Can anyone suggest a good radar detector?
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Can anyone suggest a good radar detector?
I received a Valentine One as a gift, but when I looked at the website, they don't seem to offer additional sensors. I don't want to attach the unit to the windshield and deal with the cables. My preference would be something that I can install at the front and rear of the car, with a small in-dash display. Is there anything like that out there?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Can anyone suggest a good radar detector?
I went with calibre K40.
Pricey & completely hidden. It's saved my butt on numerous occasions!!
http://www.k40.com/home_main.html
Pricey & completely hidden. It's saved my butt on numerous occasions!!
http://www.k40.com/home_main.html
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I have a Escort 8500 x50, and am very happy with it...
...The Valentine crowd will say "gotta have the arrows". I don't get that one? If the radar source is beside or behind you, you'll be out of range shortly. If you can't be bothered to drop down to the speed limit for a few seconds [maybe the better part of a minute], then I guess the arrows are for you.
Personally, if there's traffic radar bouncing off my car...regardless of where it's located...I'm gonna run at/near the speed limit. That doesn't seem that big an inconvenience.
Arrows aside, the Escort has a bogey counter, signal strength indicator [for each source, something the V1 lacks], and ultimately is [as far as I can tell] every bit as good [or slightly better?] a detector as the V1 for less money.
The arrows are a nice gimmick, but are very unlikely to keep you from getting pulled over. That said, the V1 is by all indications a very good detector, but I'm not at all convinced it stands alone atop the heap, as some would claim.
Personally, if there's traffic radar bouncing off my car...regardless of where it's located...I'm gonna run at/near the speed limit. That doesn't seem that big an inconvenience.
Arrows aside, the Escort has a bogey counter, signal strength indicator [for each source, something the V1 lacks], and ultimately is [as far as I can tell] every bit as good [or slightly better?] a detector as the V1 for less money.
The arrows are a nice gimmick, but are very unlikely to keep you from getting pulled over. That said, the V1 is by all indications a very good detector, but I'm not at all convinced it stands alone atop the heap, as some would claim.
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I've got a V1 in all three of my vehicles
The only time I have been pulled over in the last 8 years was during a multi-car laser trap using a laser gun mounted on a tripod hiding behind a road sign on an overhead bridge. The V1 laser warning went off, I breaked, but they singled me out of the pack to get the ticket (probably my car and license plate, didn't have the RS 4 then). The V1 has saved my butt so many times it has more than paid for itself. The arrows and bogey counters are great.
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