Cobra Radar Detector

Cobra Radar Detector

well i see a lot of people in this forum use Cobra radar detector
do u guys find it useful? like accurately detected police and stuff
i have a cobra myself too, but just wanna find out how others think about this unit

ummm, yes and no. my brother had a cobra radar, the ESD 9560 i think, and he still got a ticket. the cop pointed the radar right at him and it didnt go off. i have another odler cobra that didnt work woth crap when a copy was radaring right towards my way. it didnt go off at all, and they way i know he was using was he pulled over the guy behind me. so i dont know about others, but mine arent that great, but theres always cops can fool you. i heard they have the instant on radar guns now, so they can leave it off until they spot someone they think are speeding and then use it. just my $0.02

instant on radar guns.. u mean the lasers?

yea those, but i dont know which ones were used in both mine and my brothers instances

for lasers, the police has to stand still in order to take a measurement of ur speed
otherwise, those that are installed in the polices' cars are radars

Buy a V1... expensive, but much better than any of the competitors as far as performance goes. Also Valentine's product is upgradeable, so you don't have to toss your old detector and when new features come out.

Also if a police officer is "shooting" laser... you better pray, since it's beam width is about 6 feet wide at 1000 ft. Laser also operates in an "instant-on" mode all of the time and it's difficult to detect since there are so few stray signals...

VASCAR is the ultimate in non-detectability (mostly used by older cops that can remember the days before radar) since it uses no radio or light waves at all. It's simply timing a vehicle between two known points (distance) and then calculating the speed by the amount of time it took for a vehicle to pass from one point to the other... Hvae you ever seen those white stripes painted perpendicular to the road (across or on the edges)? A cop can't be too far away...

Just my $0.02

how bout Bel and Escort?
i am thinking to get a better one instead of using the cobra

Escort 8500 all the way... Shiet ALOT better then the Cobra, whistler etc etc etc... ALl my friends who went from a Cobra to an Escort say its ALOT better... I have it and love it... Itll find em from a longgg ass range... Yest it found cops sitting over a mile away, i thought there was somethin wrong cuz i aint see nothin till i came upto em... V1 is also good, i got the Escort dirt cheap so bought it...

can u hook it up with me?
u have any more escort 8500 for sale?

FYI Escort owns and makes BEL. I do agree that Valentine 1 is the best with the new Escort 8500 close behind. If money is no object go V1, if it is go Escort.

have u guys seen the new Escort Cordless version?
it looks really good
is it better than the 8500s?

well, the chordless versions of any are worth shit. as the battery deterioriates, the reliability goes down the hole. i have a cobra and it's pretty reliable. i need to get me a Escort. Sal, can u hook it up bro??

really? the Escort Solo S2 are that bad??
hmm take a look here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3030088116&category=14935
they look pretty nice, and it also supports 12V too, not only relyin on the batteries

no, what i am saying is that as the battery goes bad, the strength of the unit to search for signals deteriorates. a friend had a solo s2 and he got nailed cuz his battery was bad and the detector didn't pick it up till it was too late

ic.. why doesnt he get the power cord?
i thought the unit supports power cord as well

SOrry cant hook u up... I aint no radar dealer... and DONT get the Escort Solo S@(the new cordless).. It looks cool and all, but sucks! I bought it and returned the next day... Even with the cord it aint good... 8500 is alot better then S2...

ok then i should get either Escort 8500/V1/Bel 940....

I have the original cordless solo. All I can say is that it's better than nothing. The newer version HAS to be better but I'd go with the Valentine 1 or Escort 8500 were I to replace it.

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VASCAR is the ultimate in non-detectability (mostly used by older cops that can remember the days before radar) since it uses no radio or light waves at all. It's simply timing a vehicle between two known points (distance) and then calculating the speed by the amount of time it took for a vehicle to pass from one point to the other... Hvae you ever seen those white stripes painted perpendicular to the road (across or on the edges)? A cop can't be too far away...

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Up here the staties use a helicopter to watch those timing strips on the side of the road. No radar detector in the world will keep you from getting nabbed by that.

valentine's radar detector V1, you can send it in and ask them to tweak it if you want, and they will do it for free, they are really nice about stuff too, me and my dad have one and it works like a charm!
let me repharase that, tweak as in modify the frequncies.

tweak also meaning in upgrading new firmware for the V1 right?
thats what i heard from my friends too

U can upgrade the 8500 as well... I have no regrets whatsoever... Plus the best part is the boogey meter, which shows how many and what time of radar there are.... Sooooo if theres usually K band set off by a store, u might ignore it... But the 8500, will show there are 2 K bands... Its saved me ALOT... But yea dont rely on jus the detector... Use common sense as well... Today on the highway I passed 2 state troopers hiding with no laser/radar...

Ive got the escort 8500 solo s2 cordless version..
the way escort designed this is the reliablilty of the detector stays the same...even if battery life is low... it will warn you to change the battery, thus changing the battery becomes an issue... unless using digital lithuim batteries...they last longer....im looking for some digital rechargeable batteries...that will save cost...
Plus i cant stand that dangling wire from most radar detectors.... unless you hardwire it to the car.....so when you start your car ... it starts your detetor...

the escort that i have is AWESOME!
400% better range then other detectors...
and i have owned others... and there is def a diff.!!!
price is an issue though "270"
but its cheaper then several tickets
if you have a lead foot like mine...and know youll be going 85-90 in a 70mph speedlimit zone... then a good detctor will save you... watch out for the pulse signals though...

he lost it so then he pulled a insurance scam with circuit city and got the one that sal has, i want the V1 so bad, but damn 500 bux is way too rich for me

hey DistantXtremes, but cant you connect with the power cord and get power straight from 12V though?
btw how u get ur fog lights to be so yellowish? what bulbs r using?

he's got the lexus style yellow ones. i wonder if they are Orsam's, like Syndicate

I am using the Orsam's too, but they get washed out by the silverstarts lol

i dont think our Fogs are intended to be very bright, they are more for show, thaey aint driving lights

I guess DistantXtremes opened up his foglights and painted it, u think so?

nah, the bulb creates too much heat, it will burn the paint off and possibly blow