[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Radar Detectors (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 6/16/2009 4:21:22 PM EDT
| Anyone here use these? How exactly do they work? What is the best model? Tips suggestions etc would be appreciated. |
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I found this site useful http://www.radarbusters.com/radar-detector-info.cfm
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| Haven't fooled with them in years. They will just get you more tickets. Use your head; mainly eyesight and wisdom. But the easiest thing to do is not speed. A few minutes just ain't worth dealing with a speeding ticket IMHO. The wise cops only turn on for cars they know are going way too fast. In that case the radar detector only tells you that you just got nailed. |
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Anyone here use these? How exactly do they work? What is the best model? Tips suggestions etc would be appreciated. They will do very little. Most cops don't use radar. They use a lazer. So unless you get a lazer detector.... 
Not In Virginia where we aren't allowed to own such evil devices. VA troopers and local police all use radar. I rarely if ever have seen laser, maybe on the motorcycles but not the cars. |
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Quoted: The wise cops only turn on for cars they know are going way too fast. In that case the radar detector only tells you that you just got nailed. The lazy cops leave them on all the time, which is actually most cops in Kentucky (except the ones hiding on the back side of an overpass with a laser gun). Without a detector you don't know if even the laziest cop is running radar. That means the ticket you just got could have come from Barney Fife who was sleeping on the job until you rounded the curve and got nailed. Now don't you feel stupid for getting a ticket like that? I got tired of stupid tickets so I bought a Valentine One. I've still gotten tickets with it but the cops have had to work for it. I've also avoided a lot of tickets with it which makes it well worth it. |
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Quoted: this thread will go like this: blah blah blah blah Valentine One blah blah don't speed and you won't need one blah blah Valentine One blah blah blah blah don't speed and you won't need one Can we get a tack for this? raysheen, please do a "which chainsaw should I get" thread summary as well? |
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Anyone here use these? How exactly do they work? What is the best model? Tips suggestions etc would be appreciated. They will do very little. Most cops don't use radar. They use a lazer. So unless you get a lazer detector....
Oh that is just silly. I have a Valentine One and it has paid for itself three or four times over, and counting. IMO it is the only one to get. Bill |
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There is nothing better. However, that is not all there is to a radar detector. You must be able to understand what the detector is telling you. The V1 is, by far, tops with regard to information and the drivers easy interpretation of what it means. Beep for X, increasing in beep frequency in regard to signal strength. Same for K and Ka. Brapp for K Brapp-Brapp for Ka EeeOoooEeeOoo (full strength/loudness for laser) Lesser detectors like the Bel often have sounds that are not easy to understand, are too similar to each other and don't comprehend quickly to the driver. Sounds like an increasing musical song that's too long between pauses. The V1 also tells you how many and where! Franklin |
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I'm waiting on the po-po to show up and tell us how they defeat these things. To defeat one, you simply convince some buyable politicians that they are curtailing revenues collected by law enforcement officers who have been demoted to tax collectors, and really have more important things that they'd rather be doing like catching bad guys. Then the state simply bans the detectors. |
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Saved me a bunch. Even the cheap one I had before this saved me a bunch. |
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My passport 8500 has paid for itself at least 10 times. Outstanding range and sensitivity.
After being abused and dropped enough times, it gives false alarms for laser once in a while. But I've only seen laser being used twice around here so that is not a big deal. When it finally gives up the ghost, I'll buy another one immediately. It is still important to keep your eyes open at all times. See and avoid. The radar detector is for when you let your guard down. |
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So what's the point of GPS enabled Radar detectors. They don't have a map to show where the return is coming from. What do they provide? For static speed/red light cameras. You have to tell the unit where the static locations are. When you approach the GPS coordinate, the unit gives you a warning. They seem to be more popular in Europe. |
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So what's the point of GPS enabled Radar detectors. They don't have a map to show where the return is coming from. What do they provide? they link with other gps radar detectors to share data about "hot spots" So are there enough on the road to justify them? |
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+100 No other detector is like it. Bite the bullet once, and never look back. Truly way ahead of ANYthing on the market. |
| I run a lot of miles to and fro in my business and I always have the radar detector on. My buddy calls them a pig sniffer. They do save tickets, as long as you are just running sensible or with the pack. You drive twice the limit you are still gonna get popped. They really help in speed trap areas where they light up when the cop is ranging cars in front of you and you can knock the throttle. That is where it has saved me more, those quick 55 to 35 changes that they set up to raise local funds. |
