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I have heard many good things with the 9500i. I had the 8500 it was awesome!! V1 is better with the arrows.

[RaDaRkInG]

Originally Posted by theDude

I do like the arrows/upgrade of the V1 however...

Here are some other reviews/tests for those interested.

http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleid=100542

Radartest.com is run by a guy named Craig Peterson who works for Bel and Escort so he bashes the V1 every chance he gets. He got busted trying to sabotage the Guysoflidar.com 2007 radar detector test and he will probably have to part with a couple thousand dollars on top of the $1000 radar gun that he hid under camouflauge on top of a mountain to throw off the testing.

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtop...biassed+biased

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23628

http://www.guysoflidar.com/march-2007/sabotage.html

[533ogetnom]

Originally Posted by RaDaRkInG

Valentine One for the win!!

http://guysoflidar.com/march-2007/ra...ctor-test.html

http://guysoflidar.com/july-2007/off...ctor-test.html


There are big problems with the new Escort 9500i and the majority of people are returning them because of less range than the Valentine One and the 8500X50.

They are locking out signals from door openers and the 9500i is not alerting to cops that shoot radar in that area. Owners of the 9500i are also complaining that signals that they lock out are not staying locked out from the day before. They also say that their Sirius/XM radio is cutting out because of the 9500i and its GPS function.

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23027
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23178
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23183
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23036
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=22800
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtop...torder=asc&sta rt=0
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=22824
http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=22762

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=22803

Are you satisfied with your 9500i or returning it?Satisfied with 38% [ 21 ]Returning 61% [ 34 ]Total Votes : 55

mine works fine, likely those people are dumb and have it on the wrong setting, the auto setting wull reduce range pretty heavy (yea its useless) if they leave it on highway like they should it should work fine

as for previous days lockouts not storing, its a very common coding problem to have things that were meant to save not save from a session sometimes



oh and i can def say the range is the same due to a very memorable little shit who has a GREAT hiding spot

EVERYTIME i drive to gainsville this asshole hides in the same spot, its around a corner and behind two sets of trees as well as sunk down about 10 or more feet from the highway, so basically hes got three diffrent advantages blocking his radiant signal

ive gone by him 3 times w/ my x-50 and once now with my 9500i, with both detectors i got a one bar alert the same distance, have about 1-2 seconds to slam on the brakes before im ontop of him w/ full alert

he has to get so many people O_O

[RaptorKTM]

get the Valentine, i have owned the STI, Escort 9500 and the Valentine is still the best, just shut off X band and if your in cali, shut off Kband

[Lassaxi]

I've said it many times and I'll say it again: I think the Passport 8500 x50 is the best blend of performance and false alarm resistance. I've used the V1, and it's range is great, but it really does false too often. And, the V1 simply provides too much information. My car is not an AWACS aircraft, and I don't need or want arrows, bogey counters or other gizmos to help me decide whether a signal is radar or a false alarm. I don't care if a cop is in front of me, behind me, above me, or diagonally across the street. If he's a threat, I want a warning. If not, I don't want to know about it.

I just want a detector that alerts when there's a threat, and stays quiet when there isn't. In my opinion, the 8500 comes closest to meeting that ideal.

[dbtran]

Originally Posted by "07"BobbyBimmer

Who cares about the arrows, anyone with half a brain!! Last year I was running a road in Oregon along with a guy in a porsche we both had detectors, mine was a V1 and I dont know what his was except I know it wasnt a V1. We were doing about 120mph and I was leading at the time. All of a sudden my V1 goes off and the arrows are pointing forward and the indicator was telling me 2 bogeys. I backed down to 60 and after a bit a highway patrol comes at us and goes by. My V1 tells me with the arrows that their are still 2 bogeys, 1 front & 1 back but the arrow for the front one is flashing warning me that this is the greater threat. The porsche cant understand why I'm not getting on it again because whatever unit he's using is just making noise and he fiqures its the one that went by us in the other direction. So he comes around me hauling ass and I waved at him to try to warn him to slow down, but he just blew by me. A half mile down the road hiding off the shoulder was the other one who was pulling out to go nail the porsche. You can get what you want and escorts are very good, but for my money and I'm a traveling sales manager & rep who does 2500-3000miles per month, I will always go with the V1, the arrows that you knock have saved my ass numerous times

Yeah guy with a half a brain doing 120 mph on a public road. Way to use that half a brain!! Not knocking the arrows just a person should slow down once they hear the sound instead of taking their eyes off the road to look at arrows.

