radar detector
Melting Slicks
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From: Lutz FL
Originally Posted by RaDaRkInG
and you too can own a $50 plastic piece of crap with marginal detection. 
Racer
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From: LA Cali
The X50 is worse than the 8500????
Go to this website in New Zealand and check it out:
http://www.radar.co.nz/nz/report1.html
From their website:
NEWS:
END of an era! R.I.P Escort 8500
Well, there has been a bit of a rush this month, for the Escort 8500. The New X50 - 8500 is really just a BEL 995/RX65 in a different housing. Overall performance of the X50 is nothing like the current Escort 8500, with more false alarms and lower Ka camera performance, compared to the Escort 8500.
The X50 shares 98% the same hardware and software of the BEL Vector 995/RX65.
This now puts the Valentine 1/CENZ in a league of its own.
Beware of performance claims for the new X50-8500, based on tests that were carried out in the past.
The X50 is not the same detector.!!
http://www.radar.co.nz/nz/report1.html
From their website:
NEWS:
END of an era! R.I.P Escort 8500
Well, there has been a bit of a rush this month, for the Escort 8500. The New X50 - 8500 is really just a BEL 995/RX65 in a different housing. Overall performance of the X50 is nothing like the current Escort 8500, with more false alarms and lower Ka camera performance, compared to the Escort 8500.
The X50 shares 98% the same hardware and software of the BEL Vector 995/RX65.
This now puts the Valentine 1/CENZ in a league of its own.
Beware of performance claims for the new X50-8500, based on tests that were carried out in the past.
The X50 is not the same detector.!!
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2001
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From: Tucson AZ
St. Jude Donor '11,'13
Originally Posted by redbird2000
which is the recommended model and where is the best price?
any opinions pro or con please,
any opinions pro or con please,
Pro
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: Eastside WA
The downside of any detector is that, if pulled over for anything, you have no chance of talking your way out of the ticket or getting it reduced. Sometimes its just better to be extra watchful at high speeds and look for the sudden brake lights of cars ahead.
Cruising
Joined: Jun 2004
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From: The Woodlands TX
Just to clarify the bogey counter info on the X50. Mine tracks 2 per band only. I may have mis-read the earlier posts but I thought they implied the X50 could track up to 8 of any band. I guess it was meant that 4 bands x 2 each = 8 bogey counts.
On the V1 you can't tell how many of each band if it detects more than 2 unless they are all the same band or unless the number of bogeys match the number of bands detected. Not that it really matters.
I travel in urban areas a lot with many alarms etc that can cause false alerts so if I see more bogeys than usual I know to be alert.
This works for both my V1 and X50. Actually, my friends say that the bogey counter is really a gimmick just like the gimmicky arrows on the V1 but I use the bogey counter quite a bit and still find myself wishing the X50 had the arrows.
The debate will certainly continue. I'm still on the fence about the 2 and I ride with both of them daily.
FWIW, if I had to sell one today, it would be the X50.
On the V1 you can't tell how many of each band if it detects more than 2 unless they are all the same band or unless the number of bogeys match the number of bands detected. Not that it really matters.
I travel in urban areas a lot with many alarms etc that can cause false alerts so if I see more bogeys than usual I know to be alert.
This works for both my V1 and X50. Actually, my friends say that the bogey counter is really a gimmick just like the gimmicky arrows on the V1 but I use the bogey counter quite a bit and still find myself wishing the X50 had the arrows.
The debate will certainly continue. I'm still on the fence about the 2 and I ride with both of them daily.
FWIW, if I had to sell one today, it would be the X50.
Melting Slicks
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From: Macomb MI
St. Jude Contributor
Originally Posted by Roofless
The Valentine is the only way to go, it is so dependable that when it goes I slow down everytime. it gets its share of false alarms but I can live with that.
I tried the V1, it's true the arrows are great. I jut couldn't put up with all the false signals I was getting.
I purchase the 8500 X50 Blue. I can't tell any difference in distance of detection, but my false signals have been cut down to 20%, and when the detector goes off, I slow down I don't care if he's to my right or left or what ever. I don't think you can make a wrong choice by choosing either detector
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Le Mans Master
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From: Wenatchee WA
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13
Originally Posted by CE Dawg
The downside of any detector is that, if pulled over for anything, you have no chance of talking your way out of the ticket or getting it reduced. Sometimes its just better to be extra watchful at high speeds and look for the sudden brake lights of cars ahead.
Pro
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From: Orlando Fl
Originally Posted by Road_runner
That's why my V1 is hidden by the visor and the controls are in the ashtray.
