Radar Detector Recommendations

Mr Pinchy

I purchased my first 370Z last month. Now that I am completely comfortable in the car I feel my right foot seems to get into it a bit . Any recommendations for a radar detector? Thanks

chops

escort passport max 360. it should be the king of detectors

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Zipper 104

V1 paired to an Android phone over BT running YaV1. Period.

My own setup is a V1 on a Blendmount, powered by a pass thru Invisicord paired over BT on Valentine's Android dongle to a cheap, unlocked LG Realm running VaV1 sitting on a Garmin vent mount.
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Kamillio

I have to agree with Zipper104, even though I have not tried the V1 in any form I have been doing some of my own testing with 9500ix and escort max 2. While they are great, they don't show the direction, which helps a lot.

Question to Zipper 104, does the android phone paired with V1 need to be connected to a phone Internet network or does it just use the software on the phone and gps?

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Zipper 104

The Android phone connects to the V1 by Bluetooth using a dongle from V1. No cell service required. YaV1 uses the phone's GPS. You can get YaV1 from Google Play.
The Invisicord I have has a pass through. The cord is double-ended on one end (if that makes sense) with two RJ plugs. One goes into the dongle linking it to the V1, the other to power the V1. The opposite end of the cord has two pins that pull power from the Z's self-dimming mirror. With the Blendmount and the Invisicord everything is up at the mirror. I have the dongle attached to the V1 using double-sided tape so I just plug the two RJ plugs in right next to each other; one into the V1, the other into the dongle.
The LG phone I run the YaV1 app on is a simple, inexpensive prepaid Boost Mobile phone that I unlocked so every time it's fired up it bypasses the annoying activation screen. YaV1 is Android only, so I can't run it on my IPod or IPhone.
An LG Realm costs well under $100, but I believe it is now discontinued. There are a bunch of other inexpensive phones that people are using. All you need to know can be found on the site I linked to. I am no expert. I got everything from that site. I recall a member here put me onto it. Edconline?

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Nixin

Hey Zipper104. Are radar detectors legal on the 'wet' coast of Canada? In the Socialist Federation of Ontario, radar detectors are a BIG no no.

Zipper 104

Yup.
Also legal in AB, WA, OR and California. I can't recall if they are also legal in SK or not. For sure not in MB.

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Nixin

Lucky buggers. I have to put in for a transfer to the Pacific side of this continent. Legal to have radar detectors, fun curvaceous roads plus the best mountains and snow for skiing. WTF am I still doing in Ontario???

vikingpilot

Does this radar detectors really work, other than go beep beep all the time!.....seems like an annoying waste of money!

Fuzzzy

Have you been talking to my wife? On a recent road trip, she especially enjoyed the drives through VA where I unhooked the radar detector that, incidentally, she gave me for Christmas several years back.

Despite her complaining about it on the trip, she asked me if I would like a newer model this Christmas

Kamillio

The v1 is known for beeping all the time, that's why you pair it with the phone which will quiet it down to the level of the gps enabled escort radars, or maybe better. I don't have first hand experience with V1

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Blighter

Escort Redline has paid for itself so many times.

Can be chatty but very very sensitive. I turn off x band as no one uses it here in oklahoma.

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Kamillio

As part of the discussion, I also used redline for a few weeks, it's very sensitive as Blighter said. But the K band is constantly lit up, so it beeped all the time for me. Same happens with other escort radars but if I drove through the same place a few times it would remember to mute itself out because of GPS.

I wouldn't want to really mute out all of K band because some cops still use it, but I pretty much ignore all K band alerts anyway. Don't know if that's the right thing to do though haha

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Silly Rabbit

I have the escort 9500 with gps and really like the feature of turning off known false alarms. I find it to be excellent overall. I've never used a V1, but it is also highly rated. Interestingly enough, Escort is coming out with a new design, Max 360, that includes directional arrows and a guarantee that they will pay your speeding ticket from radar or laser.

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