Radar Detector Recommendations

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.

Jayhovah

The V1 still performs, but looks dated and does not have a lot of the features the Escorts have. If you are willing to be a bit more engaged with it, getting the bluetooth module and using the YaV1 app will give you the featureset the escorts have out of the box.

I wish Valentine would start giving us this stuff... I have an escort MAX 360 and it's nice, but the arrows are far less responsive when compared to the V1. I didn't think it to be acceptable to have to connect my phone and use an app every time I got in my car, so I went with the escort.

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RumbleFish

I've used the V1 since 1999. It's paid for itself many times over.

With the bluetooth module and Iphone app that I recently added, it's even better.

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carlitos_370z

soo the way to go is the Valentine One right?

Thanks a lot for your help guys!

Jayhovah

Here is a general buying guide, based completely on my opinion but I have had a V1, Escort 9500ix, Escort MAX 360, Laser Intercepter jammers, and Antilaser Priority jammers so I am somewhat into this stuff.

Best overall performer:
V1 + bluetooth module + YaV1 app

CON: You have to use the bluetooth module and app with your phone to get features like GPS lockout (if you are unfamiliar, this uses GPS positioning to find recurring false alarms and stops reporting them to you. It's a fantastic feature that I can not live without).

Best performer out of the box:
Escort MAX 2 or 360 (depending on if you want the arrows).

CON: feels a little laggy compared to the V1, but gives you a complete feature set out of the box

Best detection performance:
Bel STI-R

CON: Basically featureless.

Note: Do they primarily use laser in your area? One thing anyone in the market needs to realize is that no detector will protect you from laser. If laser is commonly used in your area, laser jammers are the only thing that will protect you. If you are in the market for jammers, the only one you should consider buying right now is Antilaser.

I personally run a MAX 360 and Antilaser Priority with two jammer heads in the front.

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Jayhovah

Also.. if you go escort - you can follow a DIY thread on here to make this nicely integrated mute button out of one of your switch blanks:

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carlitos_370z

Great bro! thanks a lot for your time and all the Info! I really appreciated

RumbleFish

Laser/radar jammers are illegal here in Cali, radar detectors are not.

I'd love to run jammers

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Jayhovah

Huh, I didn't know that.. Looks like several states have passed laws against them.

I'd imagine the risk of getting caught is very low though. Proper technique with jammers is to slow down to the speed limit when you get the alert and turn it off so the officer can get a read on you instead of wondering why his gun isn't working (I have literally driven by cops shaking and hitting their guns thinking it is malfunctioning). The Antilaser has a configurable auto-shutoff. I have mine set for 4 seconds.. so when it goes off, I have 4 seconds to slow down before it stops jamming automatically.

As far as visual inspection goes, my AL also behaves as a parking sensor and I can demonstrate it easily in case someone questions what the little black boxes are for.

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madeinjapan

cobra for years

works great

knock on wood

2011 Nismo#91

I have an Escort Passport max2 and after passing a number of statepolice pointing their laser guns right at me and near by cars and not having any warnings. I did some reasearch and found escort has been falling behind and does not detect all laser guns especially ones becoming more common in NJ. But through use of Waze I and common sense it has yet to be an problem.

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felix0121

You cannot go wrong with any RD of Valentine (V1), Escort, or Beltronics.

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Bay Area Z

It seems like the V1 and Escort 360 are at the top of the pile. I'm in the market for a scanner and curious if anyone with a scanner has new opinions with their setup?

Nixin

Check our the Uniden R1 and R3. These are phenomenal radar detectors.