outbackfarmer

I have a V1 that I move from vehicle to vehicle. It is great. When I bought the ZR1 it had an escort 9500ci already in it. It has a lot of bells and whistles that are cool, but the V1 has much better range out on the open road. If you are worried about red light cams by the excort, if you are worried about getting hit doing 80+ down the highway, get the V1.

FAsnakes

Another vote for the Valentine 1..
Had mine for about 3 years.. Zero issues - It just works!

boraxman

Nuieve

I have Escort 8500 x50, good one, but I ab-so-lu-te-ly freaking hate not knowing WHERE the signal comes from. Will definitely upgrade to V1 as soon as find good deal on one...

ptroxx

I just got the V1 on a trade in my old one was like 11 years old and cost me about 285 trade in.. Im just now trying to learn how to use it...

I jsut wish I could block out the false signals in town..

ChevyDave

ole Radar Roy is an excellent site for reviews and information...

http://www.radardetector.org/

ptroxx

HUH no review of the V1

RMB1234

I have the K40 with laser jammer and it seems to work very well

Corvettinator

First off, yes, Radar Roy is the best, read his reviews and he is very good at returning e-mails. Like anything else, do your research, and you'll quickly become an expert.

I recently got the 9500ix, as I do a lot of city driving and it has a good GPS lockout feature (false alarms go away after 3 hits) but less detection distance than the Redline, which is better for highway.

However, I found that I did not like having a portable sit in the car, or having to pull it out, did not want to mount it where a LEO (or thief) could see it, and portables are less effective (for laser) the higher you mount them, so a mirror mount is out.

I wanted the best, and a stealthy mount, so I am going to return the ix and go with a remotely mounted unit. Portables cannot compete with the performance of remotely mounted models, but the latter are over twice the cost.

I'm going with the Bel STi r Plus, which is identical to the 9500ci but without Escort's mediocre laser shifters (I am going with a different laser jammer). It is Roy's top rated unit, and combines better warning distance than the Redline with the good GPS features of the 9500ix.

I'm going to add the Dashtronix unit to view alerts in the DIC and HUD, so total stealthy mount (I'm going to mount the display and controller in the ashtray).

The good news is Escort and its authorized retailers like Best Buy tend to give 30-day returns, so you can see if you like them. I am so glad I was able to try the 9500ix out, and can return it.

TerryL

Just set it to full Logic mode, with a capital L showing. The 'non scratchy' tones almost disappear completely. All other tones (I describe them as scratchy sounding) are K, Ka or Laser, (police radar). No more garage door signals or burglar alarms.

WICKEDFRC

Interesting. Never heard of the Redline. Is the Redline superior to the 9500ix?

Corvettinator

Redline has superior warning distance, but no GPS like 9500ix, so no false alert lockouts. So Redline best for highway, 9500ix for city.

9500ci/Bel STi r Plus best of both worlds FTW!

lordofwar

escort 9500ix and blinder m27 are almost unbeatable period.

Moose_44

My 9500xi saved me for the 1000 time last night. I have one in all of my cars.

Knob Jockey

Passport and V1 are both excellent products.

I prefer the V1 because the arrows are unsurpassed for identifying threats in unknown territory.

More and more our state LEO's are using moving radar (Ka band) on the freeways and knowing if they are up ahead or coming from behind is very useful information.

For GPS based alerts, like traffic cams, I use an app. (Trapster) running on my Nav/Smartphone.

You can also program in a reduction in sensitivity to typical false alarm-type (X & K) signals in the V1.

And if you install the very cool Dashtronix interface that displays the warnings in the HUD, you can program the detector to stay muted when driving below a pre-set speed. Very helpful in quieting the detector when driving past/stopped near shopping malls/etc.

X25

I used a Valentine V1 for a very long time before I switched to the 9500ix. Even though the sensitivity and the range of V1 and Redline are very good, I just can't stand radar detectors that beep all the time anymore. 9500ix quickly learns the false alarms and mutes them. You have no idea how much of a relief it is during your daily commute. It is always quiet unless there is a cop. Besides, when it beeps on a familiar road, you know it must be an unusual situation (cop radar?), so you respect the detector's beeps a lot more.

not08crmanymore

You can easily learn how by going to their site and reading up on it or asking for a manual.You can basically "shut off" the x band if it's not used around your area and if you leave the detector on the "BIG L" It will also reduce false alarms.I forget the procedure.There was also a video of somebody doing the procedure on here a few years back.Maybe you can find it in the search function. V1 here too.I could give a flying crap about red light cameras since speeding and running red lights around town is not something I do.On the highway,I prefer to know how many and where they are as opposed to the position of any particular satellite and I certainly don't need it to tell me where I'm going since I already know how to get there! V1 ALL THE WAY.

360Rocket

I agree with the and get the Blendmount from Southerncarparts, a great vendor on this site as well. I love the ability to get updates to the detector via online and the GPS functions as well.

C130herc

V1 with blendmount, highly recommended!

360Rocket

and if you wanna really go stealth, one of the vendors here can fix it to where your radar alerts show up on your HUD. Now thats cool!