Police Radar

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

hmm is instant on the same as pop

Nope. POP is a new technology that differs from IO.

 

[amoffitt 10+ year member]

does the 9500i beat all these other radars

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

It's probably going to be a coin flip between the Valentine1 and the 9500i.

If you want a good alternative unit at a good price, froogle the Bel RX65 or the Whistler Pro 73. Just buy from a reputable source and stay away from those Brooklyn, NY camera and photo scam joints.

 

[jluv 10+ year member]

does the 9500i beat all these other radars

It depends on what you like/need/expect from the detector.

In my opinion, you cannot beat the SR7/ZR3 combo (or the SRX).

 

[jluv 10+ year member]

hmm is instant on the same as pop

Instant on is similar to laser, where there is no signal sent out until the pull the trigger or hit the switch or whatever. So there is no early warning, unless you get lucky and they are aiming for a car directly in front or behind you. In most cases your detector just goes off to let you know you've been tagged. You can fight laser with a shifter. It's very illegal to scramble radar though.

 

[amoffitt 10+ year member]

hmm i think im probably gonna choose between 9500i bel 85x and escourt 8500 X50

 

[bumpinne0n 10+ year member]

I love my V1. I also have an 8500 x50 and I can honestly say the v1 outperforms it in just about every way possible. The v1 seems a lot more sensitive than my x50 ever was. The v1 picks up instant on when the cars in front of me are hit....my x50 never did that, it only picked it up when I was being hit. The v1 also seems more sensitive when going over hills and around corners. The straight-line performance is also pretty amazing as well. It's all useless without common sense though. If you're going 10 over, you'll more than likely have enough warning to get slowed down, but when you start going 20-30-40 over, then you'll probably get busted.

There are some situations when a detector won't help at all. If you're the only car on the road, and a cop comes around a corner, hits you with instant-on, you're pretty much screwed. I had this happen to me a few weeks ago, I was going about 10 over, got hit with instant on and saw him turn around. I just got a warning out of it though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif.

As far as the 9500i goes, I wouldn't buy it just yet. IIRC, it has some problems. It has the ability to block alerts in certain areas...while that's great for door openers, etc, it also blocks out potential police radar threats. I also remember reading that there isn't really a way to take full advantage of the GPS yet, because Escort has not released any updates that would allow you to set locations for speed cameras, stoplight cameras, etc.

You can't go wrong with either detector (v1, x50, rx65), but if I had to choose, especially after using the V1 and the X50, the v1 wins hands down.

 

[path2spl 10+ year member]

i dont know about that i have both as well and to tell you the truth the v1 ***** lol it picks up the radar a split second b4 the x5 does but false alarms a hell of a lot more

 

[path2spl 10+ year member]

hmm i think im probably gonna choose between 9500i bel 85x and escourt 8500 X50

get the 9500i the bel and x50 are the same thing

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

i dont know about that i have both as well and to tell you the truth the v1 ***** lol it picks up the radar a split second b4 the x5 does but false alarms a hell of a lot more

your logic is horrendous...please try again.

 

[bumpinne0n 10+ year member]

i dont know about that i have both as well and to tell you the truth the v1 ***** lol it picks up the radar a split second b4 the x5 does but false alarms a hell of a lot more

You must be using all bogeys "A" mode or whatever it's called. Use advanced logic mode "L" and it won't false as much, about the same amount as the x50 does. I use mine in "L" around the city and then on the highway/backroads, etc I use the "A" mode and it works great, a lot better than my x50 ever did on Highway or Auto mode.

 

[amoffitt 10+ year member]

does anybody have other reviews of the 9500i?

 

[path2spl 10+ year member]

your logic is horrendous...please try again.

was there a need for that? i dont think so

You must be using all bogeys "A" mode or whatever it's called. Use advanced logic mode "L" and it won't false as much, about the same amount as the x50 does. I use mine in "L" around the city and then on the highway/backroads, etc I use the "A" mode and it works great, a lot better than my x50 ever did on Highway or Auto mode.

and thanks ill try that

 

[slick rick 10+ year member]

was there a need for that? i dont think so
and thanks ill try that

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[path2spl 10+ year member]

i guess you got picked on alot in school //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif