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I had an Adaptiv detector. It was absolutely useless against state police, in fact I think it caused the State policeman to issue me a ticket instead of giving a warning when he saw/commented on the detector.
I gave up on detectors, I keep it under 80 on the highway and no more than ten over on secondary roads and the speed limit through towns.
I like the Escort Solo because it's battery powered (AA) meaning no power wiring hassles.
Plug a Sena SR10 into the earphone jack and it will Bluetooth the warning to your helmet, i.e. still avoiding wiring hassles.
Last I knew, an earphone jack was an option on Valentines, meaning to me they don't see motorcyclists as their market.
+1 Best performance value.Escort 8500 with Marc Parnes' Visual Alert LEDs mounted on top.
+1 Best performance value.
The best website I found is http://www.radarbusters.com , run by and ex-policeman and it has great tips about how to properly use the detector and the sensitivity and, more importantly, the filtering capabilities.
With all of the localized radar being used on cars to check vehicle blind spots, following distance, etc. my old passport 8500 was constantly going off. This made it pretty worthless because the false alerts were burying the real ones. The Max 360 does a great job of filtering the false alerts out.
In addition, the detector has GPS on it so that, if you drive the same routes, it will "learn" where the false alerts are and stop them fro triggering.
The thing is expensive, and BIG, but seems to work quite well for me. YMMV.
SKi
Well... except he is selling detectors, and Valentine only sells factory direct, so draw your own conclusions about the information presented.
agreed, but he info on how to use the detector applies to all of them.
Ski
I used to run the roads for work. I have owned many detectors over the years. Valentine One is without equal for highway use. Period.
I have 3 Valentine One's, an Escort 8500, and a Whistler C90. Actually the C90 is the only one I can stand to use now on a typical trip in the car. With all the adaptive cruise controls and vehicle alert systems on new cars today radar detectors are just worthless in higher traffic use! You can send in a Valentine One to have an upgrade to help with this, but $300 is too much for that. I have the Marc Parnes LED alert, it works fairly well. I have yet to see a detector loud enough to really work on a bike, most don't have a place to hook up a conventional louder speaker. I run the Whistler on shorter trips, but the V1 is mounted for long hauls. I simply turn it off in urban areas.
however I think that the new Escort with GPS location of known signals and it might even have arrows, may well be as good. .
Yes, it does have the arrows
thanks for the tip on the transmitter - that looks like the only solution unless Escort adds the feature in a future update.
Ski