randy021186

hey i was wonder wat is a good radar dector for a max

iamit

I suppose I may as well be the first one to say it... Valentine (V1)... it's one of the (if not THE) best out there... read up on it or ask around!

Crockpot

well, I have a cobra.. 100 bucks.. but if I had enuff cash I woulda got the valentine 1

ti2tmax

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Is there a company that sells jammers anymore? or detector/jammer in one?(if even possible) I just have a little $150 detector w/ compass...

renatonetmail

Escort passport 8500 x50 ... had saved my *** more than once. and regarding the V1..judge yourself:

http://www.speedzones.com/

PeterK

I've bought V1 and escort at the same time - I kept V1 and sent the escort back. V1 is the best!

DAVE Sz

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No it isn't. The bel rx65 is as good or better than the v1 or the escort in most tests and it can be had for $220.

Crockpot

not according to speedzones.com

DAVE Sz

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Well, according to http://www.radartest.com/ and http://www.radarbusters.com/ it is.

USC Justice

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Just a side thought to share, but most departments are moving towards instant on radar, and also laser equipment for speed detection. So far as instant on, if used properly by the operating officer, you have virtually no time to slow down, unless you are fortunate to pick up the bleed over from it hitting the car(s) in front of you. As far as any laser detector, all that it is ever going to tell you is that you have been lased. It is an instant response to the officer, and is vehicle specific. There is virtually no bleed over or bouncing waves for the detector in your vehicle to pick up from another vehicle nearby. I finally stopped having a detector in my car about 5 years ago and haven't gotten a ticket since. As another side note, Officers typically are not going to be as lenient with those possessing radar detectors as with those who do not have them in the car.

That being said, the Valentine is the one I have been most impressed with.

aznprid972

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I would get the Escort 8500 x50. My friend and I did a test going on a 100 mile trip and the Valentine V1 didn't go off once and the Escort went off three times and two were cops.

renatonetmail

...that's what am talking bout....lol

Max96GLE

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Where's the best place to get the Escort 8500 X50 or the V1? Other than ebay..

Germr497SE

ok where to buy V1 ? and how much?

dukelubas

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I've got the V1 with the remote display set up right underneath my head unit (where CDs normally go). You have to look real real hard to see it.

The V1 can be bought new at valentine1.com or had used on ebay for virtually the same price as new. They depreciate almost nothing.

adithius

Escort 8500 is best overall.

Max1man

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+1 My X50 has caught friggin cops coming around corners flawlessly. I bought the X50 after reading reviews between it and the V1. I believe it is better than the V1 unless you just have to have a talking radar The blue led version is a bit extra but is KILLER looking if your doing the blue interior LED mods.

aprentice

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majority of troopers use laser/lidar/instant so throw away your detectors, they are worthless.. I use to have one but after passing by 2 cops on a way home who had their radars pointed directly at me and my detector not going off, i got rid of it the same day. All radar detectors do is make lots of noise, and false alarms are very frequent. As for jammers, the only ones that work are active jammers, which are illegal, as for passive jammers, they are just a marketing ploy, do your research they dont work, the police are winning... You just have to hope you're not the one they pull over.

Max1man

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For starters your an idiot to post up bull**** like this without any actual proof. What tests did you do to prove that they are worthless? They are not foolproof of course but they are not worthless. I personally have been saved by them on SEVERAL occasions so if you got pinched because you were doing something stupid fine...deal with it. What...your $50 UNIDEN from Sears let you down? You cant just plug it in and expect it to give you "magical" almighty power against things. You have to actually learn your device and how it reacts in order to know the difference between true and false. Telling people things like "it's useless..throw it away" is retarded!

DrTySOUFMaX23

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tru dat...cops are always one step ahead!!

ultralighter

I won't say they are useless, but unless you live in some back wood country, most departments are using laser. It's instant on, instant off. These are high dollar units. Not the cheap $250 detector sitting on your dash. Bottom line is hopefully you have a sharp eye, and a little luck.

tyrotrader

I disagree. I've got Escort SRX with "laser shifters", no dash unit (in bumpers) and fairly minimal falses.

