radar detectors

[BassAddict32]

so how many of you guys use radar detectors? i was thinkin about gettin one just in case a cop happens to be near and i have my music on. i figure $40 from walmart won't kill me. but how many of you guys use them for you system?

[Team_DC-Derrick]

their radar is like the speed radar if i remember right, so if they are sitting at a corner with out their radar gun on and you go past blastin your music your busted anyways man

[loganberry]

i dont use them for my system but i use them for speeding there main use, everyone in my family has one, they are great

[Ram]

save your money at get a V1. i have one and i couldnt be happier. when they say it is the best, theyre not lying. on my drive down to SBN, it saved me six or seven times. only got caught once in south carolina at like 5 in the morning.

[00_XJ]

I have a cheap cobra but I only use it when I get on the interstate. It has saved me a few times, but I don't know how effective it would be for audio.

[Berto]

so how many of you guys use radar detectors? i was thinkin about gettin one just in case a cop happens to be near and i have my music on. i figure $40 from walmart won't kill me. but how many of you guys use them for you system?

A cheap $40 radar detector is just that, cheap.

I think you should save some money up and get better quality one.

Do some research about them because there's different kinds of them and some don't work, like those cheap priced ones.

[Basshead08]

Yeah save up. I had the cheap cobra one and it was crap. The only thing it picked up was banks lol. Saved up and got the really nice cabra from radioshack with the voltage read out and it picks up everything even from a long ass way off.

[SocoJoe]

well there illegal in my state, only wish I could run one lol. and I know a few years back my sisters bf had a Valentine 1? or something along that line and it was suppose to be the best out, not sure if it still is but it worked hella good.

[Ray]

V1 isn't the best but it's good.

The best?? Well

I run the passport srx

Also look at k40.

For most people a passport 8500 is more than enough.

I love laser shifting and 2 mile range.

[jbondox]

I would say I have became an authority on radar detectors in the past 3 years...

the V1 is a joke and is marketing hype. Way too sensitive and is an ultra false alarm unit

The K40 is a POS UNLESS you get the new hardwired calibre

The escort 9500ix is very nice but is a ticket confirmer' like the V1

The escost 9500ci is very cool but has no real rear warning when mounting up front in the grill

the V1, Bell, 9500ix are all ticket confirmation for you, and is only good for lazy cops, cops that are good with the radar guns will sit on the hold button and then you are screwed, it only emits for a second and that is it... WTF are you going to do since he already has you? look at the radar detector and ask why?

on a good note, most are going to Laser, which is a whole different ball game, I have tested 3 and the only one I like is the K40 laser defuser. the Escort is good, but the K40 is better, the laserpro or whatever it is called only worked 1/2 the time during testing

Bell is made by its sister company Escort

I tested many, so far the best method I use, is not use a radar detector when speeding

Now for the original poster that posted and wants to use it as a cop finder... not all cops have radar units, nor do they travel with them on all the time if they do have them. If you are jamming what makes you think you will here the radar detector anyways? or even see it when you are checking everyone else out, flipping through songs playing your system saying "look at me I am an attention whore"

How about roll the window up, turn the system on and play as loud as you want (you do have air conditioning and heat right?)

problem solved