mo_dingo said:Here is the link to a shootout of different laser detectors/jammers. They show how some can cost a lot of money but produce absolutely no results. Then some produce exactly what they are supposed to do.
http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleid=8502
At the bottom of the article click on "view test results". That will show you exact distances at which the different detectors jammed the laser guns. This guide only tested the laser portion of the detectors.
Here is a link which compares a vast amount of radar/laser detectors.
http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleID=1024
This will also show you how each detector compares to each other. Look at the valentine-1. It has a terrible rating for false alarms!!! Who wants that???
In mischief 3000 dado and dustin didnt get a ticket until they were in cali. That shows something right??gcomfx.com said:The Mischief DVDs are sweet! I just bought Destroy last w/e actually. Most of the runners are millionaires with nothing better to do. One thing to note... they have EVERY gizmo there is Valentine, jammers, you name it.... but please note they STILL get tickets. In a pack or not, with walkie talkies or not.
Im waiting on that one too. If i didnt have to worry about my car breaking down or getting tickets or the 10,000 entry fee i would go.94_302 said:I agree with laser jammers and a V-1 remember nothing will gurantee that you wont get a ticket. Has the new gumball come out I dwl the NY-La I want to see the LA to Miami
rudeone707 said:In mischief 3000 dado and dustin didnt get a ticket until they were in cali. That shows something right??
viperos said:what is a good radar/laser detector out there that will warn me on the freeway (or on the road) of speed traps? for the most part, I drive the speed limit, but those traps I always worry about...
2L8ULUZ2 said:Well let me apply my expertise in this one. No radar detector works as it advertises. We have remotes on our radars that keep them off until we see the car and can activate the radar and lock your speed usually before your detector will pick it up and even if it does it's just going to tell you that you need to pull over and get out your license. The jammers and laser diffusers will disrupt them and make them show 00 which is going to let me know that you are jamming me and you are still going to get stopped. A lot of states are now using speed computers such as vascar to get your speed and it uses no radar signal at all so you are never going to know that they are using it. The only time that a officer will leave his radar in the On mode where it is emitting a constant signal that a detector will pick up is when he really does not want to write a ticket and is just doing it to get everyone that has a detector to slow down. So I would save my money and buy something that will make the car faster and now waste your money on false promises that radar companies make. Sure they will pay a ticket if you get one but that is only a couple hundred bucks. Call them up and ask if you get a ticket if they will pay your insurance as well for the nest three years and see what they say.
90mustangGT said:I used to have a radar detector. The Escort Passport can't remember the number. I drove a Ford Escort LX auto, got more tickets than I could count. Radar detector's do what was said before, tell you when to pull over. Now I drive what's in my signature below and haven't gotten a ticket in 4 years. I feel this is because a) grew more mature b) slowed down about 5mph c) I know when to get on it and when to let off d) don't rely on the radar detector. I feel radar detector's are a false sence of security that will get you a ticket because you will rely on it instead of your senses and common sence. I also feel when an officer sees a radar detector on your windshield, it shows a sign of guilt. It's like going "you can't catch me" with your toung sticking out at him/her. Just my two cents.
For long trips your better off with a CB or even a scanner.
mo_dingo said:Here is the link to a shootout of different laser detectors/jammers. They show how some can cost a lot of money but produce absolutely no results. Then some produce exactly what they are supposed to do.
http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleid=8502
At the bottom of the article click on "view test results". That will show you exact distances at which the different detectors jammed the laser guns. This guide only tested the laser portion of the detectors.
Here is a link which compares a vast amount of radar/laser detectors.
http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleID=1024
This will also show you how each detector compares to each other. Look at the valentine-1. It has a terrible rating for false alarms!!! Who wants that???
My vote is for the escort passport 8500 or one of the BEL detectors. I do like the BEL lineup because you can get a great selection of audio/visual features whereas the escort has what it has.
Scott
sc302 said:Valentine 1 is the best however they will only let you know when you are caught so my point is why bother. With police using instant on if you are the only one speeding you are caught. If you want to "keep up with the flow of traffic" then don't be the last one in the line. And my last bit of advice if you catch yourself speeding use your cruise control to stay at a decent speed.
mo_dingo said:The one thing I have heard about the valentine 1 is that it sets off way too many false alarms. If any of you have it, let me know. I know it works, but if it beeps all the damn time, then I don't want it.
gcomfx.com said:I'm not ready to drop $300-$400 on a detector, even IF I could have a chance to regain the money later. (I'm NEVER that lucky.)
gcomfx.com said:However, I did jump on a reburb on ebay. I got the most recent model of Cobra with a compass (which I wanted) for like $50 a couple of years ago. It worked great... but as with any other techo gizmo became more and more outdated.
I scored pretty good with my Cobra though. What was great was the fact that I parked in front of the satellite dish at work once. The company spent a WHOLE day trying to figure out why they lost their signal. (turned out my detector had a built in feature that jammed the signal some police use to see if you have a detector) When we discovered that we could shield the company dish from one direction "immediate" blame was cast on a local cell phone tower that had JUST been recently activated. Our company actually got the tower phases turned off in cycles for testing, AND they scheduled to COMPLETELY turn off the new tower for a period of 20 minutes that night.
A co-worker of mine was smoking in the parking lot looking the situation over and was standing between the dish and the cell phone tower. Since it was now dark, he noticed something "lit" up in my car. It was my radar detector! We unplugged it and BAM the dish worked again!
After a lot of cussing and what not, I called Cobra the next day. They said I must have gotten one that was bad. Without any hesitation, they had me mail it back to them... they sent me the latest and greatest model for free 3 days later.
Personally I find that a LOT of cops in my area leave their guns on constantly. Especially the troopers. I've had my detector save my butt many times... but I've also topped a hill to learn that I was going to get pulled over. Sometimes a warning is too late.
While there is no substitution for not speeding, I'll never own a fast car without a detector of some kind.
hankd said:LOL...yep, POS detectors "leak"...or emit...V1's and other quality units don't. Cobras are junk...
gcomfx.com said:Um, actually I was informed the reason that it "leaked" was because of the date the government changed the requirements for building and selling them. Mine was older and made BEFORE the date. My new one is awesome and doesn't "leak" (ie. doesn't block the sat dish at work). Also mind you I bought the first one off ebay for like $50 - new they were $180+ So I'm betting it was either stolen or a reburb - probably a reburb that didn't pass the tests after the date.
Saying that something half the price of something else is "junk" is kind of a poor comment. To get this back to Mustang related topics...
Vipers are cars, mustangs are cars. I'll bet you most Viper owners will say that Mustangs are "junk" too. But WE all know that is not true!
gcomfx.com said:I spent $50 on mine, it doesn't set off other detectors.... and it was well worth it. End of story.
KingDiamond said:Maybe it's just a problem with cobra's... my Whistler always goes off when it goes near my friend's Cobra radar detector.
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