[OhhaiAlex]

V1 FTW

[theDude]

Originally Posted by RaDaRkInG

Radartest.com is run by a guy named Craig Peterson who works for Bel and Escort so he bashes the V1 every chance he gets. He got busted trying to sabotage the Guysoflidar.com 2007 radar detector test and he will probably have to part with a couple thousand dollars on top of the $1000 radar gun that he hid under camouflauge on top of a mountain to throw off the testing.

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtop...biassed+biased

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtopic.php?t=23628

http://www.guysoflidar.com/march-2007/sabotage.html

Thanks for the above links...very interesting. One of them answers my question about the existence of Spectre III and IV in Virginia. It sounds like V1 is the best all around detector; although the STI isn't terrible. As much as I'd like the best, the RDD immunity (or lack thereof) of the V1 kinda sucks, given my state. For the doubters, I pulled this from the offical V1 webpage:

"We've been unable to acquire a Spectre RDD for testing. Until we can do so, be advised that no super-heterodyne receiver is perfectly undetectable, and that includes V1. "

["07"BobbyBimmer]

Originally Posted by dbtran

Not knocking the arrows just a person should slow down once they hear the sound instead of taking their eyes off the road to look at arrows.

That's what makes the separate remote unit that is available for the V1 so nice, put it right in the speedo area and you dont have to be looking up at the top of your windshield by your mirrior to see whats happening like with most other detectors.

["07"BobbyBimmer]

Originally Posted by dbtran

Yeah guy with a half a brain doing 120 mph on a public road. Way to use that half a brain!! Not knocking the arrows just a person should slow down once they hear the sound instead of taking their eyes off the road to look at arrows.

And db regardless of the speed, I'm sorry to hear that you are not able to do more then one thing while driving your car. So if you are not able to look at a detector, I'm sure your not capable of working a heater control or changing a radio station and driving at the same time, what do you do, pull over to do anything besides grip the wheel and look straight forward. I'd like to see how you do with chewing gum and walking at the same time. Just so you know, at whatever speed I'm doing even if I am under the limit, I hear the V1 beep I slow down instantly before even glancing at the V1, it's called mutli-tasking, give it a try you might get more enjoyment out of your car,you should of bought a honda fit or something else

[WilyB]

Living in VA, the only choice is a K40. As more and more police cruisers use Spectres here, I wrapped up the detectors (not the front antenna!) with our RAM pouches which offers two or three benefits:

1) Spectre can only detect the radar detector from a narrow front or rear angle, which leads the police officer to believe he got a false alarm.

2) It reduces false alarms in the city.

3) I have not tested it yet but it should also enable installing a radar detector in a Distronic+ equipped car.

[Andrew@ET]

i say get the 8500 x50 save money compared to v1 .

i went from the cobra xrs 9985 to the 8500 and wow ! just today i picked up a cop 1 1/2 miles way and he was facing forward i was amazed !

[theDude]

Originally Posted by miamibusta69

i say get the 8500 x50 save money compared to v1 .

i went from the cobra xrs 9985 to the 8500 and wow ! just today i picked up a cop 1 1/2 miles way and he was facing forward i was amazed !

He may have been facing away from you, but his radar was probably pointed back...gotta love the rear facing radar

[Andrew@ET]

no he was facing away from me getting people coming down a bridge when i came by he took off on some one.


btw that pic shows cops not radars it a radar detector not a cop detector dont forget.. for the price of the v1 compared to my escort i could pay for two tickets for the price of some arrows.