I live in the suburbs and 98% of the alerts I get on the V1 are false alarms. I ended up getting an Escort 9500ci with the GPS lockout feature and my false alarm rate is almost zero now. The V1 and 9500ci are very close in detection range, with a slight edge to the Escort in side-by-side comparisons. I no longer use my V1.

 

What happens up our way now is the police drive with it off and flick it on when they see you coming. The detector screams but it's too late. The only thing to combat this is jammers. Anyone have any thoughts?

 

Another happy Escort 9500ix user. I am very good friends with a couple of local police officers so they are a good back up.

In regards to the instant on practice when they spot you, there is no good defense. Just hope that their flash on the guy(s) in front of you is caught by the detector and even on small beeps take any and all threats seriously until confirmed false.

 

The V1 beats every other detector at picking up Infinity cars and trucks.

 

What?? It only detects Infinitis? I don't want that!

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I had the StealthOne on my old E46... Worked great.

 

Give me the arrows.

What I have experienced is out on the open road the bear is behind my car. BTW, the open road can represent maybe a hundred miles of a bear's patrol beat so a bear can hang with my car for scores of miles.

With the V1 I know the bear is behind me.

This is important because often the bears drive 10mph or more over the limit, and sometimes way over the limit (and not an emergency either for I've seen the bear car reach a favorite hunting spot and slow and pull over and settle in for another victim) so the bear can sneak up on you from behind if you are not careful and attentive.

As I continue down the road I note when the arrow lights up concurrent with a vehicle behind crests a hill thus I can guess the distance of the bear vehicle behind my car. I can note over some few miles if the distance is increasing or staying the same. (Often too the signal disappears because the bear snags a customer coming towards him.)

If far enough back I can get on down the road too if you know what I mean just noting every time after the thing alarms if the strength is getting stronger or weaker. If it is getting stronger the bear has the same idea... getting on down the road.

Knowing the bear is ahead of my car is nice too. I can determine if the bear is stationary or moving towards me or sometimes moving away from me. (Some radar cars have forward, or backward looking radar and some have both. Must be like riding in a microwave oven on high...)

If the bear is moving towards me I can track the bear's progress and have plenty of time to prepare.

Then as bear (and its radar signal) goes by and the signal comes from behind and as the bear continues on in the opposite direction I can note the signal getting weaker.

But sometimes the bear switches sides. I think having spotted a nice Turbo out in the middle of nowhere has that effect on bears. The bear can change sides of the freeway or highway quicker than you can say cat.

But with the arrows I can then note the bear coming up from behind and remain on alert.

Now consider all of the above happening sometimes several times a day on a multi-hundred mile run. (Most miles I've covered in a day, a long day, is nearly 1000 miles, while 700 miles is about my average.) And all of the above doesn't always happen during the day. Sometimes this happens at night.

Give me the arrows.

 

Wow... way too much thinking and calculation. I get a signal, I slow down. Simple and effective.

 

They are going to have to be driving EXTREMELY fast for that to happen to me - hahaha

 

I use the suction cup mounts that came with it- high and to left of rearview mirror

 

I agree with Macster....I like the arrows. I travel for my job, drive on average 45,000 miles a year and I've tried all sorts of detectors and I keep my Valentine 1. However with the advancement of some of the features on the Escort I hope that Valentine 1 can improve its detector with some of the new GPS technology.

 

I have a K-40 and a V1. The V-1 is very sensitive and alerts ALOT! On the other hand, the K-40 is less sensitive and alarms less. Both of these provide direction. I prefer using the K-40 most because of the constant alerts from the V-1. I catch myself muting and or turning the V-1 off for just this reason. The K-40 was inheritied from previous owner but I do like it. The negative is it is a pain in the Wazoo to mute or shut off after initial alert as it has a little remote type fob I keep in the center console.

 

Here in California, many citations are handed not via radar or Lidar(laser) but by CHP estimating your speed using his own speedometer, which makes the detector completely useless.

I average one speeding ticket every 2 to 2.5 years (thanks to traffic school, none go on my record) all on highways with this method. Challenging it is useless since the judge has heard it all and dismisses you in 5 seconds.

 

Go to radardetector.net. That is the right place to ask your question. FWIW I think the Redline is state of the art right now.

 

I am still waiting for the Klingon Cloaking Device.........