What's a good brand to go with for radar detectors?

If u want the best, get the valentine 1
but its gonna cost you.
http://www.valentine1.com/
has never failed for me, prolly saved from 20 tickets, alerts you like 1/2 - 1 mile before u even pass the cop, and tells you where they are.

I bought the cobra from walmart for 93$. I'm yet to get a ticket with it...:D

ORIGINAL: XbcSharpShooter

If u want the best, get the valentine 1
but its gonna cost you.
http://www.valentine1.com/
has never failed for me, prolly saved from 20 tickets, alerts you like 1/2 - 1 mile before u even pass the cop, and tells you where they are.

yea same hear. i bought the V1 a long time ago and updated it a couple times, the best one out there. there is also one called the passport 8500 or somthing like that. but i like the v1 better because you can update it so you have the most up to date radars. and the arrows are cool:)

ORIGINAL: XbcSharpShooter

If u want the best, get the valentine 1
but its gonna cost you.
http://www.valentine1.com/
has never failed for me, prolly saved from 20 tickets, alerts you like 1/2 - 1 mile before u even pass the cop, and tells you where they are.


probably saved me from jail.

lol mustangman02232.

wwmost, how do you update it?

ORIGINAL: XbcSharpShooter

lol mustangman02232.

wwmost, how do you update it?

all you do is send it in and they give you a whole new unit with all the up to date radars on it for a little cost

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If u want the best, get the valentine 1
but its gonna cost you.


Thats the best you can buy. Best range, and best warning system too. Also has a concieled (sp?) display option.

I have used both the Valentine and the Passport 8500. I like the Passport better for these reasons. The Passport 8500 X50 seems to be better at picking up 'pop' radar. Also, with the Valentine, it seems to give you a lot more false alarms than the X50. They are the 2 best units around, and you really can't go wrong with either. But, the Passport is less expensive than the Valentine, so I think it is the best all around buy. I will never trade my Passport for anything else.

ORIGINAL: XbcSharpShooter

If u want the best, get the valentine 1
but its gonna cost you.
http://www.valentine1.com/
has never failed for me, prolly saved from 20 tickets, alerts you like 1/2 - 1 mile before u even pass the cop, and tells you where they are.


Unless he waits until you're right by him and then flips it on and tags you.

thats true, but most cops are sitting back drinking their morning coffee and eating their donuts so there to lazy ;)

ORIGINAL: Birdieman4

I have used both the Valentine and the Passport 8500. I like the Passport better for these reasons. The Passport 8500 X50 seems to be better at picking up 'pop' radar. Also, with the Valentine, it seems to give you a lot more false alarms than the X50. They are the 2 best units around, and you really can't go wrong with either. But, the Passport is less expensive than the Valentine, so I think it is the best all around buy. I will never trade my Passport for anything else.


id rather it go off and be false, then not go off and get f*cked up the a$$

ORIGINAL: Birdieman4

I have used both the Valentine and the Passport 8500. I like the Passport better for these reasons. The Passport 8500 X50 seems to be better at picking up 'pop' radar. Also, with the Valentine, it seems to give you a lot more false alarms than the X50. They are the 2 best units around, and you really can't go wrong with either. But, the Passport is less expensive than the Valentine, so I think it is the best all around buy. I will never trade my Passport for anything else.


Yeah, I'd hate to pay extra for a name brand.. but I do like the upgrade features along with the arrows and dual radar pickup..

anyone ever use cobra detector

ORIGINAL: countit2

anyone ever use cobra detector


From what I've been reading, if you want a wallmart special detector for > $100.. get the cobra, but they have VERY limited response time to any bands of detection, and I wouldn't trust them as much as V1, Bel, or Escort.

I'm kind've leaning toward an Escort 8500 x50.. only because the price is more reasonable. $400 For a v1 is a bit much.. and the bands are pretty close. Btw, can anyone tell me the difference between the 8500 X50 Red and Blue? The blue is 50 more, and I can't figure out why? Color preference lol?

go with the escort passport detector, my friend has one and it always beeds about 1/2 - 3/4 mile before we see the cop.

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go with the escort passport detector, my friend has one and it always beeds about 1/2 - 3/4 mile before we see the cop.


