I second everything Dan said about the Valentine One. I've owned it for
about a year and half and have owned many other detectors over the last 15
years (mostly Cincinnati Microwave/Escort brand products). Nothing comes
close the performance of the Valentine One.
The downsides: the unit is a big bit and the design clunky looking; it's not
cordless.
Gary Schotland
> If you are going to buy a radar detector buy this one. I decided I wanted
> one two years ago. Car and driver has rated this detector number one in
> every comparison they do. I think it is worth every penny and wouldn't
> consider buying anything that didn't have the features the V-1 has.
>
> As for Laser forget it. If you get a signal you have been nailed. Laser
> detection is not for warnings but to let you know you have been tagged.
>
> One great feature is the signal counter, tells you how many radar signals
> your getting (up to 9).
>
> The second one is the direction arrow for the source. It has front and rear
> radar sensors and uses display arrows to say weather the source is front or
> rear, and if it is picking up the same frequencies on the front and rear
> sensor it lights up a set of to the side arrows. This is great when
> motoring down the freeway. Before I had the V1 I would get a minor signal
> and slow for several miles even after it went away because I was not sure of
> the source. Now I slow down, see the signal source pass from in front of me
> to behind me, know where it was, that it wasn't traffic enforcement and
> speed back up.
>
> Only problem is it is so good it can false off of other radar detectors in
> other vehicles (they leak, which is why the V1 is the only VG1 (not
> detectable) radar). But picking up other detectors isn't a problem if you
> use one of the filter modes. I only use it at full sensitivity in the wide
> open spaces of the south west.
>
> Buy it, don't waste your money on anything else.
>
> dan
>
> An honest endorsement from someone who has had several different radar
> detectors.
>
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