What are some recs on Radar detectors? I kow several guys like the Viper, but several reveiws give it a thumbs down as compared to the Escort. They say the Viper is sh!t when it comes to POP radar guns.
So what say you?
Rocks
What are some recs on Radar detectors? I kow several guys like the Viper, but several reveiws give it a thumbs down as compared to the Escort. They say the Viper is sh!t when it comes to POP radar guns.
So what say you?
Rocks
V1 all the way!
Uncle Rocks,
There's no arguing. http://www.valentine1.com/
Definitely worth the cash. Saved my brisket more than once.
Ronald
Valentine 1 all the way. Mine saved me from one of TX finest hiding under a bridge with a laser yesterday on I-45 near Hunstsville. It picked up the shot on the guy in front of me in plenty of time for me to test the ABS.
V1 hardwired.
Another vote for the V1
--wes
Yup, I guess I should have taken that job with Mike Valentine. I still have my Escort briefcase that he gave me on my interview trip.
LOL.............above I said Viper...I meant V-1. The valentine get's skunked in every independent test by the top escort. This is what I don't understand. Why all the test show the V1 to be below the escort...but fellers around here claim it is the stuff. Could it be that they are both good, with the escort being just a tad better?
Oh by the way.....Valetine will only pick up on laser if the cop happens to aim it at your window...which they don't do very often. The only other way it detected it is if the guy right in front of you got checked. So if your out there on your own....you be caught if it is laser. The only defense against laser is a jammer like the M20 or M40 that Terry likes to install.
Can I get some of you fellers to go to this link and maybe give your thoughts on the testing? There are a few others and they all give the Escort better marks...
http://www.speedzones.com/
First off, if those "tests" were done by Petersen (I think) publishing, or that "writer" who always seems to have "data" that shows the V1 as being the worst, you might as well wipe yer ass with the pages, because ALL of those tests are skewed to favor ANYTHING but the Valentine (I think the guy hates Mike Valentine for some reason).Originally Posted by 03LightningRocks
LOL.............above I said Viper...I meant V-1. The valentine get's skunked in every independent test by the top escort. This is what I don't understand. Why all the test show the V1 to be below the escort...but fellers around here claim it is the stuff. Could it be that they are both good, with the escort being just a tad better?
Oh by the way.....Valetine will only pick up on laser if the cop happens to aim it at your window...which they don't do very often. The only other way it detected it is if the guy right in front of you got checked. So if your out there on your own....you be caught if it is laser. The only defense against laser is a jammer like the M20 or M40 that Terry likes to install.
Can I get some of you fellers to go to this link and maybe give your thoughts on the testing? There are a few others and they all give the Escort better marks...
http://www.speedzones.com/
Second off, the V1 is the best detector, hands-down. I was going to lunch with one of my former coworkers, and we had his Escort on the dash, to see how it fared against my V1, and the V1 went off before we saw the cop (over the hill on MArsh in Addison), and the Escrot didn't go off 'til after the cop passed.
As for laser: best place to read up on how it works, is the V1 site, they have an excellent explanation of how they work, and how the V1 works against them. I"ve had what happend to Wht95Lightning happen to me, and I caought them befoer I got hit by scatter alone--the range isn't near what it is with traditional microwave bands, but there's still enough warning if you're lucky, and if now, you just hammer the brakes and hope for a lesser ticket (true for all detectors).
I've had my V1 for 4 years now, and I've saved well above the cost of the detector, and it doesn't have POP detection. Alot of detection isn't just how well the dtector picks up signals, but in how you interpret them. And, for my money, the V1 does the best, period. If you want more :ron:s, let me know, I've got some doozies.
Good luck
All of these rags can't be in some kind of conspiracy against V1. Like I said in my other post...it isn't just that one rating...it is all but one.
Check it out........http://www.escortradar.com/reviews.htm
If that one guy (damned if I can rememebr his name) is involved in any of these, it's a vendetta. Strip his opinions out, and things change drastically.
Go ahead and get the Escort... just make sure you're not leading any high-speed convoys...
I don't do convoys.
If that one guy (damned if I can rememebr his name) is involved in any of these, it's a vendetta. Strip his opinions out, and things change drastically.
Go ahead and get the Escort... just make sure you're not leading any high-speed convoys...
Really Tex, I don't buy the theory that this one guy has made it his mission to screw V1. What's more, I don't beleive he has the pull to fake results all over the country. The picture is really not that bad anyway. If you read the ratings, you will find that they are all within pubey hairs of each other. One issue that had V1 in the shitter(pop mode), seems V1 has that now.
I think these two detectors are the same.....user options is all that differenciates them from each other. Now cost is an issue, with the V1 being 100 bucks more. But V1 seems to have upgrade abilites....and I don't see this option with Escort.
Rocks
I have an Escort that I'll sell cheap if you want it. I have not used it since I got my V1.
I have an escort, I've been very happy with it. However, I believe that my next one will be a V1 just because my escort doesn't have rear and side sensing. Me and one of my buddies also did a test with his V1 and my Escort side by side on a 800 mile trip. The V1 was a little more sensitive and would give a little more time before we saw the officer, however it also triggered several dozen false alarms where my Escort did not.
Wanna try out my V1 next week? (with POP protection)What are some recs on Radar detectors? I kow several guys like the Viper, but several reveiws give it a thumbs down as compared to the Escort. They say the Viper is sh!t when it comes to POP radar guns.
So what say you?
Rocks
Try it for yourself before you decide...lemme know...i'll drop it by your office Monday and pick it up the following Friday
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