“I purchased this a month ago and overall quite happy. An issue it does have is linking up via the bluetooth, this can take a number of attempts before success, I assume some form of update on the software is required?”
“Always have had connectivity issues with my devices. That being said, it could be Apple's problems with Bluetooth it seems with IOS 8. Now that I'm running IOS 9 and it won't even connect at all with the BACtrack.
Hopefully both apple and BACTrack are working on a solution for iOS 9 Bluetooth woes.
App and device work well when it connect. Seems very accurate. App is intuitive for the most part.”
“I bought my first BACtrack Mobile device over a year ago when a friend got a DUI. Thankfully he didn't cause an accident, and everything is ok with him now, but it got me thinking that I don't know how many times I drove home from a dinner out and assumed I was okay to drive, but did I really know? Having this in my car gives me the peace of mind to test my BAC before I drive. My wife has the S80, which is great, but I love the BACtrack Mobile because I can see a graph on my phone showing when my BAC will return to 0%, the only truly safe way to drive. I also love that I can send a text from the app showing the result. I don't use that feature myself, but I intend to have my teenagers use it when they borrow the car.
This review is coming long after my first purchase because my device was stolen out of my car recently. I doubt the thief knew what he was taking (along with my GPS, sunglasses, etc.) but this is something I knew I had to replace. In addition to the Mobile and my wife's S80, we have purchased several keychain models as gifts for friends.
Sometimes I get funny looks when I tell people I have a breathalyzer in my car. Perhaps people think I'm a drunk or that it was court ordered. The truth, and what I explain to them, is that a simple speeding ticket becomes a life changing disaster if a police officer tests you and you're over the legal limit. I don't keep BACmobile because I am a drunk. I keep BACmobile because I am smart.”
“Device seems to work well and is fairly consistent. First few times I did a BAC test, it failed apparently because I wasn't breathing right (not quickly enough). The instructions were vague, although better than a competitive device (Breeze). The measurement clearly depends on how long you hold your breath and how fast you breathe. It's annoying that it needs to "warm up" for like 15 seconds even if you just did a test. (Doing it with friends, so have to wait each time.) Not sure if that's really a technical requirement or if it is just sloppy UX design.
App is very basic and a little unintuitive to navigate. You get to "guess your BAC" which seems like it's built as a core feature, but I'd like to turn it off and just make the whole process faster.”