AceO

ggg...why must these be illegal in Canada? argh

Max1man

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The trick to the lasers is to pick them up when other traffic is getting painted. IMHO a radar detector is reliable if there is other traffic on the road. If you are alone, late at night or something, you can't pick up other people getting gunned and have a lot higher chance of getting busted. The caveat to that is most State Troopers here in Oregon use "always on" moving radar/laser in times like these. I caught one trooper when I was up in the mountains coming around a corner about a mile ahead of me only because he was "always on". Saved my butt that time to. I am absolutely sold on the X50's but with the awareness to heed even false alarms.

paultyler_82

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The trick with Radar detectors is they are only good for moving or constant radar, they are *almost* defenseless against instant on, however, in some states it is still illegal to ticket on a speed reading made by instant on. For Ladar (Laser) guns, the officer's beam has to hit something shiny, usually this is your license plate, there are plate covers out there that diffuse laser and buy you the extra time needed to slow down for a ladar trap. We have a few older officers around here that still use Tascam, for which there is no detection, it consists of a stopwatch and the officer uses that and two landmarks at a known distance from each other to figure your speed out, in this state, Tascam is legally ticketable. There is a new technology out there that I know the Alabama State Patrol has for sure, and possibly other agencies by now, I don't know what it's called but it can be described as invisible radar. I was told about this by a friend, and I didn't believe him, after passing two local cops, my Bel chirped happily to let me know where they were, but I was taking it slow and safe. Sure enough, about a mile down the road was a cruiser in the median aimed downroad toward me, my Bel never made a peep, I thought maybe he wasn't actually scanning, next local, Bel chirping, next State boy, nothing. Well when I got into town I found another State unit in a little abandoned gas station checking traffic and I pulled in to talk to him, being in law enforcement myself, he seemed more than happy to show off their new toy. It looks like most regular 1 or 2 antenna radar guns in use today, but my Bel was silent, he verified that they are constant running and even held down the trigger in triggered mode with my Bel aimed at it, I was pretty impressed and have to say I've driven slowly in Alabama ever since.

MrDicks95SE

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this topic has been overkilled so many times...
bottom line: dont rely on radar detectors to save you from tickets. use good judgement when driving . only use detectors as a partial aid.

BlueC

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Whatever.... 80% of the cops in my city use laser on the highway. Ive been hit with laser more than I can count now. Once I was goign 95 in a 65, and I was hit with laser. No tickets. I can thank my X50 for that.

Only cop that has fooled me, was a state trooper using X band out in the middle of nowhere, I just shrugged it off cause ive never heard of a cop even using that anymore. He even told me he was one of the last state trooper using it.

Fact is, If you have a good reaction time with the brake, you can avoid tickets easily with the X50. Only way it will not work, if your front windshield is tinted really dark. You'd be screwed with Laser.

So dont say theres no use of radar detectors, cause mine has saved my a$$ plenty of times with laser (even at night when im doing 20 over). Maybe you were using a cheap radar detector, or maybe the cop didnt even have his radar on. Lots of times they will be pointing it at you, but realizing you arent going that fast so they dont bother.

MrDicks95SE

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you are wrong on that. it depends where you are located. most cops around here use Ka. most likely you had a pos detector that costed 100 bucks at walmart. thats probably why you had so many false alarms and no detection.

aprentice

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so your detect alerts you when the police use lader on your license plate? does your detector also alert you when the cops use lidar? If your town still uses Ka, thats amazing, at least in new york its all laser..

edit: btw, it was a 10 band cobra with 360 degree laser detector.. not cheap and definately not from walmart..

Nismotic

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DING DING DING!


No matter how long this thread goes, its not going to go anywhere.

paultyler_82

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All state and local agencies here in Western Kentucky/South Illinois area still use Ka or K band

mattmax

I have had a V1 for about 8 years now. Had three or four other detectors before that. I cannot say anything bad about other detectors that are out these days but I can tell you this:

Once you live with a bogey counter and arrows you will never go back. It is sooo nice to know where the signal is comming from. I also pass a few places where they have burglar alarms. The counter shows 1 reading when I pass them. Cops love to sit on them because your radar detector goes off when you pass that point anyhow. When one is sitting there my counter shows two signals present instead of just beeping like it always does.

I dont know about other detectors and if they pick up signals at a greater distance or not but to be honest I dont care either. The counter and direction indicator would make up for it hands down. The V1 is the bomb if you travel the same roads alot.

To make the case for the v1 even better they offer a trade in program. I just sent my 8 year old V1 in for trade in on a new one. $249.00 and I get a new detector with all the new updates and a warranty.

pixxxolo

Job Posting: Required, 1 Evil Scientist to create viable cloaking device for Canadian Max owner's Radar Dect. Will Pay $$$$$$.

MrEous

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x1,004,555


...yet what you said will never end the arguing.

I love my partial aid v1 I acquired for $100 though.