russbost
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 11:52 AM |
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Alcohol breath tester - Xmas stocking filler!
Got these super little Keyring Alcohol Breath Testers in just in time for Xmas!!
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Full details are on the webshop
Webshop Link
I have them in the shop for £5.95 + £0.99 P & P, yours for £5.99 inc P & P if you deal direct with me, includes a fully charged set of high
power (1800mAh) AAA batteries worth £3.75 on their own!
Ideal stocking filler, or buy one for yourself & keep you, your family & your license safe this Xmas. I've been using one myself &
seems very accurate, when it says I shouldn't be driving I would defo agree!
Email russbost at googlemail dot com or u2u to order, happy to take Paypal!
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owelly
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 12:24 PM |
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I can't see the need for one. If you've been drinking, don't drive. End of story. If you've had a few the night before, stay
out of the car. If you need to use a breath tester, you must know you've had a drink.........
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carpmart
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 01:02 PM |
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I 100% agree with Owelly!
You only live once - make the most of it!
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balidey
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 01:06 PM |
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Sorry, but I too agree. If you have to check, you should know not to even attempt driving.
Maybe better selling these on ebay, I would hope the members of locostbuilders are a bit more intelligent than the general public.
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lewis
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 01:15 PM |
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Agree but intelligent locosters could buy them for not so intelligent people 
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SPYDER
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 01:26 PM |
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I agree with the above.
However, I could see a potential market...
It would need more graduations labelled..
5% Lightweight
10% Must try harder
20% Slightly pissed
50% Rattarsed
75% Steamboated
100% Absolutely shit-faced
Or something like that. Sell the to party go-ers.
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 01:27 PM |
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So how many units is it safe to consume, and up to what time, the night before you have to drive the next morning? Just because you aren't
hanging doesn't mean you are under the legal limit.
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MikeR
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 01:36 PM |
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normally i wouldn't say anything, but as this may have serious life changing consequences i feel morally i should.
About 12 or 18 months ago i looked into these for lots of reasons. The conclusion was these are just a toy and should in no way be relied upon to make
any judgement. The 80 quid mark devices are better but not accurate. If you want to seriously have an idea if your fit to drive you need to be
spending 400 plus on a device and have it calibrated every 6 to 12 months. Let me put it another way, how many people have got maplin sound testers
and found they have got a different result at sva / iva? They've 3 or 4 times the price of these and can you afford for it to be 10% out?
Perhaps you won't have an accident, but you could still lose your license!
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MikeR
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 01:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SPYDER
I agree with the above.
However, I could see a potential market...
It would need more graduations labelled..
5% Lightweight
10% Must try harder
20% Slightly pissed
50% Rattarsed
75% Steamboated
100% Absolutely shit-faced
Or something like that. Sell the to party go-ers.
Unfortunetely i don't think it works like that as it will be testing the alcohol in your mouth from your last drink, not the alcohol absorbed
into your blood and expelled by your lungs. Its why the police try to establish when you had your last drink before breathblising you.
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russbost
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 01:51 PM |
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Whilst I do agree, certainly up to a point, with the above comments, the idea is to promote safer driving, not driving whilst half pi**ed!!!
Scenario #1, you get rat ar*ed at a party one night get home around 4am & crash into bed, you HAVE to be in work the next day for something
important & get up when the alarm goes off not feeling too rough. Many people would drive without thinking about it - you use the tester, find out
you're still dangerously close to, or over the limit & get a taxi, you'll never know what the outcome might have been, but your breath
probably won't intoxicate the taxi driver!
Scenario # 2 you have several glasses of what you believe to be a fairly lightweight "punch" or similar, use the tester & you'll
at least know how lightweight - or not, it was b4 you do something you'll regret
Personally I feel that just having the ability to check yourself makes it far less likely that you'd drive when under the influence - but, hey,
I'm probably a little biasede here!
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
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dhutch
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 02:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
Scenario #1, you get rat ar*ed at a party one night get home around 4am & crash into bed, you HAVE to be in work the next day for something
important & get up when the alarm goes off not feeling too rough. Many people would drive without thinking about it////
Again, while i can see it, if ive gone to bed at 4 smashed, im not getting into a car three hours later to go to work, I i had some how been
stupid/careless enough to get into that situation I would proberbly not even get a taxi as it doesnt really how you get there when it comes to being
pissed a work its not going to end well.
Daniel
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MikeR
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 02:18 PM |
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The problem russ is the assumption that the tester is in some way accurate.
These people supply to the police and suggest how you should use the personal testers - not do a one off "am i over the limit?" but a long
sequence of tests to see how you absorb alcohol and therefore are you likely to be safe after a nights drinking.
http://www.alcodigital.co.uk/info/personal_info/personal_faq.htm
if you do buy these, then i suggest you do the same.
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russbost
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 03:48 PM |
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This tester errrs on the side of safety - some don't. The highest reading it will give is 0.05%BAC, which is still substantially below the UK
legal limit of 0.08%BAC. The advice that comes with the tester suggests that if you record the reading of (at least) 0.05% you do NOT drive, although,
at that point you MIGHT be legal to do so it's unlikely that you would actually be entirely safe anyway!
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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dhutch
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 04:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
This tester errrs on the side of safety - some don't. The highest reading it will give is 0.05%BAC, which is still substantially below the UK
legal limit of 0.08%BAC....
Yes, but what if while reading 0.05% your actaully 0.1% because its made for £1.65 and total uncalibrated?
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russbost
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| posted on 29/11/10 at 05:32 PM |
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"Yes, but what if while reading 0.05% your actaully 0.1% because its made for £1.65 and total uncalibrated?" - well I did say I have one
myself & having experimented with it found it to be accurate. Personally I wouldn't buy something for a fiver & then the first time I
used it rely on the result for a life or death situation! 
You could always go & buy one for a couple of grand, I'm sure that would be accurate & laboratory calibrated tho' I rather doubt
it would fit on your keyring!!!
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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