diff --git a/asyncclient.go b/asyncclient.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c485cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asyncclient.go
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+package statsd
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/quipo/statsd/event"
+)
+
+// AsyncClient is a wrapper around the standard client
+// that sends the metrics to statsd concurrently.
+// errors will be sent through the ErrorChan and must be
+// handled in the application.
+type AsyncClient struct {
+	statsd      *StatsdClient
+	ErrorChan   chan error
+	requestChan chan func() error
+}
+
+func NewAsyncClient(addr, prefix string) *AsyncClient {
+	c := &AsyncClient{
+		statsd:      NewStatsdClient(addr, prefix),
+		ErrorChan:   make(chan error, 100),
+		requestChan: make(chan func() error, 1000),
+	}
+
+	go c.process()
+
+	return c
+}
+
+// CreateSocket creates a UDP connection to a StatsD server
+func (c *AsyncClient) CreateSocket() error {
+	return c.statsd.CreateSocket()
+}
+
+// Incr - Increment a counter metric. Often used to note a particular event
+func (c *AsyncClient) Incr(stat string, count int64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.Incr(stat, count)
+	}
+}
+
+// Decr - Decrement a counter metric. Often used to note a particular event
+func (c *AsyncClient) Decr(stat string, count int64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.Decr(stat, count)
+	}
+}
+
+// Timing - Track a duration event
+// the time delta must be given in milliseconds
+func (c *AsyncClient) Timing(stat string, delta int64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.Timing(stat, delta)
+	}
+}
+
+// PrecisionTiming - Track a duration event
+// the time delta has to be a duration
+func (c *AsyncClient) PrecisionTiming(stat string, delta time.Duration) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.PrecisionTiming(stat, delta)
+	}
+}
+
+// Gauge - Gauges are a constant data type. They are not subject to averaging,
+// and they don’t change unless you change them. That is, once you set a gauge value,
+// it will be a flat line on the graph until you change it again. If you specify
+// delta to be true, that specifies that the gauge should be updated, not set. Due to the
+// underlying protocol, you can't explicitly set a gauge to a negative number without
+// first setting it to zero.
+func (c *AsyncClient) Gauge(stat string, value int64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.Gauge(stat, value)
+	}
+}
+
+// GaugeDelta -- Send a change for a gauge
+// Gauge Deltas are always sent with a leading '+' or '-'. The '-' takes care of itself but the '+' must added by hand
+func (c *AsyncClient) GaugeDelta(stat string, value int64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.GaugeDelta(stat, value)
+	}
+}
+
+// FGauge -- Send a floating point value for a gauge
+func (c *AsyncClient) FGauge(stat string, value float64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.FGauge(stat, value)
+	}
+}
+
+// FGaugeDelta -- Send a floating point change for a gauge
+func (c *AsyncClient) FGaugeDelta(stat string, value float64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.FGaugeDelta(stat, value)
+	}
+}
+
+// Absolute - Send absolute-valued metric (not averaged/aggregated)
+func (c *AsyncClient) Absolute(stat string, value int64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.Absolute(stat, value)
+	}
+}
+
+// FAbsolute - Send absolute-valued floating point metric (not averaged/aggregated)
+func (c *AsyncClient) FAbsolute(stat string, value float64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.FAbsolute(stat, value)
+	}
+}
+
+// Total - Send a metric that is continously increasing, e.g. read operations since boot
+func (c *AsyncClient) Total(stat string, value int64) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.Total(stat, value)
+	}
+}
+
+// SendEvent - Sends stats from an event object
+func (c *AsyncClient) SendEvent(e event.Event) {
+	c.requestChan <- func() error {
+		return c.statsd.SendEvent(e)
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *AsyncClient) process() {
+	for {
+		req, open := <-c.requestChan
+
+		if !open {
+			return
+			close(c.ErrorChan)
+		}
+
+		err := req()
+		if err != nil {
+			c.ErrorChan <- err
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *AsyncClient) Close() error {
+	err := c.statsd.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	close(c.requestChan)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/event/precisiontiming.go b/event/precisiontiming.go
index 587cd85..464fd40 100644
--- a/event/precisiontiming.go
+++ b/event/precisiontiming.go
@@ -40,12 +40,18 @@ func (e PrecisionTiming) Payload() interface{} {
 // Stats returns an array of StatsD events as they travel over UDP
 func (e PrecisionTiming) Stats() []string {
 	return []string{
-		fmt.Sprintf("%s.avg:%.6f|a", e.Name, float64(int64(e.Value)/e.Count)), // make sure e.Count != 0
-		fmt.Sprintf("%s.min:%.6f|a", e.Name, e.Min),
-		fmt.Sprintf("%s.max:%.6f|a", e.Name, e.Max),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.count:%d|a", e.Name, e.Count),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.avg:%.6f|ms", e.Name, float64(int64(e.Value)/e.Count)/1000000), // make sure e.Count != 0
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.min:%.6f|ms", e.Name, e.durationToMs(e.Min)),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.max:%.6f|ms", e.Name, e.durationToMs(e.Max)),
