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<blockquote data-quote="bumpinne0n" data-source="post: 3219292" data-attributes="member: 567700">Yeah valentine 1 wins hands down. I&#039;ve had the valentine 1 and the x50. I used the x50 for a few months, then decided to try out the v1. The v1 is far better at detecting radar over a hill/around a corner than the x50. It also gives far better protection against instant-on by detecting it from the cars in front of me. That&#039;s something my x50 never did -- it never gave me a warning when the cars in front of me were being hit with I/O.As far as jammers go, radar jammers are illegal in the U.S -- it&#039;s a felony if you&#039;re caught with one that actually works. Anything that&#039;s being marketed as a radar jammer in the U.S (Rocky Mountain Radar for example) is really just an expensive paper weight.However, laser jammers are not illegal in most states, as far as I know there&#039;s only 9 states with a law against them. It&#039;s true they aren&#039;t 100% effective, but if they&#039;re set up properly they can help out in some situations. The &quot;laser interceptor&quot; was found to be 96% effective in this <a href="http://guysoflidar.com/march-2007/laser-jammer-test.html" target="_blank">test</a> against most of the laser guns used in the USA.Buying a radar detector is like buying anything else -- you get what you pay for. You can&#039;t go wrong with either the passport x50 or the v1, but IMO the V1 offers much better detection than the x50 ever did for me. If you decide to go with the V1, you can call them and ask for a refurb unit, and they&#039;ll give you 10% off.If you want more information, go to <a href="http://radardetector.net/." target="_blank">http://radardetector.net/.</a> There&#039;s a lot of helpful info there.You&#039;re thinking of radar and not laser..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bumpinne0n, post: 3219292, member: 567700"] Yeah valentine 1 wins hands down. I've had the valentine 1 and the x50. I used the x50 for a few months, then decided to try out the v1. The v1 is far better at detecting radar over a hill/around a corner than the x50. It also gives far better protection against instant-on by detecting it from the cars in front of me. That's something my x50 never did -- it never gave me a warning when the cars in front of me were being hit with I/O. As far as jammers go, radar jammers are illegal in the U.S -- it's a felony if you're caught with one that actually works. Anything that's being marketed as a radar jammer in the U.S (Rocky Mountain Radar for example) is really just an expensive paper weight. However, laser jammers are not illegal in most states, as far as I know there's only 9 states with a law against them. It's true they aren't 100% effective, but if they're set up properly they can help out in some situations. The "laser interceptor" was found to be 96% effective in this [URL="http://guysoflidar.com/march-2007/laser-jammer-test.html"]test[/URL] against most of the laser guns used in the USA. Buying a radar detector is like buying anything else -- you get what you pay for. You can't go wrong with either the passport x50 or the v1, but IMO the V1 offers much better detection than the x50 ever did for me. If you decide to go with the V1, you can call them and ask for a refurb unit, and they'll give you 10% off. If you want more information, go to [URL="http://radardetector.net/."]http://radardetector.net/.[/URL] There's a lot of helpful info there. You're thinking of radar and not laser.. [/QUOTE]

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