Has anybody ever tried the KissMe Bad Breath Detector?

TiredofThis · Post by **TiredofThis** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:18 pm

Just got mine in the mail today. Mind you, I have been bb free for about a week now and it shows that I am kissable. I would love to find someone with bb and have them breathe into it and see if it's actually accurate. Anybody have any experience with this little gadget?

ithurts · Post by **ithurts** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:31 pm

This device breaks really easily. It lasts around 3 weeks before stop working. When I was using this device, there was no one to tell me whether I have bb so I can't get a second opinion.

TiredofThis · Post by **TiredofThis** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:07 pm

Did it tell you that you had bb?

ithurts · Post by **ithurts** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:12 am

Yes it does, to the max. It usually tells me that my breath is okay in the morning but it gets worse as the day goes on.

TiredofThis · Post by **TiredofThis** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:30 am

It tells me my breath is fresh all the time, even when I wake up in the morning...so i'm wondering if it is accurate, since it tells you your breath is at the max at times.

NYConfused · Post by **NYConfused** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:59 am

TiredofThis wrote:It tells me my breath is fresh all the time, even when I wake up in the morning...so i'm wondering if it is accurate, since it tells you your breath is at the max at times.

i thought about getting one of those gadgets as well, but i was skeptical if it would work. besides it might just measure a level of something in your mouth which might not be the actual cause of your odor was what i thought. now that you have it id be interested in your evaluation. how much did it cost you?

well now that the gadget is telling you your breath is fine, your confidence must be pretty good. why dont you try going to stores etc and just breathing and talkign freely into peoples faces and see if its accurate.

btw how are you bb free for the past week?

TiredofThis · Post by **TiredofThis** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:22 am

NYConfused wrote:
TiredofThis wrote:It tells me my breath is fresh all the time, even when I wake up in the morning...so i'm wondering if it is accurate, since it tells you your breath is at the max at times.
i thought about getting one of those gadgets as well, but i was skeptical if it would work. besides it might just measure a level of something in your mouth which might not be the actual cause of your odor was what i thought. now that you have it id be interested in your evaluation. how much did it cost you?

well now that the gadget is telling you your breath is fine, your confidence must be pretty good. why dont you try going to stores etc and just breathing and talkign freely into peoples faces and see if its accurate.

btw how are you bb free for the past week?

My problem came from the stomach, caused by dairy. So I stopped all dairy and the problem went away. I breathe into my mothers face al the time now and no nose rubs. She used to rub her nose constantly around me.

The device measures the level of vsc's in your mouth so I'm wondering if your'e right about it not being accurate if the problem is coming from the stomach. No idea. I know for a fact my problem came from the stomach. It only cost me around 20.00 from Ebay.

Hank · Post by **Hank** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:03 pm

TiredofThis,

Yes, I tried the Kissme device and my reading varied from no bb signs to full strength bb. Mostly I got 3 out of 5 on the rating scale. I believe there is some accuracy to it, but unless you test your reading with an actual bb smeller (AKA a person), it really doesn't give you any confidence, even if it detects nothing. It was an okay little experiment, but I quickly just kind of forgot about it. It really didn't add any value.

Regarding your lactose intolerance condition... How would you even know if you're lactose intolerant (AKA what would be your symptom)? So what did you do, just give up milk and cheese? And for how long? Apologies if you already spoke about this on a previous post.

Hank

TiredofThis · Post by **TiredofThis** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:09 am

Hank wrote:TiredofThis,

Yes, I tried the Kissme device and my reading varied from no bb signs to full strength bb. Mostly I got 3 out of 5 on the rating scale. I believe there is some accuracy to it, but unless you test your reading with an actual bb smeller (AKA a person), it really doesn't give you any confidence, even if it detects nothing. It was an okay little experiment, but I quickly just kind of forgot about it. It really didn't add any value.

Regarding your lactose intolerance condition... How would you even know if you're lactose intolerant (AKA what would be your symptom)? So what did you do, just give up milk and cheese? And for how long? Apologies if you already spoke about this on a previous post.

Hank

I gave up all forms of dairy...milk, cheese, chocolate, etc. Anything that even had milk or cheese in in it, I did away with. I went with already prepared vegan snacks that i could purchase at Trader Joe's (some of which are not even really that bad). After about a week, my family told me there was no smell at all. Today i felt like my breath REALLY smelled but lately I think it's just all in my head. Now i think I'm more phobic than anything. I think it's just cause i've had to deal with this problem for the past 13 years and now that I'm BB free, it's hard to go back to life pre-bb. I always feel like my breath smells even if it doesn't. And I'm always paranoid.

In regards to the lactose intolerance, I didn't really have any other signs besides the fact that my breath always reeked like nasty cheese (as well as my nose air). i never had bloating, gas, diarrhea or anything...just the nasty breath. So I figured if I stopped dairy that maybe the problem would go away, and it did. Also, I noticed a very nasty smell and taste when I would suck on my left top molar. Once I stopped dairy, that smell and taste went away. If I floss back there now, no smell comes out, even if I skip a day. So for me, it was all inter-connected.

Archimonde · Post by **Archimonde** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:31 am

TiredofThis wrote: I gave up all forms of dairy...milk, cheese,

see, i told you to stop eating cheese!

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