 	}
 }
 
+// durationToMs converts time.Duration into the corresponding value in milliseconds
+func (e PrecisionTiming) durationToMs(x time.Duration) float64 {
+	return float64(x) / float64(time.Millisecond)
+}
+
 // Key returns the name of this metric
 func (e PrecisionTiming) Key() string {
 	return e.Name
diff --git a/event/precisiontiming_test.go b/event/precisiontiming_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28eb3ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/event/precisiontiming_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package event
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestPrecisionTimingUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	e1 := NewPrecisionTiming("test", 5*time.Microsecond)
+	e2 := NewPrecisionTiming("test", 3*time.Microsecond)
+	e3 := NewPrecisionTiming("test", 7*time.Microsecond)
+	e1.Update(e2)
+	e1.Update(e3)
+
+	expected := []string{"test.count:3|a", "test.avg:0.005000|ms", "test.min:0.003000|ms", "test.max:0.007000|ms"}
+	actual := e1.Stats()
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual) {
+		t.Errorf("did not receive all metrics: Expected: %T %v, Actual: %T %v ", expected, expected, actual, actual)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/event/timing.go b/event/timing.go
index 273a1ce..258a9a0 100644
--- a/event/timing.go
+++ b/event/timing.go
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ func (e Timing) Payload() interface{} {
 // Stats returns an array of StatsD events as they travel over UDP
 func (e Timing) Stats() []string {
 	return []string{
-		fmt.Sprintf("%s.avg:%d|a", e.Name, int64(e.Value/e.Count)), // make sure e.Count != 0
-		fmt.Sprintf("%s.min:%d|a", e.Name, e.Min),
-		fmt.Sprintf("%s.max:%d|a", e.Name, e.Max),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.count:%d|a", e.Name, e.Count),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.avg:%d|ms", e.Name, int64(e.Value/e.Count)), // make sure e.Count != 0
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.min:%d|ms", e.Name, e.Min),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.max:%d|ms", e.Name, e.Max),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/event/timing_test.go b/event/timing_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68d3d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/event/timing_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package event
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestTimingUpdate(t *testing.T) {
+	e1 := NewTiming("test", 5)
+	e2 := NewTiming("test", 3)
+	e3 := NewTiming("test", 7)
+	e1.Update(e2)
+	e1.Update(e3)
+
+	expected := []string{"test.count:3|a", "test.avg:5|ms", "test.min:3|ms", "test.max:7|ms"}
+	actual := e1.Stats()
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual) {
+		t.Errorf("did not receive all metrics: Expected: %T %v, Actual: %T %v ", expected, expected, actual, actual)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/noopclient.go b/noopclient.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2f6e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/noopclient.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package statsd
+
+//@author https://github.com/wyndhblb/statsd
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+// NoopClient implements a "no-op" statsd in case there is no statsd server
+type NoopClient struct{}
+
+// CreateSocket does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) CreateSocket() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Close does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) Close() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Incr does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) Incr(stat string, count int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Decr does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) Decr(stat string, count int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Timing does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) Timing(stat string, count int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PrecisionTiming does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) PrecisionTiming(stat string, delta time.Duration) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Gauge does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) Gauge(stat string, value int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GaugeDelta does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) GaugeDelta(stat string, value int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Absolute does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) Absolute(stat string, value int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Total does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) Total(stat string, value int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// FGauge does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) FGauge(stat string, value float64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// FGaugeDelta does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) FGaugeDelta(stat string, value float64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// FAbsolute does nothing
+func (s NoopClient) FAbsolute(stat string, value float64) error {
+	return nil
+}