially. back in my college days.
This deal clearly needs more BACkers
I am a true asshole. :)
This definitely will be an awesome motivator to drink more, I'm excited!
"It all hits the kidneys the same.". Brilliant.
Too many reports of it being inaccurate. Although most times if you've drinken anything you are over the DUI limit so.....
In my news career I talked to way too many cops about way too many dead people because someone decided they were still good to drive. Most of the time the deceased wasn't connected to the drunkard in any way, just a random passerby. Just don't do it. I really don't have much respect for people that drive drunk, or buzzed. It's not worth someone else's life.
@jqubed lost my MIL that way - to a professional drunk (0.28, if you're not passed out at that level, you have a problem) who drove 0.6 miles to buy another fifth of vodka rather than walk. Actually liked/loved her so not cool. And since she was family glue on that side, things came unglued as a result.
@RedOak I'm sorry for your loss; did things ever come back together on that side?
@jqubed Thanks. I'll spare the long and complex resulting story, but nope. Married 50 years husband passed away largely due to heartache within a couple years. And most of their 6 kids no longer talk. Dearly sad result due to the poor choice of one individual. He was well known to the local police and his mother and sister made excuses for him throughout the criminal trial. He spent paltry 7 years in prison.
$10 bucks, why not. Was always curious to see what my numbers were when I start getting stupid.
@katfude My number was 17, I started getting stupid at that number and never went back.
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I can't star this enough!
Psssh. I've got a built-in breathylzer.
Baby arm!
My dad wants one of these for Christmas. Since it seems pretty widespread that these device readings are unreliable. I'd rather get a deep discount for unreliability than pay full price. In for one!
Good stocking stuffers for my drunken kids
Tis the drinking season and this looks like a good training tool.
@jrloera There's a non-drinking season?
@brhfl More like the season for those who feel they need reasons for drinking other than the fact booze exists.
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Will be fun at drunken Christmas.
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Meh.com is great for white elephant gifts!! Thank you!
Feel good price at Meh.
Costco wants twice as much. So even if you don't have VMP Meh is still less expensive.
@RedOak Meh just needed to sell this a few months ago I bought the costco one already
@Foxborn so the Meh price is not so "feel good" for you.
@RedOak you decide, I bought one on meh too ;)
@Foxborn dollar cost averaging.
@RedOak Interestingly I received mine today and there was a sticker on it that said "For questions and support, visit www.bactrack.com/costco". It is white in color tough.
@Stumpy91 that is interesting since Costco is still actively selling them. Perhaps a volume bet by the manufacturer that didn't pan out?
And while the photo was a black one, they did have white in the store as well.
i need to change the ship to address
@petewills It may be a bit late for that. You could try canceling your order from meh.com/orders and reordering with the correct address. If the option to cancel is gone, you can try to write in to meh.com/support and see if they can re-route it - this is a bit of a long shot, though.
@Thumperchick Maybe if we tag @mehcus he can stop the specific order from being transmitted to the warehouse in the AM? Worth a shot.
@petewills Please shoot our support team a message with the new address and we'll get it taken care of for you as @Thumpercheck advised.
@Thumperchick the cancel and reorder tip is a good one, if done within 60 minutes of the order (the cancel link window), and the product isn't at risk of a sellout during one's maneuver.
It's interesting that the sensor has a useful life of 150 tests, and the item costs $10 but nowhere in the write up does it mention the amortized $0.067 cost for each blow. That is a deal if you ask me!
($0.10 per blow with shipping is still quite a deal)
@mehdaf Do you usually pay shipping for your blows?
@brhfl "Shipping". Yup, sounds just like a hooker's name.
Why not? Time for me to cut down.
I got mine today. It sucks because I've been pounding beers after work to ty it out and I can't open the damn mouthpiece. Time to try out my new Cheerson MIni Quadcopter with camera. What could go wrong?
Just opened one and continue getting an FL error, after a beer from a prior hour. Got no reading other than FL. Is it defective?
Where the hell did you get these Meh? The back of a Costco truck? Also damn if it isn't the most baffling packaging I've ever had to rip open in frustration.
@DrunkCat I used the knife in the costco multi tool / knife / flashlight combo pack I got for christmas. I had to use teeth though to open the knife
I think mine is broken. Whenever I blow into it registers a 0.00 unless I have just taken a drink.
@thelordkanchi Either we have livers of gods or all those PSAs were full of shit about how easy it is to get slammed.
This was the best Christmas present ever (according to my 32 YO son). And yes, it is the newest bar drinking game. Just remember to call a cab after playing. Thanks Meh! You totally rocked this one.