My V1 saved my butt today

[Chills]

I have been thinking about buying one, but I read a review today saying the Beltronics RX65 is much better.

Thoughts anyone??

[Perfectlap]

had a trooper following me for about five minutes yesterday but it felt like an hour.
and just like clockwork my V1 arrows pointed sideways when he jumped into the passing lane to go hunt down someone else. This is when its time to exhale..gotta love the V1 arrows.
The five-o should ONLY be driving in the fast lane and clearing the lane of the slow pokes.

unrelated, but does this happen to you? Every time I get stopped no matter what the situation, there is ALWAYS a comment about "the fancy car". I'm thinking it irsk allot of them to see a Pcar not being driven by an old rich guy.

[Bavarian Motorist]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

had a trooper following me for about five minutes yesterday but it felt like an hour.
and just like clockwork my V1 arrows pointed sideways when he jumped into the passing lane to go hunt down someone else. This is when its time to exhale..gotta love the V1 arrows.
The five-o should ONLY be driving in the fast lane and clearing the lane of the slow pokes.

unrelated, but does this happen to you? Every time I get stopped no matter what the situation, there is ALWAYS a comment about "the fancy car". I'm thinking it irsk allot of them to see a Pcar not being driven by an old rich guy.

Happens to me...


"This your car?"


"This how you wanna be driving daddy's car?"


Mind you, they don't even know whose car it is. For all they know my dad could be dead and I could be an orphan desperately searching for a home and sense of purpose.


Only been stopped once, though



So I am now very inclined to buy a V1...anyone else wanna tell me how good/bad theirs is?

[2000SoCalBoxsterS]

Originally Posted by Chills

I have been thinking about buying one, but I read a review today saying the Beltronics RX65 is much better.

Thoughts anyone??

Yes and No. Depends on what band you are talking about. On K and X the Bel and V1 have the same forward warning range and on Ka the Bel is marginally better. But the V1 is the best for a rear attack and has the directional arrows which I never really could fully appreciate until today. I would strongly recommend that you go to the V1 website and read the section called "Moments" it has customer testimonials that describe how the arrows made all the difference. You really need to read a bunch of them to understand. It is what clinched it for me and I bought the V1.

P.S. for guys who live in N.J. apparently X band is the standard as there is a State contract with a radar gun company. I was getting zapped by Ka from behind on my run this morning.

[RandallNeighbour]

Another two benefits of the V1 is that it is upgradeable (read no new detectors in your future) and you can program it. I programmed it to disable reading X band altogether because where I drive, X band is only used on electronic door openers at KMart and Target and the like. So my V1 is quiet as a church mouse unless it's a newer store like Bed Bath and Beyond... and the arrows help distinguish that.

V1 all the way, baby!

[RaDaRkInG]

The Valentine One is the most sensitive radar/laser detector in the world.

All of the top radar detectors were tested in a lab, the higher the number the better it is at detecting radar.

Radar detector jammer forum: View topic - Mike B's Sensitity Testing Part II HERE!






If you want the best radar/laser detector, get a Valentine One.

http://www.guysoflidar.com/march-2007/radar-detector-test.html

Spreadsheet of the radar/laser detector results:

http://home.comcast.net/~ccaeric6/GOL_averages_MB5.htm


If you want the best laser jammer, get the AL, LPP, or the soon to be released in the U.S. Laser Interceptor.

http://www.guysoflidar.com/march-2007/laser-jammer-test.html

AL:

http://www.antilaser.info/


LPP:

http://www.laserprotector.us/


Laser Interceptor:

http://www.laser-interceptor.com/index.html[/QUOTE]

[pierre shags]

Wouldn't you have slowed down from a strong reading even without knowng where it was coming from?

[2000SoCalBoxsterS]

Originally Posted by pierre shags

Wouldn't you have slowed down from a strong reading even without knowng where it was coming from?

Yes. But there is definitely an amount of extra comfort knowing what direction it is coming from.

Also, the Bogey counter is great. A LEO could be positioned near a known false alarm area. Normally the driver knowing he gets a false at that spot might ignore his detector. But with the V1 the Bogey counter would should 2 radar sources and the bands they are on and their directions letting you know that this time there is something else there. The V1 even prioritizes the threats by having the arrow for the bogey with the greatest threat blinking.

[porsche986spyder]

So what's the price of one of these V1? I have the Belltronics and am very happy. I heard the V1 was very expensive.