HC Mechanic

Looking to get a detector, what's the one to get?

hoodlum

escort 9500ix does red lite cameras to,and has online down loads for updates

Swiftrider08

This questions ALWAYS creates a BIG fight here on the forum. I have an Escort 9500i and just love it. The onboard GPS that allows you to lock out false signals works perfect. If a new signal from the same location shows up, the Escort alerts you. The range is excellent and it is easy to use. It seems the only thing the V1 guys EVER brag about is those darn arrows! I myself really don't care what direction the signal is coming from, I just want to know there is one out there. When one of those arrows comes on, the first thing you are going to do is start looking all over in that direction and taking your eyes off the road. Seems to be a big distraction to me.

Let the games begin!

dvilin

Well stated and I agree.

Swiftrider08

Wanted to ad that if you use the search function on this forum you will find enough posts on this subject to keep you busy reading for days! In the end it will still be your decision.

naples53

Valentine One !!

mcandrew67

If I were a cop I would sit in the area that people get the false alarm and have it locked out on their Escort 9500i and ticket them all day long

Swiftrider08

Well that is an incorrect statement as you seem to not understand how the Escort works nor did you read my post above.

You get a false signal and via the GPS, you lock out that signal. If you drive through the same area and there is a NEW signal (like police radar), the Escort alerts you to this new signal.

GPS location + false signal locked out = no alert
Same GPS location + new (different signal) = alert

The police radars are not using the same signals as store alarms, garage doors and such, so it works perfect.

I have one location in particular that I have locked out because of a store alarm system and there have been a few times an officer is sitting in the parking lot using his radar and my Escort picks up his signal every single time! If he is not there, all is quiet when I drive by this location.

mcandrew67

And it obviously went flying over your head that I was just being facetious .... hence the
Some people need to lighten up in here

Ounce

Do any of y'all run a LIDAR detector concurrently with a radar detector? And which gives you the best bang for the buck..lidar detector or radar detector?


oz

Swiftrider08

Well, ok then!

Did not think I was gettin "heavy", so no reason to "lighten up".

sla07

i actually have a passport...the 300+ price tag has saved me over 600+ in tickets already...

John_Syb

I have the 9500ix and a Laser Interceptor system installed.

I was going 45 in a 35 when the 9500 lit up with a laser alert. The LI system kicked on at the same moment and about 150 yards up the road I saw a partially hidden motorcycle officer with his laser gun.

I doubt that he would have bothered with me but it is nice to have that warning.

mcandrew67

Tin Star

I wanted fewer false signals. I don't need to look at arrows to know that the signal going off is the Walmart front door. On the third pass of the Walmart the detector logs the frequency and location (via GPS) and stops giving an audible.

Drewstein

Problem we have in AZ is you can pass a photo radar van 3 times and have it locked out. You can also pass a cop 3 times and get him locked out.

V1 all the way IMO. The range rocks and the arrows let you know where the signals are coming from which is great for multiple speed traps etc.

peter pan

I have had mine for almost a year and it works great, though either dector will work, I also wanted to be able to get rid of false signals in the areas I drive all the time

not08crmanymore

I'm selling my ESCORT X50 RED lighting for 175 shipped,in case you want to save a few bucks.

3 Z06ZR1

I was ready to spend the 500.00 on the new 9500xi. But ended
making a trip first. So i ended up seeing a 39.00 dollar Cobra at a truck stop. Cashier said the truckers like them. It did the job. Range could be better but it is longer than the cop radar. You need to react quickly. The falsing
clearly shows as x band. Light signal showing a 1. If a cops hiding in the parking lot. He's going to show up quickly because of the different
band and stronger signal. I just bought another for 65.00 marked
down from 150.00. It has a full mile range which is perfect. I don't want to know about a radar five miles ahead. The full mile is perfect.
Goes off and about 30 seconds later you see him coming, a little longer if is he's sitting. Just used it on a another 4000 mile drive.
Just these will save you. I never drive without one on now.

Duke/Earl

Valentine tells you how many, what kind and where they are. If you need a warning about red light cameras, you have major problems. Just don't run red lights.