08-13-2015, 03:37 PM
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Master Brewer
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Northern Ohio
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Radar Detectors
Who uses one and which brand did you purchase? I just clunked down a few hundred dead presidents to keep me in the know. Ended up with an Escort 8500 X50. Interested to hear what others use and how well it works.
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08-13-2015, 03:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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escort 9500i Love the firmware updates escort i think is the best 
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08-13-2015, 04:09 PM
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Rookie
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Portland Oregon
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Valentine One is on the to-get list, currently using a pos cobra that usually gets shut off.
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08-13-2015, 04:34 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeA
Valentine One is on the to-get list, currently using a pos cobra that usually gets shut off.
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don't you have to send them back to get them upgraded though?
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08-13-2015, 05:12 PM
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Rookie
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Portland Oregon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fintro11
don't you have to send them back to get them upgraded though?
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Yep and its not free, its $45. Its also one of the most expensive detectors on the market. Thats the price you pay for owning, IMO, the best on the market. The Escort Redline is supposed to rival the Valentine but lacks the directional indicators found on the Valentine....
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Last edited by TypeA; 08-13-2015 at 05:20 PM.
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08-13-2015, 05:41 PM
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Custom User Title Here
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ft. Leonard Wood
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I just obey the speed limits...usually...sometimes...ok, maybe I need a radar detector 
Seriously. Obey the speed limit.
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Last edited by particlewave; 08-14-2015 at 12:06 AM.
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08-13-2015, 05:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Agoura Hills (LA) So.Cal.
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Have had a Valentine One for several years. I only use it on road trips. It is very good. However, many law enforcement agencies are going to lasers. Get hit with one of those and you're done for.
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08-13-2015, 08:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA
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I have the battery powered Escort Solo ... very convenient. Fits in map pocket of my motorcycle tank bag and I can Bluetooth via the earphone jack and a Sena unit to my helmet.
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08-13-2015, 09:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Winnipeg MB
Posts: 2,485
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They aren't legal here so something with anti-radar-detector-detector technology is needed if I was going to use one.
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08-13-2015, 09:30 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Boise, ID
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I bought an '01 S that came with a hardwired V1. If I were to purchase one, however.....it'd be a V1. I've personally seen the bogey counter save my buddy a ticket (the motorcycle officer was parked beneath a bridge that always gives a false positive, so when we saw the bogey counter hit 2, that was abnormal) and the arrows are another great feature.
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08-13-2015, 11:34 PM
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Rennzenn
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,369
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Not quite a radar detector, but I use the app Waze. Here in VA, detectors are illegal. In about 8 months using Waze on the highway, I have not passed a cop w/ radar that I did not already know about.
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08-13-2015, 11:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Bay Area, CA
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1998 Boxster Base here with an Escort Solo S3 suspended by a BlendMount mounting system from the rear view mirror. Works well, looks good.
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08-14-2015, 02:44 AM
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Luckyed
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Florida
Posts: 253
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Escort 9500i
I like the fact that the GPS feature can store false alarm spots.
Typically, if it goes off.....there is a cop somewhere nearby.
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08-14-2015, 04:44 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Houston, Texas
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One more vote for the Valentine 1. The fact that I can send it back for a hardware upgrade to the latest protection and the fact that it has those arrows and a bogey counter is why I keep it.
If you use a detector for your commute and you have annoying false readings here and there, another detector with GPS may be your best bet. I battle false alarms by programming the V1 to turn off X band because it's only used in Ohio from what I've read and it's frequently used in automatic doors at Walmart, etc.. I just hope X band hasn't made a comeback!
The new laser technology built into high end cars for adaptive cruise control sets off my V1 now... as this becomes a mainstream feature in automobiles I have no idea what I'm going to do.
And oddly enough, I don't speed in the boxster. However, I tend to push it in the F150 way beyond the speed limit!
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08-14-2015, 05:05 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: It's a kind of magic.....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour
One more vote for the Valentine 1. The fact that I can send it back for a hardware upgrade to the latest protection and the fact that it has those arrows and a bogey counter is why I keep it.
If you use a detector for your commute and you have annoying false readings here and there, another detector with GPS may be your best bet. I battle false alarms by programming the V1 to turn off X band because it's only used in Ohio from what I've read and it's frequently used in automatic doors at Walmart, etc.. I just hope X band hasn't made a comeback!
The new laser technology built into high end cars for adaptive cruise control sets off my V1 now... as this becomes a mainstream feature in automobiles I have no idea what I'm going to do.
And oddly enough, I don't speed in the boxster. However, I tend to push it in the F150 way beyond the speed limit!
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Get their latest firmware update, it dramatically reduces the false alarms from adaptive cruise and lane change warning systems. Before that update, I would get inundated with false alerts, and now get none. Their app for the iPhone is pretty slick as well, visually telling you which alerts are real and which ones are something else..
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08-14-2015, 06:02 AM
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Artist, 986S tinkerer
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 1,821
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+1 for Waze. It's free, it's legal, and it's quite effective. Long live crowd sourcing!
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08-14-2015, 08:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Houston, Texas
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Thanks JFP!!!!
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08-14-2015, 08:35 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: It's a kind of magic.....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour
Thanks JFP!!!!
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Anytime. I often drive around the DC area, where traffic is always very heavy even late at night, and the false alarms from cruise control and lane assist radars meant you got to listen to the V1 pretty much from Baltimore until Richmond. Now, it rarely makes a peep on the same drive. Major improvement.
The iPhone or Android phone app shows narrow boxes which represent the exact frequencies police radar have to be on (law requires that they are tested and certified to be on those frequencies), so if the arrow appears "outside the box", the signal is not from law enforcement radar. Neat tool.
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Last edited by JFP in PA; 08-14-2015 at 08:45 AM.
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08-14-2015, 08:36 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 360
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I've owned an Escort Passport, loved it. Lasted a good amount of time and even saved my butt once from laser. I think I got lucky with that one though.
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08-14-2015, 08:56 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Eastern NC
Posts: 701
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My car came with a remotely installed radar detector. I haven't a clue about what model. It does go off constantly for the drive systems on other car. I should dig up some info and see it it could be upgraded.
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