Radar Detector Recommendations

VABAM

Using the on board buttons to change modes on a V1 is a PITA. I use the bluetooth dongle and V1s iPhone app to switch modes.

BTW you can use a splitter like this one, RJ11 Splitter, to run the bluetooth dongle and the remote screen at the same time on a V1.

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jcosta79

That's why you get so many false alarms. None of the filters are working unless you turn on full Logic mode. Push the power button until you get a small "L". Then push it again until you get a large " L". That's full Logic mode. Filters out all the false alarms. V1 in unfiltered mode is unbearable. You will fall in love with the V1 once you use it properly and enable full Logic filtering.

Edit: You only have to do this ONCE. It will turn on in full Logic mode every time after you do it one time.

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vtec to vvel

i honestly don't believe in radar detectors. by the time it alerts you, chances are you're already caught. with the case of a laser, it won't alert you unless it's shot at you and by that time, the LEO already has clocked you.

with the cost of a radar detector, i'd much rather invest in a radar/laser jammer.

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VABAM

Laser bounces and scatters. I have been saved by laser detection a few times. It only really helps on the open high way when there is a decent amount of road between you and the cop. I will agree laser detection isn't that useful in the city or on twisty roads. Laser detection needs distance to be helpful.

BTW radar jamming is very illegal. Laser jamming is still legal in most states (IIRC) but I heard newer laser guns can detect laser jamming. Laser jamming might get you out of a ticket but the cops will know you are using it and what would keep them from pulling you over and harassing you over it.

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vtec to vvel

So is speeding, and possessing a laser/radar detector (in certain states).

And unless the LEO is a moron or didn't calibrate their laser/radar device, though the laser can scatter, the margin of error is typically minimal and spot-on. Even with the older laser/radar guns, they will know if a car is equipped with a jammer because once they scan that car, it will show up as blank.

I've owned my share of detectors and it always has alerted me whenever I have been scanned, though luckily I wasn't speeding. IMO, the detectors only give the driver a FALSE sense of security that s/he won't get caught, but to each their own.

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VABAM

I agree that radar detectors give people a false sense of security. I mainly use one for informational purposes. Like to know when the man is watching. Especially when on out of state road trips!

It is not illegal to posses/own a radar/detector in any state. Now the use of a detector is illegal only in VA and DC (military bases too). Any body that says that owning a radar detector in VA is illegal doesn't know what they are talking about. I live in VA and I do not use my detector I while in VA. When I travel out of state I have my detector buried in the trunk until I cross the state line.

Now some states do have laws regarding things being attached to/ blocking your windshield which in a way prohibits the use of a detector. This just means that you just have to get more creative in mounting one.

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LENTZ

I have an Escort Passport Max 2 hardwired with a Blend Mount. I absolutely love the set up and its ability to cancel out false alarms such as automatic doors and known stationary radars. Being able to have the OLED colored amber to match the Z is a nice touch as well. The only downside is it doesn't have the arrows such as a V1 and the new Max 360. If the Max 360 was out 3 months ago I would have purchased it when I got my Z.

Jsolo

I've always wondered, what is VA's justification for banning radar detector use?

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JARblue

Stick up their a$$?

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jcosta79

Funny as it's explicitly against FCC regulations (federal law) to make radar detectors (or any device that pulls signals from the air) illegal. It's the same reason why homeowner's associations cannot ban people from putting satellite dishes on their roofs. Someone could take the state of VA to court if they had the money or time and they would very likely win. But who would waste the time?

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Jsolo

I figured some conservatives were running the state, but there has to be more to it than that. I'm sure folks have voted to repeal this.

Doesn't really affect me directly. I've only traveled through VA once or twice in the last decade. Generally I prefer to travel west

Sucks for the people that live there. I was reading some comments about some time back. I recall a chief or sheriff claiming a radar detector caused a multi-car pile up because the lead car nailed the brakes when their detector went off.

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njobe89

so get the max360 one -_-

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Not trying to be an @ss but when I was younger I got fewer tickets after I gave up the detector. Just got to find the right(and safe) places to get on it.

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carlitos_370z

Hi everyone! I want to buy a good radar detector. What is the best police radar detector right now?

Thanks!

Raeshlavik

The Valentine 1 still beats the latest and greatest from the other folks in the tests I've seen... I know mine has never let me down in all the years I've had it.