Check out this site: http://www.radarbusters.com/mistakesarticle.cfm and read up on some of the defferent detectors out there. I personally use the BEL RX65. It has awsome dectection. I've picked up those things on the side of the road that tell you your speed from up to 5 miles. Wish it had the signal indicators though so I knew were to look. Sometimes the range of BEL gets annoying because you may never see a cop.
ya man just slow down.. i got a cobra off ebay just for in town really..(cops around here will get u for about 5 over) but i dont even use it a whole lot.. might help im from a small town but for instance if your out on the highway an oncoming cop can just flip on his radar and no matter how much u spent for your top of the line radar, your still busted
I would LOVE to have the front/rear indicators along with the false filtering of the 9500i. Escort - are you listening???? I've had friends with V1's and had to turn them off in city because of the constant falses. that was enough for me to know I'd never have a V1. don't get me wrong, they are cream of the crop but the falsing drove me crazy.
Funny thing, I've NEVER been hit in the Austin area for laser. Took my detector in a rental car for work in the valley (McAllen, Brownsville areas) and got hit for the first time with laser. I refuse to mount my front license plate and I don't think they can target me with laser because of it. I've passed MANY cops with laser units and my detector has never gone off...
i just picked up a bell 955 after looking ALL OVER THE PLACE and seeing every time that it was the best detector in the 200.00 price range. also supposed to be about as sensitive as their RX65 just has a few less features.
time will tell if its good or not - i sure miss the soothing voice of my old cobra though. damn thing was like 7 or 8 years old and the voice was better then than the bel's is now.
Ok if you want the best ill save you time in doing research there are basically three top dogs out there, each have their specialties but all are very good and will save your @ss. The top three are the escort 9500i the Bel STI and the king of the highway the valentine 1. To make it really simple the bel sti is the only detector on the market that is completel undetectable by spectre honestly I live in virginia though and travel on the major highways ( mind you Radar detectors are illegal here) and I use my V1 mounted high with visor clip and havnt had a problem.
The escort 9500 I has a lockout feature controlled by gps to lock out annoying x and K band frequenices from random doors of supermarkets and such so your radar detector stays quiet around town however this metho has also shown to have some problems and in there have been more than reports of this feature not detecting a cop because the area was locked out by the gps feature so keep that in mind.
Last but not least the Valentine one. The only radar detector on the market that uses arrows to tell you where the source is ( which I find personally very hepful because sometimes theres a cop coming up behind you and you wouldnt know with any other detector other than the V1 so the arrows are money) also from the test results ive seen and well pretty much alot of people on radardetector.net will agree the V! has the best range and it is the only radar detector that uses a rear ANTENNA. Personally the V1 is not that noisy and I love knowing any source of radar being used in my immediate area ( its for the paranoid haha) also your V1 is always upgradeable which is a + never have to buy a new detector just uprade the old one for much less the cost of a new one. wow that was a long post but I think I covered everything pretty much to keep it as short as possible. BTW V1's are 400.00 not 600$$
Their all good and you cant go wrong with any of them but I jsut chose the V1 because of the arrows,rear antenna, and the fact that its upgradeable. Btw - wouldnt trust a cobra the false sense of security it gives you thinking your safe will get you in to some trouble. If you want more info the people on radardetector.net are very helpful and if you want to see some tests conducted by a creditable source visit guysoflidar.com
God, I hate people who come into this thread and just respond with this stupid crap; "Just drive slower". He didn't ask for life advice, he asked what radar detector was the best.
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God, I hate people who come into this thread and just respond with this stupid crap; "Just drive slower". He didn't ask for life advice, he asked what radar detector was the best.
umm yea and I told him what was the best did I not and gave him info on each to save him time searchng around!?!? Is there a problem with me giving a full response to his question or should all posts be limtied to just a few sentences?
I like the VAL 1 because of the direction finder that tell you where the threat is coming from. And I have had the same unit for six years, they don't change it so you can update it with new guts whenever something new comes out. So it never goes obsolete, unless a completely new type takes over in every police force, and thats very unlikely. The Val has saved me many many times. But occaisionally a unmarked cop will cruise down the road without any radar and pop you with his calibrated speedo. Happedned yesterday. I said well you got me, I was speeding....then she said slow down you can go. Pays to be honest and not give them a hard time.
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God, I hate people who come into this thread and just respond with this stupid crap; "Just drive slower". He didn't ask for life advice, he asked what radar detector was the best.
umm yea and I told him what was the best did I not and gave him info on each to save him time searchng around!?!? Is there a problem with me giving a full response to his question or should all posts be limtied to just a few sentences?
Eric261...I see you're fairly new to the site so I should alert you....just because you see a post that says "in reply to Eric261", that doesn't necessarily mean the person actually replied to YOUR message. If you hit the "post reply" button, the new message will automatically reply to the most recent one posted. In this case, ThumperMX113 was obviously replying to someone else and just hit the "post reply" button. I don't think any of what he said was meant for you. With that said, however, this is a perfect example of why I QUOTE a message that I want to reply to so THAT sender knows I was replying to him/her, not just any random post.
Hope that helps...
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I have the bel RX65. I have not had a ticket since. Go to the website where rob gives his review. I picked based on the range and not being detected by cops as I was working in Virgina at the time. I got it off ebay for 200 which compared to the sti, V1, and bel 9500i is a great deal and the only thing it really does not have is gps and arrows.
radar detectors arent even worth it for me, valentines are tested to detect the best and fathest away...but what good are they if the cops radar is off? Most of the time CHP use auto on(the radar gets flipped on right when you drive by or they leave it off and flip it on if they think your speeding) radar detectors are absolutely pointless when this occurs(i know from experience....) Yeah, my dads valentine has saved me from a few tickets when i was driving his porsche, but its definitely not worth $500 to me, just dont speed, or be aware of the cars around you and check your mirrors constantly!
Now, if there was a radar jammer on the market that worked that would be a whole different story =)
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Plus Chp arent stupid...they know everyone has radar detectors now, so (atleast around here) ive noticed they rarely drive down the hwy with radar on, its more of flipping it on here and there when someone is passing another car etc.
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I've had friends with V1's and had to turn them off in city because of the constant falses. that was enough for me to know I'd never have a V1. don't get me wrong, they are cream of the crop but the falsing drove me crazy.