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So what's the point of GPS enabled Radar detectors. They don't have a map to show where the return is coming from. What do they provide? they link with other gps radar detectors to share data about "hot spots" So are there enough on the road to justify them? Huh? The GPS-enabled ones allow you to ignore stationary false alarms. If you have a Wal-Mart, Walgreens, airport, etc. that transmits a continuous frequency that's within the detection band of the detector, you can "mark" that location by mashing the button. The GPS will identify that location and won't alert, because it "knows" the signal has been identified and deemed not a threat. They can't "talk" to each other because they don't transmit anything. They receive and identify Doppler and laser transmissions. Basically, the GPS function simply reduces false alarms. You can buy a couple devices (black Market) that will transmit signals (jammers), but you'll be going to jail if you get caught, and they're very easy to detect. As far as detectors, fuck Escort (Passport). I had two 8500 X50's, and both of them lasted less than a year. They would fail the self-calibration test, and you had to send them back to Escort to have them "fixed" for $60 to $90 bucks, then would last another month or two before they went into "fail" mode again. I had one I sent back three times. They also have a habit of failing during use (not when powered-up) and they just sit there with no indication that they're dead. All the lights light, no message, nothing until you drive past a known false alert location (usually door openers) and nothing happens. The fucker hasn't been detecting SHIT. I finally chucked the second one out the window ($350.00) because I had had it with these POS. Look on some of the radar detector forums and see all the people that had them take a dump. For 3-4 hundred bucks, the fucker better work longer than a few months. Buy a Valentine 1 and don't look back. They're not as fancy as the Escorts, but they give you arrows to identify the threat location, bogey counters and a cool remote display option. V1 will let you send it back to thm for FREE software upgrades for life when they come out. One word of advice, though. Don't buy a Valentine 1 from anybody but the factory (on-line purchase). If you buy one from a retailer, they WILL NOT support or warrant it, because they don't sell them through retailers. Some retailers buy and stock them on their own, but V1 frowns on that. Just order it on-line. It's the ONLY serious detector that works and doesn't break. I could tell you how to beat SOME radar/laser tickets, but that's a whole different thread. |
| Oh, I'm from NC, and when I go through Virginia, I'm the guy in the big Dodge Cummins with the two hats on his dash and the little black box between them. Never got me yet. Nothing like outlawing a electronic device because it takes away the non voluntary tax on vehicles. Surprised that Obama hasn't tried to do it nationwide yet. |
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this thread will go like this: blah blah blah blah Valentine One blah blah don't speed and you won't need one blah blah Valentine One blah blah blah blah don't speed and you won't need one QFT. Passport 8500 here. Zero problems and many saves. $300 at Best Buy or just about anywhere else. Several of the radar test sites put the top two Escort models higher than the Vagina One. Research them at the usual sites. You can't go wrong with just about any of the top 3-5 picks. Unless you drive a Veyron like you're out of cigarettes you will be fine. |
| I hace the older 8500 and it has saved me numerious times will it save from a cop who flips it on soon as you pass no none of them will. Cops drive around all the time with the radar on so you will know they are there and specially at night when you cant see that far ahead. I will buy the newer version 8500x50 which detects from even longer ranges. Deffinatly buy a quality one the cheap ones are worthless. |
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So what's the point of GPS enabled Radar detectors. They don't have a map to show where the return is coming from. What do they provide? they link with other gps radar detectors to share data about "hot spots" So are there enough on the road to justify them? Huh? The GPS-enabled ones allow you to ignore stationary false alarms. If you have a Wal-Mart, Walgreens, airport, etc. that transmits a continuous frequency that's within the detection band of the detector, you can "mark" that location by mashing the button. The GPS will identify that location and won't alert, because it "knows" the signal has been identified and deemed not a threat. They can't "talk" to each other because they don't transmit anything. They receive and identify Doppler and laser transmissions. Basically, the GPS function simply reduces false alarms. You can buy a couple devices (black Market) that will transmit signals (jammers), but you'll be going to jail if you get caught, and they're very easy to detect. Got it. That makes more sense. Because of the other post, I thought that they communicated with each other. |
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I have an old stepped-on, fucked-over Uniden radar/laser detector that's literally duct taped to my windshield. It's fifteen years old if it's a day.
But it saved my ass yet again a couple weeks ago on the way to work. When I heard that thing BLOOP, I couldn't see any obvious speedtraps, but I slowed down anyway. The tone it makes when it sees a laser is distinctive, and I know better than to ignore it like I sometimes do for the radar tone. Sure enough, some cops were out of their cars with a handheld laser right where the speed limit throttles down to 40 MPH. |
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k40 FTW. built into the dash. http://k40.com/home_main.html laser jammer http://k40.com/defu_main.html will pay any ticket you get for the first year too http://k40.com/unde_guar.html |
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Haven't fooled with them in years. They will just get you more tickets. Use your head; mainly eyesight and wisdom. But the easiest thing to do is not speed. A few minutes just ain't worth dealing with a speeding ticket IMHO. The wise cops only turn on for cars they know are going way too fast. In that case the radar detector only tells you that you just got nailed. This. |
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I travel about 50K miles a year for work and will not drive anywhere without a radar detector now.
You'll detect the lazy cops that just sit with the radar on all day. You'll also detect the smart cops that hit oncoming cars then turn the radar off, but you'll just get a brief signal then it will go dead. If you're the only vehicle on the road though you'll be screwed. Using a radar detector is: 80% knowing how to read the signals 20% the quality of the radar detector itself. It's saved me more times than I've been caught. Laser is a bitch though, because if the laser detection goes off then it's just letting you know the cop has already gotten your speed. You can use a laser jammer though legally 
Edit: Oh, and I have a Valentine 1. I used to have an Escort Passport 8500 X50, but the Valentine is a much better detector. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Anyone here use these? How exactly do they work? What is the best model? Tips suggestions etc would be appreciated. They will do very little. Most cops don't use radar. They use a lazer. So unless you get a lazer detector.... Recently I have driven from VA to TX to NM to MN and all in between. I have seen exactly one cop using laser. Everything else is K or KA. I personally use a Beltronics STI and has easily paid for itself many times over. |