It seems to me like a matter of preference.. some people prefer the Escort 8500 x50 because it doesn't "false" as much as the Valentine 1.8, and has similar stats in the "K" bands, not to mention $150 less.. Others prefer the Valentine 1.8 over the Escort 8500 x50 because it can pickup the faster z series pop guns (16 ms), picks up some types radars on stealth mode that the Escort doesn't, and has the arrow system (which will send mixed signals with overhead bridges, some brake lights, and road signs). So I guess it comes down to what kind of driving you do and which you prefer. Can anyone swallow their pride and say whether they've gotten a ticket since having either? Or a bel?

i have the 7500, have had it for about two years. I love it. Mixed driving, some spirited, mostly sane driving and I've yet to get a ticket. There's a few times that I bust out on the highway and get tagged by a sheriff coming the other way, but I see the Ka about a mile away.

i thought they cant use radar when theyre going the other way cuz of the way it works...you hafta be standing still for the whole concept of radar to work. maybe theres newer technology...i dont kno how laser works...but i thought they had to be standing still for all of them.

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i thought they cant use radar when theyre going the other way cuz of the way it works...you hafta be standing still for the whole concept of radar to work. maybe theres newer technology...i dont kno how laser works...but i thought they had to be standing still for all of them.


Newer systems have a speedo connection. So they CAN tag you from a moving car. It'll just subtract in car speed from clocked speed and find the difference.

solo S2, its really good, and cordless too, battery lasts for about a month too. goes off even before you can ever see the cop, or the cop can see you:D( if they have the radar on, and its pionted at you.)

bel pro rx65..what I use

I use a whistler that I got from an online store for $99. It's a 1783 or 93. I bought one for each of my vehicles. I just can't bring myself to spend the money on an Escort or V1 when the whistler works fine. The laser detection is even decent or so it seems. I get hit with it nearly everytime I go through CT. So far the whistler has saved be from a couple dozen tickets easily.

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I use a whistler that I got from an online store for $99. It's a 1783 or 93. I bought one for each of my vehicles. I just can't bring myself to spend the money on an Escort or V1 when the whistler works fine. The laser detection is even decent or so it seems. I get hit with it nearly everytime I go through CT. So far the whistler has saved be from a couple dozen tickets easily.


Do you go by a lot of airports?

Only times I've ever been hit with laser is going near Airports. In fact, I drove to Findlay Ohio today in my car and the only two places the Laser went off was by Findlay's Airport and another small munciple place near just west of Van Wert.

how do those 40 dollar whistlers work....or is this a waste??

ORIGINAL: Idrum88

how do those 40 dollar whistlers work....or is this a waste??


Works better then guessing.. but you get what you pay for. I intend on going with the escort 8500 x50 or valentine 1.8 personally (leaning towards the v1).

ORIGINAL: Birdieman4

I have used both the Valentine and the Passport 8500. I like the Passport better for these reasons. The Passport 8500 X50 seems to be better at picking up 'pop' radar. Also, with the Valentine, it seems to give you a lot more false alarms than the X50. They are the 2 best units around, and you really can't go wrong with either. But, the Passport is less expensive than the Valentine, so I think it is the best all around buy. I will never trade my Passport for anything else.


i was gonna say the EXACT same thing. i did ALOT of research before purchasing mine and i got a better deal on the X50 so that's what i got, and it works great (3 years=NO tickets!) they're both just as good, get the one you get the better deal on IMO.

buy the good ones, i bought a $90 radioshack special, and it sucked, pickup up radar when you were right up on top of the cop. then i threw that in the garbage and bought a 300 dollar one. and it was def. worth it, saved me a couple of times. so sensative. def. worth the money to get the better ones.

ORIGINAL: StickShiftyGT

buy the good ones, i bought a $90 radioshack special, and it sucked, pickup up radar when you were right up on top of the cop. then i threw that in the garbage and bought a 300 dollar one. and it was def. worth it, saved me a couple of times. so sensative. def. worth the money to get the better ones.


werd. I had a 100 dollar whistler. everytime I revved my car past 4500 rpm after owning it just six months, the laser warning would go off. Then it got stolen, I bought a 300 dollar passport 7500 and have had it for two years, no problems.

i dont have the money to be spending that much on a detector......should i get the 40 dollar whistler....or use my money on something more useful....if it will work i want it

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buy the good ones, i bought a $90 radioshack special, and it sucked, pickup up radar when you were right up on top of the cop. then i threw that in the garbage and bought a 300 dollar one. and it was def. worth it, saved me a couple of times. so sensative. def. worth the money to get the better ones.


werd. I had a 100 dollar whistler. everytime I revved my car past 4500 rpm after owning it just six months, the laser warning would go off. Then it got stolen, I bought a 300 dollar passport 7500 and have had it for two years, no problems.


ive had my detector for a year and a half and never hit laser.

