Are thay worth the money. eveyone tells me thay only tell you when youve been hit.

 

They are worth it, unless laser is prevalent in your area.

 

I have the escort 8500 and its saved me a bunch of times. The one thing you have to realize is that having one is not a licence to drive as fast as you want, you still have to be a smart driver.

 

the escort 8500 is the **** the newer V2 is just the same software but has different features like color changing stuff "not worth the extra cash"

 

If it saves you from one ticket, it's paid for itself.

watch out for photo and laser though.

 

the Escort Passport 8500 is a badass radar detector....it has saved me from about 5 tickets already.

go to http://www.radartest.com for impartial tests on radar detectors from different manufacturers

yes, radar detectors are worth the money....although you will need laser jammers if cops in your area use laser guns a lot

radar detectors just pick up reflections of signals off of other cars that are being targeted by cops....

laser guns don't have much reflection so you don't get any advance warning of a laser gun until one has hit you....which normally means you already got caught speeding

also, check out http://www.escort.com for an explanation on all of their products

almost all of their products have a 99% approval rating...the best in my book

 

how do laser jammers work?

-rage

 

They don't allow the beam to reflect normally.

 

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not really....

laser guns send out a laser beam in pulses. laser detectors/jammers detect the laser signal and then send out their own sequence of laser pulses to confuse the laser gun which will give the cop a jammed gun and then by the time the cop resets the gun and hits you with the laser again you have time to slow down and turn off your laser jammer.

 

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go to http://www.radartest.com for impartial tests on radar detectors from different manufacturers...</TD></TR></TABLE>This is not a good review site. The guy is very biased against Valentine 1 and accuses Car & Driver of biasing the results. Read both reviews, you’ll see who is biased.

Here is the review of five radar detectors from Car & Driver magazine (from February ’02, but includes the current V1 and Escort 8500: http://www.caranddriver.com/ar...ber=1


http://www.speedzones.com/ also has a good radar comparison test.

Yes, the Escort 8500 is a good radar detector, but the Valentine 1 is better and is worth the extra $100 (that is, the Escort 8500 is not worth $300 (visor clip is extra)).

If you want a cheaper radar detector, pick up the Bel 980 (under $200 on ebay), or the Bel 985. Not as good as the Escort 8500 & V1, but much better than all of the other crap out there on the market.

One more thing about the Valentine 1, take a look at what used ones sell for on ebay. They hold their value extremely well, five year old detectors easily sell for over $300 on ebay, two year old detectors (the same model as the current model) sell for $370+ (a new one costs $400).

 

I had a Corbra 10 Band, Must of Saved my *** like 10 times +,but it would mad trip out over brigeds and some stores would set it off, but when it would go off, there was a cop in the area. Good stuff

Corbra 10 Band for 100 bucks = good deal and nice.

I wish i still had it, but when i got jacked they stole that, fucken car theifts