Rawr256

Well its on its way!

Ordered one up from Dino at Revextreme on a sale. Says he is getting in a shipment Wednesday and I should see it a week after that. Went with the new Escort 9500i, suppose to be the latest and greatest out there.

Will be my first one ever, interested to see how this thing works.

If anyone else is looking for one or any other Escort radar detector for that matter can PM DinoZ for some pricing.

Rokko

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You'll wonder why you've ever driven without one.

Mine saves my *** almost daily. I've had an escort model of some kind for the last 20+ years. That new 9500i sure looks sweet. A buddy of mine just got one and is now giving me **** about my dinosaur era 8500 X50 model.

wws699

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Thats funny man. I have the X50 too, been thinking about geting the new version but the one I have hasnt let me down yet (knock on wood). Got popped with Laser on Sat. Going to the XXX in issaquah, only been hit with a Laser 3 times in the last 5 years

Todd2001SS

Could not of said it better. My first mod on my motorcycle, radar detector. It will pay for itself in no time.

HitmanLSX

i'm thinkin down the road about replacing the SR1 (which has given me quite a few false laser readings as of late anyways) with the escort laser shifter system and tie it into a 9500 for the radar and extra features it offers over the all in one custom install. escort is always a good choice even though i've glancfer at a V1 a couple times.

TwoFast4Lv

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It is the most bad *** unit ever built. Mine will be on the way shortly Just need to wrap up a few things first

Steph will be happy as that means the 8500 will move back to her car

Poik

I've got Rick's old 8500

1BAD95Z

Yeah, I'm not using one right now and have to stick to the speed limit Just kidding... With all of the speed traps they've been running lately I try not to speed anyway...

FiveLiterRiceEater

I have a bel RX65 Pro

It payed for itself within the first week. Not to mention ive been hit with laser twice in the last week (damn motorcycle cops) and it saved me both times.

howierd42

V1 here. Love the counter and the arrows. And no matter what you end up with it WILL pay for itself in no time. Speed traps are becoming more common all the time.

kens03cobra

Bel STI here because we are not supposed to have radar detectors in VA

It supposedly is the stealthiest on the market for radar detector detectors

saves my *** multiple times daily...


Ken

Rawr256

My brakes will love me for it. My eyes keep getting worse and I just need to go to the optomitrist, but everytime I pass someone or exceed the speed limit more than usual and see an Impala or Crown Vic I panic and will try to slow down without dynamiting the brakes. Same goes for some cars at night.

Make sure to ask DinoZ about prices when you look at getting one Ellis, he can give you a bit of a price drop with shipping included.

99blancoSS

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Which is better the Valentine with its up gradeable so???are or the Escort? I'm buying one from him as well one of these days.

Rawr256

From all the reading I have done through the last year + in my off time at work. They both perform similar, but the V1 edged out the 8500 iirc. I have heard multiple times though the V1 goes off constantly though making it a nusiance, and have heard of people turning it off and forgetting and getting nailed w/o warning.

The new 9500i has some fancy GPS system thingy and can learn locations, so when you pass by the grocery store the door there wont set it off after a while when it has "learned" its signal.

kens03cobra

Of all the performance results I have seen, the BEL wins....hands down

Some will argue they love the arrows of the V1, I say BS.....

if it goes off, slow down I don't care if he is left or right..

That said, I have no false alarms and would recommend the STI to anyone.

Ken

TwoFast4Lv

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To be honest they are all so close how do you really call a winner.

I have used them all and the Passport has won me over

I will be ordering mine very very soon We need it for a small trip to Wendover

howierd42

Arrows on the V1 are more for front/rear than sides. And yes, they will hit you from behind in this state.

I have NEVER had mine go off "all the time." I run it on full logic mode and it has never let me down. Most of the problems with the V1 in tests have been because the testers don't know how to use them. (There is no city/highway switch for example, just 3 "logic" modes. Just read the damned manual.)

Mike Valentine created the Escort in 1978 at Cincinati Microwave. (I have owned several of these models over the years. But then Cincinati Microwave sold out to BEL in the late '80s/early '90s and Mike Valentine started his own company and has been selling his radar detectors under his name, the Valentine One, ever since.

tjwong

I have also been running a V1 for years and have never had any issues with it. Its been upgraded a few times since I bought it nearly 10 years ago. It has saved my azz several times and has paid for itself time and time again.

Mikey 97Z M6

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Sort of on the same topic here; Just a heads up, but in eastern Washington/Oregon, they use airplanes, and your fancy radar detectors don't do ****. They time the cars between the white lines painted perpendicular to the roads, then calc your speed based on time/distance.

Ask me how I know this.....


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1BAD95Z

They have those over here too...Your just SOL when it comes to those