OT: whats the best RADAR DETECTOR???????

 

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Username: Tkilla

BastropUsa

Post Number: 4
Registered: Feb-08
well been havin trouble with cops lately for my system and speedin n what not whats a good radar detector for not that much money?????????????????????????????????????
 

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Username: Adddisorder

Palm Beach, Florida

Post Number: 5889
Registered: Jan-06
you want the best then for not much money.

personally just dont speed its that simple.

valentines are supposed to be good.
 

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Username: Gavbo211

JL Audio 10w3v2, IL US

Post Number: 811
Registered: Jan-05
The best radar detector for not much money? none.

If you want a detector that will be worth your money save a little and look into:

Valentine One
Escort 8500
Escort 9500i

cheap detectors usually just don't get the job done.
 

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Username: Big_edge_head

Milwaukee, Wisconsin IF IT DOESNT...

Post Number: 1353
Registered: Mar-07
I've been thru three different radar detectors. all they do is make me frusterated. Like when i see a cop and it doesnt do anything. Everyone that i bought i returned it a few days later, dissapointed.
 

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Username: Jnoel

AIM= j69noel, KY

Post Number: 947
Registered: May-07
big edge head- i think they only work if the cop has his radar activated.......if it's turned off it's not visiable to a detector......
 

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Username: Ctmike

Ct.

Post Number: 5802
Registered: Feb-06
there useless imo. damn near every cop uses laser, and by the time the detector goes off, if the cop lasered your car, it's to late. best thing to do is slow down.
 

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Username: Jtown

Team Revolution, Texas

Post Number: 1954
Registered: Mar-07
some cops have radar detector detector/jammers.....meaning their sh!t won't show up on most consumer radar detectors.
 

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Username: Wingmanalive

A pic is worth 1000 posts!!

Post Number: 13103
Registered: Jun-06
Don't they also have consumer radar jammers? Meaning it jams the cop's radar signal?


Either way, if you zoom past a cop and his gun doesn't work he pulls you over anyway.
 

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Username: Gavbo211

JL Audio 10w3v2, IL US

Post Number: 812
Registered: Jan-05
they're more effective than people give them credit for. a lot depends on where you live. i live in a small town that has lots of near by highways. the cops there don't have all the new technology, and my detector has saved me more times than i can imagine.

now somewhere where cops have bigger budgets and more technology you might have problems.

for me, it's been a very worthy investment.
 

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Username: Jtown

Team Revolution, Texas

Post Number: 1955
Registered: Mar-07
what kind of car do you have? what state?

you can get a fuzz buster, if it's not illegal where you live. they're legal in Texas:-)
 

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Username: Marcooo

Post Number: 334
Registered: Mar-07
They're legal in all commercial vechiles in all states and I think DC. Not legal for most/all truck drivers, etc. I believe. But this isn't Canada so it's legal in any commercial vechile lol.
There was an argument on this before and I looked it up online and in my Cobra manual. Yea Cobra's not that great, but I got one of there mid-higher units for $15
 

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Username: Gavbo211

JL Audio 10w3v2, IL US

Post Number: 813
Registered: Jan-05
they're not legal in IL, but the cops never say anything.

The only time i've ever gotten pulled over with mine the cop was just like "aren't those supposed to stop this from happening" and then laughed at me.. and only gave me a warning
 

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Username: Skibum12189

Cleveland

Post Number: 2561
Registered: Mar-06
valentine one is the best period.

although i'd wait for them to match the escort 9500's gps technology which is pretty cool...

i'd just slow down...
 

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Username: Snarl2004

Digital Design 9515, Massive Audi...

Post Number: 2053
Registered: Dec-06
I have a Escort 8500 x50. I have picked up cops over 3/4 of a mile away on straight aways with cars in between. i pick up cops around corners too. If there radar isn't on the detector wont go off. If you are gunna get a rador detector save up and get the:

Bel rx65
Escort 8500 x50
Valentine One

the valentine is the best you can get but i think the 8500 is more then enough i have it and love it. the rx65 and the 8500 x50 are about the same. i got mine on ebay for 220 shipped

plus i like to speed...alot. this has saved me numerous times highly reccomended
 

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Username: Snarl2004

Digital Design 9515, Massive Audi...

