In Reply to: QI45, saabsince 93b [Profile/Gallery] , Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:10

Disclaimer - I own an Escort 8500 and it has worked well for me.

The flaw (for the police) with laser is the narrow line of sight that means the police must be aiming the device, meaning they are visible. Often your first warning that laser is in use is flashing brake lights for no reason way up ahead. The police like to use that shiny reflective front license plate as a target, so if you live in the South (where there's no front license plate) and have a darker colored car, remove the front plate holder and whatever it holds (they usually come from the dealer with an advertising plate, and owners typically replace it with some kind of cute or political statement.

The worst part of using radar detectors is false alarms. I swear the Ohio Highway Patrol has placed dumb K-band transmitters all along the interstates that click on then off, triggering the "instant on" radar warning, training you to ignore your radar detector (except that the OHP uses Ka band detectors when they're not using laser).

Escort has some newer (and expensive) units that are GPS integrated and have a data base of red-light and fixed speed measuring camera locations. I think it can also create a data base of stationary non-police devices and ignore them, like X-band door openers and perhaps even those pesky OHP transmitters. There are models that double as GPS navigators, and Valentine has an option that ties its display in with smart phones.

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• Radar/Laser Detectors?, Blake, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:07
  • Hands down, Valentine One., JustinHiFi , Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:46:43
    • Second the V1, Chadwick , Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:46:06
      • Use both Waze and Trapster too., Norm9-5, Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:17:52
  • GPS based lockout for falses locks out police radar too, Norm9-5, Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:35:00
  • V1 can be reprogramed..., poop deck pappy , Mon, 9 Sep 2013 21:55:24
    • V1 is upgradeable for life. Mine has since 1997., Norm9-5, Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:28:50
  • radardetector.net is the most through owner's site., Norm9-5, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:08
    • radardetectorforum.org is where everyone has ended up., Norm9-5, Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:18:42
    • Re: Passport 8500 or Valentine, Bruce M, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:09
      • Those 10 yo 8500 were bought back for $50., Norm9-5, Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:25:29
      • Re: Passport 8500 or Valentine, jonathanR, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:12
      • QI45, saabsince 93b , Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:10
        • Valentine V1, ZAAB , Tue, 10 Sep 2013 07:10:35
          • Just moved to Cleveland, Ohio from atlanta, GA, Blake, Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:15:21
            • Re: Just moved to Cleveland, Ohio from atlanta, GA, ZAAB , Wed, 11 Sep 2013 04:15:22
              • Installation Instructions?, Name Left Blank, Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:45:27
                • V1 Savvy powers up from OBD under dash., Norm9-5, Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:41:22
            • Cleveland and suburbs can be think with cops., Norm9-5, Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:47:48
        • Some thoughts (long), Stephen Goldberger, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:11 <-- Viewing This Message
          • Escort has been known to have slow to instant-on., Norm9-5, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:13
            • DON'T AGREE! Escort has been k, saabsince 93b , Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:15
              • Re: DON'T AGREE! Escort has been k, Bruce M, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:16
                • Escort owners say it's slow to respond: PROOF, Norm9-5, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:18
            • Re: Escort has been known to have slow to instant-on., keith , Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:14
              • Blind spot monitoring and laser guided cruise control., Norm9-5, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 21:17:40
              • Re: Escort has been known to have slow to instant-on., Bruce M, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 19:24:17
                • Laser jamming is legal, saabsince 93b , Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:46:52
                  • Not if they are used as parking sensors. :) nm, Norm9-5, Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:19:47
                    • Re: Not if they are used as parking sensors. :) nm, saabsince 93b , Wed, 11 Sep 2013 09:34:52
                • Yellow lights shorter in Chicago, Bill Homer , Mon, 9 Sep 2013 20:33:46

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