I would like to know what are some of the more popular and reliable detectors available. Does anyone have any recommendations or experiences? I know about jammers...not interested....just Detectors.
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one thing about detectors is they are only as good as the driver of the car is. they will not pick up radar unless it is used on someone ahead of you or is left on by the officer. Instant on radar can still get you if you are by yourself. Using radar detecters stilll takes common sense when using them. not a one is fail safe. Sometimes they will just give you the false sense of security and then thats when it's TICKET TIME!
If you purchase one still use with caution. One thing for sure is...they all will tell you when you have been hit with radar.
Originally posted by mattdeez Does anyone have any recommendations?
Yeah, take the purchase price of the the unit you're considering, and put it in a savings account. Then IF you get a ticket you'll have the money to pay for it. Radar detector's are 99% useless. Not an opinion, but fact. BUT if you live somewhere where the roads are long, straight and flat, they MIGHT help a LITTLE.
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Originally posted by keenr Yeah, take the purchase price of the the unit you're considering, and put it in a savings account. Then IF you get a ticket you'll have the money to pay for it. Radar detector's are 99% useless. Not an opinion, but fact. BUT if you live somewhere where the roads are long, straight and flat, they MIGHT help a LITTLE.
You're nuts.......My V-1 has saved my butt so many times, I can't even count.
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I have a wireless Escort. I had a Whistler before and got so many false alarms. The Escort still has a few but it works awesome. It had saved my ass big time. It literally will start picking up cops two miles away. It cost a few buck but it's already paid for itself. Next investment is a hardwired scrambler in the grill.
HMARV has a point though, they do give you a false sense of security. You still have to keep an eye for those few cops using instant on, looking for the guys going at least 25mph over. They will let tons of speeders go by without turning his radar on. He will wait till he gets the perfect car, banging along at 100mph. There is a split second you have to react to shotgun radar. Once he hits you he has to lock you, which is only another button on the paddle in his hand but, from the time they hit you, decide if you are the one and lock you, there may be enough time to jam the brakes on, all depends how much attention the cop is paying to the detail.
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Originally posted by JasonMonette You're nuts.......My V-1 has saved my butt so many times, I can't even count.
Nope, work RADAR every day, and I LOVE guys that think their detector is gonna "save" them. I'd say @35% of the guys I stop have detectors. Some times its just your turn.
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Originally posted by driftpin I have a wireless Escort...It literally will start picking up cops two miles away.
Not if the RADAR is being run correctly. You set it up around a curve or a hill so that the "overspray" signal can't be picked up.
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Originally posted by driftpin There is a split second you have to react to shotgun radar. Once he hits you he has to lock you...
See THAT'S what makes it so tough to talk about whether detectors do any good or not. Here in Pennsylvania ALL RADAR is what you would call "shotgun". You pull the trigger and get a reading. And there IS no "locking". You pull the trigger, get a reading, write a ticket. Instantly.
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Radar Dectors alone I would say decrease your chances of getting nailed by a cop a nice amount. But they are not fool proof by any means.
Instant on, means just that, instant on.
But if you use some strategy along with it, it would be very hard for a 5.0 to getcha.
Like if possible use a rabbit. This helps out two ways.One of which is, he will probably get pulled over before you do.
Follow some one who is going as fast as you are, but stay about 10 car lengths back. if there is a cop, and he does use instant on, your dector should pick it up when he flashes that guy and you know to slow down.
There are other things that you do also.
I am guy who thinks I am invincible because of my Radar Dector, no, not at all. Do i KNOW that it has saved my ass a bunch and I haven't gotten a pulled over since I bought it, YEP!
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The rest are alright. Get what you pay for. That's the key.
Well that is all opinion, i personally like Passport.
But Keenr is VERY right. I have a nice passport radar detector, cost me $375. And i got two tickets in the last 5 months. Why? Because when the radar detector went off I was the ONLY person being radared. So how does it help? Really the only way it helps is if you are approaching a radar trap and someone gets radared in front of you, and you slow down before you get there (Keep in mind you have to be going FASTER than the person radared to really work) Because if that person gets radared and doesn't get pulled over that means you really got saved, because u woulda got nailed most likely.
Are they worth the money? Id say maybe, i cannot answer that. I know i got saved for sure on 1 ticket so far having it 2 years.
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How long have you been driving? Don't count it as everytime your radar goes off your saved. Id say out of 2 years having mind i was saved once, i didn't see the cop, was at night on a straightaway, and radar went off before i got near it. Most likely on a car on the other side of the road.
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Originally posted by keenr Not if the RADAR is being run correctly. You set it up around a curve or a hill so that the "overspray" signal can't be picked up.
See THAT'S what makes it so tough to talk about whether detectors do any good or not. Here in Pennsylvania ALL RADAR is what you would call "shotgun". You pull the trigger and get a reading. And there IS no "locking". You pull the trigger, get a reading, write a ticket. Instantly.
Well all I can say is that in Maine, specifically Portland uses a radar system that can be left on constantly or instant on/shotgun. When in the instant on mode. One button is pushed on a handheld control, usually held on the officers lap, it pulls the reading, if the officer likes the reading another button is pushed and the speed is then locked. Please don''t confuse this with a handheld radar gun. I am not speaking of this type of radar. It isn't used in Maine that way much anymore. Laser, on the other hand is used in that fashion.
I'm glad to know that about PA. I'll keep it in mind next time I travel through.
Do you still use portable units in your car? If so keep it off your lap.
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ive had my Valantine for a couple of years now and its saved my butt several times. nothing is full proof but its better than riding around with nothing. and of course you have to learn how to use it properly for it to be of any use to you. for those of you who think radar detectors dont work at all i say buy a good unit and learn how to use it, a good one works and thats a fact, i mean do you expect me to believe that im special? lol or have been so lucky in life that not a single cop has caught me speeding in the last two years, as often as i do it? no.
actually i got one ticket but he paced me with his lights off so i never saw him and he didnt use radar so i cant blame the detector.
Radar Detectors Worth Buying? 
Radar detector's are 99% useless. Not an opinion, but fact. BUT if you live somewhere where the roads are long, straight and flat, they MIGHT help a LITTLE.