Post Number: 2055
Registered: Dec-06
o and btw escort has a 9500i. dont get i. its basicly the 8500 x50 with gps. its a huge waste of money. the idea behind it is sometimes you get false warnings from buildings etc so you mark the spots then this detector knows not to go off but if theres a cop in that same spot you blocked it wont go off. So if your gunna go with escort get the 8500 x50 not the 9500i
 

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Username: Big_edge_head

Milwaukee, Wisconsin IF IT DOESNT...

Post Number: 1362
Registered: Mar-07
"big edge head- i think they only work if the cop has his radar activated.......if it's turned off it's not visiable to a detector......"


Thats why i dont like em lol
 

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Username: Skibum12189

Cleveland

Post Number: 2566
Registered: Mar-06
o and btw escort has a 9500i. dont get i. its "basicly the 8500 x50 with gps. its a huge waste of money. the idea behind it is sometimes you get false warnings from buildings etc so you mark the spots then this detector knows not to go off but if theres a cop in that same spot you blocked it wont go off. So if your gunna go with escort get the 8500 x50 not the 9500i"



personally, i think the idea is ingenius, theres nothin worse than flying down a road and passin a cvs or a walgreens and gettin' a false alarm.

i have an older model BEL sti (it was like the top of the line 4 years ago) that came with my car and it's saved me very often. I know where most speed traps are, but it really has yet to fail me unless i'm being an idiot.

like i got pulled over doin 65 in a 45 or somethin and the cop didnt even care that i had the detector and just gave me a slap on the wrists and a written warning 00o0o0
 

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Username: Snarl2004

Digital Design 9515, Massive Audi...

Post Number: 2056
Registered: Dec-06
i think the "idea" of the 9500i is good but i dont think the technology is there yet. ive read reviews where peopel said when they blocked the false signal is there was a cop there it wouldnt go off.

me personaly i couldnt pay almost double the price for the 9500i over the 8500 x50
 

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Username: Marcooo

Post Number: 339
Registered: Mar-07
"o and btw escort has a 9500i. dont get i. its "basicly the 8500 x50 with gps. its a huge waste of money. the idea behind it is sometimes you get false warnings from buildings etc so you mark the spots then this detector knows not to go off but if theres a cop in that same spot you blocked it wont go off. So if your gunna go with escort get the 8500 x50 not the 9500i"

I think the idea is more to mark speed traps and speed cameras. Even if I could I'd never mark a false alarm spot. Chances are you go by that spot enough to know you don't need to slow down if the alaram goes off and you're in a big hurry.
Those models are good enough that there won't be many false alarms, at least relative to any other fuzz buster.
 

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Username: Snarl2004

Digital Design 9515, Massive Audi...

Post Number: 2057
Registered: Dec-06
cops shouldnt care if you have a radar detector because they are only illegal in dc and in virginia
 

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Username: Shortysetnies

Rock Vegas, NC US

Post Number: 1892
Registered: Mar-06
as ct stated, the cops in mid sized to large cities use lasers now... They will be worthless in a few years but I look at it as, spend 200-250 bucks and get out of one $300 ticket, it paid for itself and a tank or 2 of gas. haha
 

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Username: Cblaze

Rock island, Tenesssee Us

Post Number: 1688
Registered: Sep-07
leave em hooked up
 

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Username: Frkkevin

Resonant Engineering..., Fort Worth... Email

Post Number: 4455
Registered: Nov-05
just don't speed. problem solved


...or if you choose to, keep an eye on the road ahead of you and behind you.. watch for cops that could be coming onto the hwy

only speed in areas you know well.. cops like to pick the same spot to sit at normally

radar detectors don't do much pending on which type of radar gun.. in most cases it won't give you enough time to slow down enough not to get a ticket.. but possibly enough to drop your speed so it would not make for an expensive ticket
 

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Username: Skibum12189

Cleveland

Post Number: 2569
Registered: Mar-06
yea, espeically on the freeway, you can cruise...just watch for brake lights.. it's almost instinct for most people to brake when they see a cop even though it's too late anyways but if you just watch for brake lights there's almost no reason someone would brake on the freeway except for a cop or slowed traffic (which you'd wanna slow down for anyways i guess)

and yeam cops on the freeway around here in speedtraps use lasers, but on the roads they use radar
 

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Username: Tech36

Post Number: 8
Registered: Feb-08
anything made by cobra I swear it has saved me over $10,000 and probably 15 points
 

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Username: Project6

Post Number: 14772
Registered: Dec-03
Valentine One gets my vote.
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