ORIGINAL: Idrum88

i dont have the money to be spending that much on a detector......should i get the 40 dollar whistler....or use my money on something more useful....if it will work i want it


i suggest slowing down till you get enough $$$ to buy an escort or valentine ;)

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buy the good ones, i bought a $90 radioshack special, and it sucked, pickup up radar when you were right up on top of the cop. then i threw that in the garbage and bought a 300 dollar one. and it was def. worth it, saved me a couple of times. so sensative. def. worth the money to get the better ones.


werd. I had a 100 dollar whistler. everytime I revved my car past 4500 rpm after owning it just six months, the laser warning would go off. Then it got stolen, I bought a 300 dollar passport 7500 and have had it for two years, no problems.


ive had my detector for a year and a half and never hit laser.


yea same hear, i never hit a laser. if i did it would of been a false alarm or somthing

Listen i've got the good ole faithful walmart radar detetor. The cobra something...$93. Go buy that and it will alert you about rader. It does k,ka,x, and some other kinds, I'm not sure what...but still....I haven't got a ticket since i've had it...

^^ Well thats because you haven't speeded since you got it :P

ya i think some of them just beep so much over nothing that no one ever goes fast anymore

Hmph...I'm stuck between getting the Escort 8500 or the Solo version. I like the idea of the cordless; just grab it and throw it in the glove box, and not having wires all over.

on ebay a while ago this guy was selling a c6 corvette mirror with the Valentine 1 detector built into it. It was so nice!

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buy the good ones, i bought a $90 radioshack special, and it sucked, pickup up radar when you were right up on top of the cop. then i threw that in the garbage and bought a 300 dollar one. and it was def. worth it, saved me a couple of times. so sensative. def. worth the money to get the better ones.


werd. I had a 100 dollar whistler. everytime I revved my car past 4500 rpm after owning it just six months, the laser warning would go off. Then it got stolen, I bought a 300 dollar passport 7500 and have had it for two years, no problems.


ive had my detector for a year and a half and never hit laser.



I still to this day have no idea WHY it did that...

I take it you've never driven by any large airport then? I've had LASER warnings in Chicagos smaller airport, Ft Wayne Int'l and Indianapolis' airport.

When that laser warning goes off it's LOUD and instant. It always scares the **** out of me.

Go with the Passport 8500 X50 I just got it and it is bad a$$.

I have a cheap whistler, one that one of my friends stole and gave to me cuz he didnt have his license. The radar warning goes off about 2 or 3 minutes before i see the cop on the highway. Although i did get a ticket with it when i was hit by laser, for some reason there was no advanced warning, when i heard it go off is when he hit me. other than that it works fine, and good enough for being free. I aslo bought a radar/laser scrambler, i got a ticket while it was on, but i think the cop is full of tihs. My dad drives semi and he had one of them and he said it worked really well and he never got a ticket with it. The company who makes it will pay your ticket if it is under 15mph over the speed limit. which they left that part out when i bought it, but i run that radar detector and the scrambler at the same time, pretty good combination. The company is rocky mountain radar and the scrambler is called the phaser II . it is around 150 or so

http://www.k40.com/home_main.html

modified magazine did a test of one of the k40 systems in early 04 late 03 idk the date of this article but i ripped it out and kept it.
they just came out with a wireless version using bluetooth. that link is their site. CLICK ON PRODUCT REVIEWS on their site. they have like 20 different reviews of their different models from magazines and some may be websites. this article is in there too.
http://sunni4747.home.mindspring.com/k40-1.jpghttp://sunni4747.home.mindspring.com/k40-2.jpghttp://sunni4747.home.mindspring.com/k40-3.jpghttp://sunni4747.home.mindspring.com/k40-4.jpghttp://sunni4747.home.mindspring.com/k40-5.jpg

oh yeah check out this http://www.beltronicspro.com/rx75.html
the plus version comes with the laser blocking stuff

you cant get any better than these two(beltronics rx75 plus and k40w/laser defuser)
the other units you guys talk about the valetine 1 and the passport will protect you against radar but more and more states are using POP mode/laser and these cant go off fast enough because laser can shoot 300 beams/sec at the speed of light. the only way to safeguard against these is to block them. There is another long thread about this somewhere, i think on here, if not maybe MPH forums but someone brought up a good point. if the cop really wants to get your speed, he will. he'll use the pop mode or laser (im not sure if they are different) and unless you are behind someone - which you arent if your at WOT - then your a sitting duck.