Radar Detector
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I haven't used anything else in 15 years so no honest way to compare. But I have no issues with both of my V1 radar detectors. I did modify the settings to turn off all warnings from X and K bands as neither have been used by police for traffic enforcement for decades but they are commonly used for automatic door openers at drug stores and grocery stores. Once I did that I was able to turn up the volume because I was no longer getting false alarms every 10 minutes. Unless you turn off X and K, you will subconsciously begin to tune out the warnings because almost all of them are false alarms. Then you turn down the volume and a month from now when you get a legit warning you ignore it and get a ticket.
Second advantage is that V1 tells you which direction the signal is coming from. I can't believe they are STILL the only company with this capability.
Third is the awesome customer service. You can take any V1 detector of any age and send it in to be updated to the latest technology. The cases may look the same as 25 years ago but the programming is state of the art.
On the highway I get warnings over a mile away and in the city I still get a half mile of advance notice. Just be wary of the 'instant on' tricks. You can't ignore just a single, apparently random alert. It might not be so random.
Second advantage is that V1 tells you which direction the signal is coming from. I can't believe they are STILL the only company with this capability.
Third is the awesome customer service. You can take any V1 detector of any age and send it in to be updated to the latest technology. The cases may look the same as 25 years ago but the programming is state of the art.
On the highway I get warnings over a mile away and in the city I still get a half mile of advance notice. Just be wary of the 'instant on' tricks. You can't ignore just a single, apparently random alert. It might not be so random.
And the Max 360 has had directional arrows for years...it’s literally in the name. lol
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Been using high end Whistler detectors for the last 20 yrs.
Even though i don't habitually speed, they all still paid for themselves over and over again.
I currently have a Whistler CR190 GPS/radar/red light camera detector in my truck.
If i remember correctly it was around a couple hundred dollars.
The best bang for the buck IMO.
Even though i don't habitually speed, they all still paid for themselves over and over again.
I currently have a Whistler CR190 GPS/radar/red light camera detector in my truck.
If i remember correctly it was around a couple hundred dollars.
The best bang for the buck IMO.
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I don't care about the features... don't need it to dance and play tunes and have fancy OLED displays that are hard to read. And the GPS crap is great, unless there happens to be a cop working radar in front of the store that always sets off your detector so you've GPSed it away. From a pure RFperformance perspective, the V1 still wins.