Who uses a radar?

[laughoutlloyd8]

Does anyone here uses one of those car radar detectors? What brand would you recommend that is in a reasonable price range?

[Raging]

Rocky Mountain for the ticket-less experience!!

http://www.rockymountainradar.com/pr...36f1654842443a

[GlxyGry06Si]

none then. you get what you pay for. an expensive radar detector is better than getting a cheap one and still getting a ticket. i have the escort 8500. best 300 bucks ever. my buddy also has a v1 and they rate them really better than mine but his was 400. dont buy a cheap one. my .02

[Pdivizzle0112]

you could find a pretty good radar detector at fry's. just look around and ask.

imo theyre a waste of money id go for a scanner but theyre totally illegal. radar detectors arent bad though

[Wakeboarder11]

same here i have the escort 8500 x50 for about 300 bucks from best buy. It is great. Already saved me from 1 ticket definatly in the last 2 months.

[Firestrife]

Originally Posted by Wakeboarder11

same here i have the escort 8500 x50 for about 300 bucks from best buy. It is great. Already saved me from 1 ticket definatly in the last 2 months.

got the blue one though

[Wakeboarder11]

and check this out. These guys are amazing when it comes to laser and radar detector testing.

http://guysoflidar.com/july-2007/off...ctor-test.html

and this

http://guysoflidar.com/march-2007/ra...ctor-test.html

[CivicBeater]

you really pay for what you get with radar detectors...Honestly if you want one, I would get the v1 or the x50. Personally I have the X50 and it's my favorite out of everyone I have ever used. I've seen the v1 in action and i would also reccomend that one. Which ever you can get the better deal on I would go for Look at around 300 bones though...My point in posting is if your only looking to spend a hundred bucks on a cobra, save your money. B/C they suck!

[GlxyGry06Si]

Originally Posted by Wakeboarder11

and check this out. These guys are amazing when it comes to laser and radar detector testing.

http://guysoflidar.com/july-2007/off...ctor-test.html

thanks

[Wakeboarder11]

Originally Posted by CivicBeater

you really pay for what you get with radar detectors...Honestly if you want one, I would get the v1 or the x50. Personally I have the X50 and it's my favorite out of everyone I have ever used. I've seen the v1 in action and i would also reccomend that one. Which ever you can get the better deal on I would go for Look at around 300 bones though...My point in posting is if your only looking to spend a hundred bucks on a cobra, save your money. B/C they suck!

unless you get the radar jammer.... but thats ILLEGAL! haha.

[GlxyGry06Si]

but you can hook a jammer to the escort 8500! they are really expensive but i got a demo at nopi.

[CivicBeater]

Originally Posted by Wakeboarder11

unless you get the radar jammer.... but thats ILLEGAL! haha.

Yeah the only reason I haven't messed with jammers is not b/c they're illegal however b/c there is still a "dead-zone" where all jammers simply won't work. I think it's under 200ft it can't jam. So getting a jammer that won't work all the time or possibly when I need it. Therefore kinda tough investment for me.

[GlxyGry06Si]

i did not know that. and then when you pass the cop and it hits the dead zone he should realize who was jamming. bad news bear

[valentin]

i got the latest escort 9500 with gps and its been verry good..saved me couple times since i got it(1 mo ago)...has a lot of nice features and i hardwired it myself...sometimes the alert goes on and i see no cop,but im prety sure its somewhere hiden or farther away.....if you got an agresive way of driving like myself is well worthed....
the curios fact is that now i drive much slower and im much more alert than before i owened one....which is not bad..lool ...is this hapening to anybody else?

[GlxyGry06Si]

heck yeah. now you are aware that there are more radars than you thought before.

[koreandude24]

i got escort passport 8500
it is worth for 300 bucks!

[NYDR27]

I kind of find those things useless now considering that the police have gotten wise to those things and put out fake signals on the highways around where I live to confuse people with detectors. Put then again, I drive a hybrid so you probably won't see me speeding too much either.

[laughoutlloyd8]

...so cobra sucks ehh?

I'm looking at the best buy website for the escort 8500, they are marked over 300, anyone know of a better deal

[Rems07si]

save your money and get the best http://valentine1.com/

[CivicBeater]

Originally Posted by laughoutlloyd8

...so cobra sucks ehh?

I'm looking at the best buy website for the escort 8500, they are marked over 300, anyone know of a better deal

Yeah man..I mean they DO work however when you see one put against a higher end unit it is a world of difference. My wife has a $100 cobra and honestly I usually just turn it off. The range just SUCKS and barely I mean barely gives you enough heads up