Which radar detector is the best

[94BlkMaro]

I amlooking for a good detector I am planning a trip to Florida and am in need of good radar, so if you have any ideas letme know. [img]graemlins/burnout.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/bowdown.gif[/img]

[Ian]

this has been gone over before, try searching...

but, you heard it from me. the ONLY detector that i would actually trust speeding with and actually trust to save me would be the Valentine 1. They are still like $380-$400, even on ebay. And if that tells you anything, if a product sucks, its price drops way down on ebay. This product does not suck.

in fact, i saw a VW GTI that had one today on my way home from school, and followed him doing 85-90 for about 100 miles. the one cop it picked up was on the other side of the road, and we had about 1/3 of a mile warning, and he was around a corner also.

the thing is plain sick. but you have to ask yourself this: "damn $400 is a lot to spend. but after the $130 ticket, and the insurance raise, wont it pay for itself if it saves me just once?"

[Camaro_SLP]

Valentine One.

And also get the concealed unit, so people like Ian can't mooch off of yours. [img]graemlins/dunce.gif[/img]

[Big Tymer]

I have the Valentine one. by far the best investment i have ever made... Had it for a year, never ogtten a ticket and I speed everywhere cept in school zones........ Try to pass me up in a school zone and il cut your @ss off and make you rearend me, I get soooo pist when people speed in them.

[vanquenton]

Is the V1 invisible to radar detector detectors?

[Loochy88]

www.detectortest.com

[Ian]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by vanquenton:
Is the V1 invisible to radar detector detectors?<hr></blockquote>

yes. oh yea, despite some of the things you may read on detetortest.com, the valentine is the absolute best.


i dont really care what their "test course" results were, ive seen the V1 in action on the road, and it friggin rocks.

[TheRealWave]

400$? you could get like 4 tickets for the price of that detector.

Big Tymer, I have no radar detector and havnt gotten a ticket in 2 years. I speed al the time too, whats your point?

[LD]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by TheRealWave:

Big Tymer, I have no radar detector and havnt gotten a ticket in 2 years. I speed al the time too, whats your point?<hr></blockquote>

ditto
85-110 mph 120 miles 3 times a week for a year and a half
and my eyes (the only cop detector I use) were free

[Camaro_SLP]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by TheRealWave:
Big Tymer, I have no radar detector and havnt gotten a ticket in 2 years. I speed al the time too, whats your point?<hr></blockquote>

His point is Valentine One saved his *** for two years..

What kind of dumb question is that..

[TheRealWave]

How do you know the radar detector is what "saved his *** " when 2 people posting here have had the same result without a detector?

I make eye contact with cops when I pass them 20mph over the limit. They just dont come after me and I have no idea why but its not cause I have a radar detector.

Anyways my point was originally that it may be cheaper in the long run to not buy a radar detector.

[Ian]

1 speeding ticket in PA is like $105-150 bucks. Your insurance will probably go up $250 a year if not more, esp for your first ticket.


right there, if the V1 saves you once, its paid for itself.

[Loochy88]

i bought a cheap cobra. its saved me many a time. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[Tobes]

I've got a Bel-140; excellent machine. I'm sure the V1 is better but, mine only cost $150 and it picks up cops over hills, around corners and behind me pretty well.

[mjparme]

Every review I have ever seen says the Escort Passport 8500 blows the Valentine One out of the water. It is also about $100 dollars cheaper.

Don't let those people that have been sucked into the V1 cult convince you otherwise [img]smile.gif[/img] The Escort Passport 8500 is the best radar detector out there.

[ December 24, 2003: Message edited by: mjparme ]</p>