Best Radar Detector Poll

[Cecil Suzuki]

What kind of detector do you have now?
Did you find something comparable to V and Passport?

Cecil Suzuki
Burbank Boxsterer

[tonyg]

K40 - I've had 'em all and this is the best yet. A little pricey but worth it.

[wvicary]

My friend has the Valentine and likes it very much. I really could care less about the arrows..... if it goes off I hammer on the brakes, I don't care if it's in front, to the side or behind me- I slow down no matter what. Where I live they used nothing but Ka band or laser.... lots of laser and my Bell picks up signals a fraction of a second before my friends valintine when we did a little test in his car. The bell is also upgradeable and can pick up other warning systems aswell. I thought about the 8500 but a fellow I know has one and it has broken down several times over the year he's owned it, maybe he just got a lemon. Just my two cents worth but I just never got what everybody sees in the arrows.

[deliriousga]

Valentine V1.

[Perfectlap]

V1.
The arrows are indespensible. Makes the driving experience much less agitating when you know you've passed the threat.

Interesting story:
not so long ago the laser warning went off but luckily I was travelling just at the speed limit. I looked in the mirror and I could see a large crown vic type car 5 cars behind. Then the laser went off a second time. Yep Porsche profiling! I was surrounded by Hondas and Nissans etc. This went on for about five minutes until
I saw the cop accellerate and zip past me. I guess he figured out his cover was blown. A half mile down the road and He's pulling over BMW.

The V1 has consistently tested as the best performer at picking up laser from a trailing vehicle, which is much harder than a stationary laser.

The remote readout also eliminates tail gaters and doesn't attract attention from
cops parked on the side of the road waiting for a target.

[JackG]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

not so long ago the laser warning went off but luckily I was travelling just at the speed limit. I looked in the mirror and I could see a large crown vic type car 5 cars behind. Then the laser went off a second time. Yep Porsche profiling! I was surrounded by Hondas and Nissans etc. This went on for about five minutes until
I saw the cop accellerate and zip past me.

How is that happening? I've always understood that laser had to be used from a stationary position, since it must be aimed accurately at the target, and it can't be used through glass, so a driver couldn't aim at a car in front and drive at the same time?

[Perfectlap]

no laser can be fired from a moving vehicle. The cop that was following me didn't trip the K or Ka band on my V1, only the laser. And he pulled over the other car after trailing him and not from a sneaky hideout behind a tree.
What impressed me was that detectors will only pick up laser if its pointed directly at the detector. And my V1 picked it up twice.

I think if I'm not mistaken that K and Ka radar guns have to be fired from stationary points (by law in some states). I was told that if you were pulled over to ask to see the the laser gun readout and that the officer was obligated to show it to you. They don't tell you that you have this right apparently.

The V1 was the only detector to pick up laser from a pursuing vehicle in one of the recent evaluations (posted on this forum). Laser certainly travels through glass, isn't that how my EZ-Pass for tolls works?
My understanding is that radars are only illegal in Virginia and Canada.

[Frank]

Do you know if they are legal in NJ?I see people with thembut someone told me they are illegal??