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Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« on: November 04, 2012, 03:38:02 PM »
Suggestions on good/best Radar Detector with approximate cost. Going to use this in my SUV not my bike. Thanks 
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2012, 03:45:56 PM »
Look at Escort or Valentine.

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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2012, 04:16:45 PM »
X2, for the Escort.
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2012, 04:20:22 PM »
Hey Dood, how would you know?  They are illegal in VA.   :P
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2012, 04:24:21 PM »
Quote from: spada84 on November 04, 2012, 04:20:22 PM
Hey Dood, how would you know?  They are illegal in VA.   :P

Only if you get caught. ;) :D

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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2012, 06:06:03 PM »
Valentine.  Have two. Upgrades are not too expensive work great. Ten years at least with them.
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2012, 08:26:17 PM »
Quote from: REDMAN on November 04, 2012, 04:16:45 PM
X2, for the Escort.


X3 on the escort  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2012, 09:06:49 PM »
Escort all the way. Saved my a$$ countless times. I have the Road Tech detector that's going on the bike.....it's an Escort 8500 inside.
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2012, 09:34:02 PM »
Thanks everyone! OK only one post specified which Escort model they were using (8500) but are all of them about the same. Was a little surprised of the price on the Escort website. Will have to research some better prices. I saw the model that was cordless that came with batteries, it looked interesting. I like the idea about not having a cord hanging down. Anybody have that model?
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2012, 09:55:51 PM »
From my experience, the cordless models don't have the same performance as the corded ones. There are some great "mirror stalk mounts" out there...and hard wire a cord into the vehicle to get rid of the lighter plug and loose wires.
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2012, 10:00:03 PM »
Quote from: dayne66 on November 04, 2012, 09:55:51 PM
From my experience, the cordless models don't have the same performance as the corded ones. There are some great "mirror stalk mounts" out there...and hard wire a cord into the vehicle to get rid of the lighter plug and loose wires.

...and here is a link to the mount site.......and they now have a nice easy cord too.

Now the link is really here:    http://www.blendmount.com/
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2012, 07:09:18 AM »
Quote from: 1sharprdkg on November 04, 2012, 09:34:02 PM
Thanks everyone! OK only one post specified which Escort model they were using (8500) but are all of them about the same. Was a little surprised of the price on the Escort website. Will have to research some better prices. I saw the model that was cordless that came with batteries, it looked interesting. I like the idea about not having a cord hanging down. Anybody have that model?

I have both. I use the cordless if I do local traveling and the 8500 when I do long distance traveling. These things do work, but are not bullet proof. You
still have to be smart. I usually get someone who is a speed demon and let them lead the way and then just pace myself a little further back then them.

As for the cordless, I like it and have used them for a long time.

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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2012, 07:12:30 AM »
I have the escort 8500 in blue.  Works great.    Saved me many times  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: Best Radar Detector For The Money!
« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2012, 08:03:39 AM »
Anybody have one of these. http://www.adaptivtechnologies.com/gear/
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