RoadRunner™ Explosive Trace Detector

RoadRunner™ is a battery-operated, innovative, hand-held explosives and narcotics trace detector with outstanding sensitivity, selectivity, substance coverage and ease of use.

This light-weight, hand-held trace the detector that has the same outstanding detection performance as state-of-the art benchtop ETD instruments. This rugged, easy to use system is battery-operated, weighs just 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg), and offers dual modes for ‘sniffing’ vapor samples directly, as well as for thermal desorption of particles captured by industry-standard sampling swabs.

A battery lifetime of 4 hours combined with a hot-swap battery feature further expands the usability of RoadRunner in remote locations and routine use. Its non-radioactive photoionization source simplifies maintainability by removing the need to comply with regulations for radioactive source safety. For the first time, the incorporation of CHIRP-IM™ technology provides the sensitivity and selectivity of a bench-top trace detector in a hand-held design. This patented feature, coupled with continuous automatic internal calibration, makes manual calibration and verification steps obsolete and simplifies day-to-day operation.