ok so was looking on the valentie1 website and got tired so i figured i would ask on here.....does the valentie one go off if there is just a cop around? or he has to have his radar on?

i think it's a RADAR detector, not a COP detector :P

radar...

^^ what he said.

lol how would it be able to know if there is a cop if he isn't transmitting any waves (radar/laser)? It is a radar/laser detector, which means that when/if it detects certain radar bands and laser bands, it issues you an alert. Cop cars don't transmit anything on their own when the radar is off.

it picks up trace amounts of donut dust in the atmosphere.

Luckily 9/10 cops roll with radar always on... on one of the bands... V1 is great.. Beltronix RX65 is nice too...

ok thanks guys like cz3ch your the only one that helped me out but thanks i think im buying the valentine on friday im pumped

ok thanks guys like cz3ch your the only one that helped me out but thanks i think im buying the valentine on friday im pumped

Awesome... good choice... word of advice don't use it as a mechanism to speed.. stay legal :)

Yup, what cz3ch said, but....the V1 is amazing, worth every penny.

do you guys like the k40?

how much is the Valentine 1 costing these days? All of the research i've done on radar detectors was on www.radarbusters.com

about 400$

it picks up trace amounts of donut dust in the atmosphere.



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about 400$

OUCH!!!! :money: :shock: :money:

about 400$

OUCH!!!! :money: :shock: :money:

Trust me, its worth it....

its that good huh? I mean, if you're a speed demon, $400 to prevent tickets is a heck of a lot better than $800 in tickets, plus court appearances, plus points, plus guilt from the girl, plus insurance costs lol. Is it really THAT good though for the $400? And i'll believe you if you say yes as i've never seen it in action!

its that good huh? I mean, if you're a speed demon, $400 to prevent tickets is a heck of a lot better than $800 in tickets, plus court appearances, plus points, plus guilt from the girl, plus insurance costs lol. Is it really THAT good though for the $400? And i'll believe you if you say yes as i've never seen it in action!

Yeah I went with the rx65 from beltronics.. it was a hard toss up, but I was a bit short on cash at the time.. i should have waited for the v1 and just saved my $ as the v1 is upgradeable and has directional detection, whereas the beltronics just goes nuts without telling you where the bogie is...

ya its not bad cause your a customer for life instead of the next better radar detector coming out the next year you can always upgrade yours for very cheap usually around 50$ instead of another 400$ thats why im getting the valentine not the escort

I am nto a speed demon, but after having a 200 cobra and a 250 uniden over the years, i can safely say this thing rocks. The best thing is that it tells you where its coming from and how many sources there are, lets you know exactly what is going on.

wow, thats some impressive stuff. I mean, for $400 it better be, but nevertheless, very impressive. When I hear my detector go off, I just slow down. I'm not sure I understand the relevance of it telling you where its coming from and how many sources there are, but it sounds cool. I like the fact that its upgradable for cheap. Thats a major plus!!

ya its not bad cause your a customer for life instead of the next better radar detector coming out the next year you can always upgrade yours for very cheap usually around 50$ instead of another 400$ thats why im getting the valentine not the escort

I feel like an old man for saying this, especially because I'm far from the oldest guy here, but that radar detector is far from a be-all-end-all to keep you from having a speeding ticket. It will save your ___ if you're smart and you understand how radar/laser works, but most likely if you are thinking that it's a "cop detector" you will find yourself with quite a few tickets anyway. Half of the issues many people buy radar detectors for are things that radar detectors won't protect against, and those same issues are the ones that would've given you a ticket in the first place. All of those issues are due to driver inexperience.

I've got an Escort Passport 8500 X50 now, and at this point it's safe to say that I know a decent amount about how radar travels, the range of my own detector, and just what I might run into on the road. While the Escort has certainly had some killer detection range compared to my old crap Cobra, even it is not right 100% of the time, and I've had police sneak up on me on blind corners or use LIDAR, which you're still fully unprotected against.

Think of your V1 as a warning device, not a device that's going to give you carte blanche to haul ___ on the road. A V1 will not save you from reckless driving, from street racing or "speed contest," or any other such thing. A V1 will not save you from LIDAR. A V1 will not save you period - the only thing that saves you in the end is the ability to interpret the information it's giving you at any given time. Go out on a lot of test runs before you start thinking you can speed. Learn what the detector falses on, what is generally a true alarm, and what kinds of ranges you have in the city or on the highway. Try to find the blind corners in your neighborhood and try to figure out what types of radar the police are using. Once you know what's up, you'll be much better off. Really, the key to any radar detector is that it's meant to help you be more aware. The more aware you are of road hazards (and by that I mean police and other cars,) the better you will be able to move faster than traffic. That's what a radar detector does - allows you to move faster than common traffic with the warning time to fall back in line - not give you the ability to rip down a freeway at 120 or treat the local scenic drive as your autocross circuit.

My 0.02.