K40 Owners
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2005
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check this out http://radarbusters.com/default.asp
Last edited by vettetech2; Dec 26, 2005 at 04:26 PM.
Racer
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: MA
K40 radar has never been rated well by anyone that i know and also in reviews that i have read.
please don't buy that radar system. it's expensive and not all that sensitive.
see, this is in our collective self-interest. the less tickets that you or anyone else gets, the cheaper our corvette insurance is nationwise.
please don't buy that radar system. it's expensive and not all that sensitive.
see, this is in our collective self-interest. the less tickets that you or anyone else gets, the cheaper our corvette insurance is nationwise.
Safety Car
Joined: Dec 2000
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From: Orlando Fl
Originally Posted by vettetech2
check this out http://radarbusters.com/default.asp
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Las Vegas Nevada
Originally Posted by webdzynes
It appears that the owner of this site who writes about the equipment also sells some of the equipment being tested. If that is correct, then I'd have an issue with his bias tward products he sells... Just my .02
Last edited by vegasdude; Dec 26, 2005 at 05:14 PM.
Heel & Toe
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The Guys of Lidar tested the new bluetooth K40 and its radar detection was about the same or a little better than a Whistler or Cobra and it couldn't jam a single laser gun used by police today. The information and a video of it not jamming any gun used to be on the Radarbusters site but K40 threatened to take action against Radarbusters and the Guys of Lidar so they had to take the information and video down.
The K40 was absent from the SML 2005 test and after seeing the test results in radar detection and laser jamming, I know why.
SML finally tested the unit again and gave it good ratings for radar detection but did you happen to notice that there are no laser jamming results? HMMM, I wonder why?
http://www.speedzones.com/k40Test.html
The K40 like every other remote radar detector will lose to the top 3 in radar detection because the antenna is low to the ground and that affects the radar detection range. In the latest testing, the V1 beat every remote radar detector by .3 to .4 miles in every radar band (X, K, Ka). Just get a Valentine One and don't look back!
The K40 was absent from the SML 2005 test and after seeing the test results in radar detection and laser jamming, I know why.
SML finally tested the unit again and gave it good ratings for radar detection but did you happen to notice that there are no laser jamming results? HMMM, I wonder why?
http://www.speedzones.com/k40Test.html
The K40 like every other remote radar detector will lose to the top 3 in radar detection because the antenna is low to the ground and that affects the radar detection range. In the latest testing, the V1 beat every remote radar detector by .3 to .4 miles in every radar band (X, K, Ka). Just get a Valentine One and don't look back!
Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by CLIFFORD250
The Guys of Lidar tested the new bluetooth K40 and its radar detection was about the same or a little better than a Whistler or Cobra and it couldn't jam a single laser gun used by police today. The information and a video of it not jamming any gun used to be on the Radarbusters site but K40 threatened to take action against Radarbusters and the Guys of Lidar so they had to take the information and video down.
The K40 was absent from the SML 2005 test and after seeing the test results in radar detection and laser jamming, I know why.
SML finally tested the unit again and gave it good ratings for radar detection but did you happen to notice that there are no laser jamming results? HMMM, I wonder why?
http://www.speedzones.com/k40Test.html
The K40 like every other remote radar detector will lose to the top 3 in radar detection because the antenna is low to the ground and that affects the radar detection range. In the latest testing, the V1 beat every remote radar detector by .3 to .4 miles in every radar band (X, K, Ka). Just get a Valentine One and don't look back!
The K40 was absent from the SML 2005 test and after seeing the test results in radar detection and laser jamming, I know why.
SML finally tested the unit again and gave it good ratings for radar detection but did you happen to notice that there are no laser jamming results? HMMM, I wonder why?
http://www.speedzones.com/k40Test.html
The K40 like every other remote radar detector will lose to the top 3 in radar detection because the antenna is low to the ground and that affects the radar detection range. In the latest testing, the V1 beat every remote radar detector by .3 to .4 miles in every radar band (X, K, Ka). Just get a Valentine One and don't look back!
The Valentine does have the advantage of having dual antennas, allowing its directional arrows identify the direction that the radar is coming from. However, Radar Roy and other reviewers have all agreed, that the filtering on the Valentine 1 is inferior. So much so that in the November 2004 issue of Autoweek magazine's review, they called the Valentine 1 the "Chicken Little of radar detectors".
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: MA
Originally Posted by vettetech2
Page 9 - Bel vs. Escort vs. Valentine
The Valentine does have the advantage of having dual antennas, allowing its directional arrows identify the direction that the radar is coming from. However, Radar Roy and other reviewers have all agreed, that the filtering on the Valentine 1 is inferior. So much so that in the November 2004 issue of Autoweek magazine's review, they called the Valentine 1 the "Chicken Little of radar detectors".
The Valentine does have the advantage of having dual antennas, allowing its directional arrows identify the direction that the radar is coming from. However, Radar Roy and other reviewers have all agreed, that the filtering on the Valentine 1 is inferior. So much so that in the November 2004 issue of Autoweek magazine's review, they called the Valentine 1 the "Chicken Little of radar detectors".
in any range test done by anyone, those two units are outstanding.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Thousand Oaks California
Maybe it's just me. I did get several tickets while using an Passport detector. Gave up on detectors. Have not used one for 7 years and have not had a ticket for 7 years. Maybe I was over confident with the detector. It sure let me down. It's not the cost of the ticket that hurts, it's what happens to the insurance bill.
Last edited by calemasters; Dec 26, 2005 at 08:01 PM.