DAK know of a windows app that "counts" units?
something like entering
0.5 pint - 4.9% ... and it then
- indicates units
- keeps track of units so can show how many in a day/week/month etc ?
merely counting "pints" is meaningless as the strength varies and I'm looking fro an accurate measure not a finger in the air "weak beer", "strong beer" approach.
For my sins my phone is a windows phone (employer supplied). drinkaware have an app but only for IoS and Android.
As it turns out there may be an online tool on the drinkaware site - in fact most of the drinkaware site is broken it seems and its not available.
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Re: alcoholic units app?
didds wrote:DAK know of a windows app that "counts" units?
- in fact most of the drinkaware site is broken it seems and its not available.
Probably got a hangover...
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One alcohol unit is measured as 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol, dead easy to calculate. 1cc of water weighs 1 gramme. Then its easy to mark say 125 cc on a glass and easily calculate how many units you are consuming from the % printed on the wine bottle. We have a spirits measure which was suppled with a Schweppes tonic bottle, dead easy to keep things under conttol using that. One large glass of 14% white wine puts you over the drink drive limit. I have watched numerous ladies swig a couple and weave off in their cars.
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didds wrote:merely counting "pints" is meaningless as the strength varies and I'm looking fro an accurate measure not a finger in the air "weak beer", "strong beer" approach.
I have a simple system whereby I add the ABVs of each half-pint I drink. For example, a half of Moorhouse's Black Cat plus a half of Harvey's Old Ale plus a half of Green Jack Baltic Trader would be 3.4 + 4.3 + 10.5 = 18.2. When I can't add up any more, I know I have had enough.
If you are counting units, multiply this figure by 0.284. In the above example, I would have consumed about 5.2 units.
If you always drink pints, add the numbers and multiply by 0.568.
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jfgw wrote:I have a simple system whereby I add the ABVs of each half-pint I drink. For example, a half of Moorhouse's Black Cat plus a half of Harvey's Old Ale plus a half of Green Jack Baltic Trader would be 3.4 + 4.3 + 10.5 = 18.2. When I can't add up any more, I know I have had enough.
If you are counting units, multiply this figure by 0.284. In the above example, I would have consumed about 5.2 units.
If you always drink pints, add the numbers and multiply by 0.568.
Note that Carling drinkers should use 3.7%, not 4.0% when doing this calculation, on the back of: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 14731.html, which means each pint is 2.1 units rather than the 2.3 that Molson-Coors would have you believe...
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tea42 wrote:One alcohol unit is measured as 10ml or 8g of pure alcohol, dead easy to calculate. 1cc of water weighs 1 gramme..
etc and comments by others...
I suspect that didds has a windows phone and is seeking a phone app. Something akin to alcodroid.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... d&hl=en_GB
As it happens I recently downloaded that app and haven't felt a need to look for an alternative.
If drinking the same thing then enter the details 1'st time then tap the box when you fill your glass.
DON'T do as I did fill the details in on the assumption that you will drink the bottle, the graph looks terrible!
Anyway, sorry didds, I don't know a winphone app.
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In the absence of an app it would be pretty straightforward to create a spreadsheet (Google Sheets or your choice of alternative) which just took the basic info (pint of 4% or whatever) and "tot"ted it up. Then have a link to it on your home screen for easy access.
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Re: alcoholic units app?
This article lists three windows phone apps towards the end:
http://www.mensfitness.com/life/gearand ... nting-apps
http://www.mensfitness.com/life/gearand ... nting-apps
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