Mercedesben

I just called Valentine1 with a question about my detector and considering an upgrade. It was after five and the woman answering put me on hold for someone in the technical department and came back on and asked me to hold again and Mike Valentine picked up! I was impressed that he picked up and he was apparently one of the last people in his office. It is nice to know that after building a successful company he is one of the last people there at the end of the day. Nice guy and I am upgrading my current unit. Thumbs up for V1.

Arena993

Awesome!!!! Amazing what good customer service will do.

Mike

ltc

Mike is also a RL member, W8MM and IIRC he is active in the CGT and Panamera forums.

Cactus

I need a V1!

Slow Guy

Why? Not every road is a school zone......

















Just ribbin' the prickley one.

Slow Guy

My V1 saved our asses a few times on the trip to Palooza.

Arena993

Yes it did. I should get one as well.

Mike

Mark in Baltimore

Despite the proliferation of laser, I still feel naked without my V1. +1 on the excellent customer service. I, too, spoke to Mike Valentine a few years ago when I expected to talk to an anonymous CSR.

Christian J

Any preferred vendor for these? I was just looking into a detector after spending so many hours on the highway last weekend; fortunately without incident. I never knew of the many options for custom installations, jammers, absorbent paint, etc. etc. I think I'll stick with a dash mount V1 or Escort.

ABCar

^^^^Just call the number on any Valentine ad....I think they don't have vendors. You just have to deal with Mr. V himself.

I have one...many saves. And when it broke and I sent it back after many years of ownership, they sent it back within a few days, fixed...no charge. The best service and I DO love the arrows.

Cactus

I live my life one school zone at a time

Ed Hughes

Thanks for the reminder. I need to upgrade from my Passport unit. A couple of years ago I went with a buddy to p/u a 928 in Calif and drive it to Dallas. We had his V1 and my Passport-his was always a split second quicker. If the arrows truly work, that's a plus also.

Slow Guy

The arrows DO work.

On our trip back from Palooza, w/ Mike on my tail and 3 others behind him, the V1 went off. There was a smokey in the median pointing our way. Went past him and less than 1/2 mi. later it was continuing to go off. V1 indicated radar both in front of me and behind me. Slowed back down and sure enough there was another one hiding behind an overpass support again facing our way.

I have 2 Bel RX 65's (?) that I keep in other cars (and like them) but the V1 is the one I take when I'm going to be driving aggressively in the P cars.

Chuck W.

I use the V1 on roadtrips. It has saved me several times. The CHP and local departments are using laser more and more.

2ndof2

Assuming laser is more prevalent don't they need to be stationary to use? And does laser - lidar or whatever these speed detection devices are called work at night?

And btw....V1 all the way!!!! Couldn't imagine a detector without the directional arrows.