Radar detectors

[nickg3130]

What do some of you guys recommend for a radar detector? I don't wanna go all out and spend 500 on one but I'm looking for something in the 100-200 dollar range. Just wanna know if you guys have any reviews or experience with any. Thanks.

 

[ToMang07]

I've always had good luck with Cobra.... I still have one from 2003-ish that still works.

 

[Ad8 PRODIGY]

Subbed for info. Not that my obs is fast by any means but I tend to move a good few mph over the speed limit lol

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[powerstrokin15]

I've had multiple cobras. got an escort passport 8500. I will never buy any other. all my cobras went off at every supermarket, bank, anything, and didn't detect cops until i was pretty much screwed. my escort goes off long before I see the cop giving me plenty of time to let off. and when it goes off, it's serious. just think, one good speeding ticket will pay for the detector.


Eric@HoldersDiesel

 

[Atsah]

Escort FWIW...

 

[2dedge]

How about the valentine stuff

 

[6.0 p-stroke]

I've got an escort passport, I think mines only the x50 but it still works awesome!

 

[SDstroker]

Valentine one. I have a escort 8500 x50 too but the Valentine with its custom features blows it out of the water. Its really nice to know where the radar is coming from. I would buy new. By the time you get one off of ebay and update it your about into it for the same price as new.

 

[zilla68]

Here's my story on escort.

Many years ago, I bought an passport from my buddies neighbor who is a truck driver. had the case, every attachment, the whole nine yards.
I go for about a year, no problems, then it goes out. No problem I call passport for repair, they say ship it in, and I do thru a local dealer at the time.
About a month goes by and I go to see if its in yet, and there's an issue.

Apparently the guy I bought it from (who was about 65 at the time) reported it stolen when his truck was broken into, so escort KEPT the detector, turned it over to the police where he reported it stolen, and I couldn't get it back.

I had no idea he had reported it stolen, I had every piece of paper that went with it, but apparently they run the serial number thru somewhere to see if it comes back as stolen.

I got a refund from the old man, he got the detector back, and I bought a brand new one, because if they did all that for him, I couldn't pass up that security.

 

[smokinstroker]

Valentine 1.

 

[Ad8 PRODIGY]

I think a lot of guys are missing the $100-$200 part lol

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[Fantom]

I think a lot of guys are missing the $100-$200 part lol

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Honestly, if you're looking to go "cheap" I wouldn't buy one at all. Spend the extra couple hundred bucks and the first time it saves your azz, you'll be happy that you did. I run a V-1 above my rear view mirror.

 

[smokinstroker]

Honestly, if you're looking to go "cheap" I wouldn't buy one at all. Spend the extra couple hundred bucks and the first time it saves your azz, you'll be happy that you did. I run a V-1 above my rear view mirror.

This

 

[Ad8 PRODIGY]

Honestly, if you're looking to go "cheap" I wouldn't buy one at all. Spend the extra couple hundred bucks and the first time it saves your azz, you'll be happy that you did. I run a V-1 above my rear view mirror.

Good point, sir.

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[SickStroke6.0]

Escort 9500ix or the Escort Redline. Honestly, the Valentine One is VERY outdated, and the Escort knock the socks off of it in features and usability.

 

[Powerstroked162]

Valentine 1 here.

I think I'll be going with k40 equipment in my little truck. A buddy has one and it's amazing

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[crowz]

For cheap, whistler.

Excellent range (which I was suprised about and has actually spotted radar before a friends escort passport did and he was ahead of me). Has a volt guage built in which is nice since my truck doesnt have a volt meter. Auto turns off and on. Voice alerts, laser detection, etc.

So for the money whistler.

If money isnt a limit then valentine 1.

 

[smokinstroker]

Escort 9500ix or the Escort Redline. Honestly, the Valentine One is VERY outdated, and the Escort knock the socks off of it in features and usability.

Not to start an argument....
http://radartest.com/Redline-Valentine-One-Review.asp#LongRange

The valentine performs very well, and everyone has an opinion about what radar is better. After reading multiple tests and results they are very comparable.

You can't go wrong with quite a few of the top radars. Everyone is going to have their opinion on them.

 

[drunk on diesel]

V1 only for me, but don't buy a cheap radar detector... you're better off just setting the cruise at 5 over and saving your money for a good one

 

[SickStroke6.0]

Not to start an argument....
http://radartest.com/Redline-Valentine-One-Review.asp#LongRange

The valentine performs very well, and everyone has an opinion about what radar is better. After reading multiple tests and results they are very comparable.

You can't go wrong with quite a few of the top radars. Everyone is going to have their opinion on them.

While the Valentine One does have a slight (and I mean SLIGHT) range advantage over the 9500ix, the V1 STILL does not have GPS or false alert filtration. I've seen a test where a fella tested the 9500ix vs the V1 (both on highway mode) on a road trip. While the V1 would alert him maybe a quarter second faster, it had 112 false alerts (yes, thats one hundred twelve), where as the Escort had only a few. For a detector that will be used in a daily driver, the Escort wins all day every day, in my book.

If my detector alerts me every five minutes of a possible threat, and it turns out to be nothing, it really defeats the purpose of the detector. And eventually, you're going to lose faith in that detector and think a possible threat is just another false alert, when it ends up being a Trooper just around the bend.