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Originally Posted by 04GTMustang  first off are the legal where you live? if so then get the passport 9500i its gps based so it will elminate false alarms.
if they are not legal go with the beltronics sti driver. thats what i have and its awesome. blows the v1 out of the water according to tests done by radar roy.
both the 9500i and the sti driver cost 450 dollars.
the sti driver is immune to all rdds including the new spectre detectors.
I have had mine for almost a year now and gives plenty of warning before you see the cop. if its in a straight line i have picked a Ka band from 3 miles down the road.
and like on that website where it says it is full 360 degree and other detectors are not because they dont have a rear facing antenna. my sti driver has a rear facing antenna as well. most of your top dollar detectors will have a full 360 degree coverage. go to radar roys site and read up on which ones are best in there tests. the new passport and the sti driver are the top 2 v1 is up there as well. cant really go wrong with any of them.
but if it were me and i lived in an area where they were legal i would go with the passport 9500 because of the gps based system that allows you to mark all the spots in town where the false alarms are. and even if a cop is sitting in that parking lot the next day it will still pick up the new signal.
I just read the 2007 radar detector review all 3 of those detectors named are equal in distance but the sti driver is the only fully immune to RDDs and also has the second fewest false alarms the first being the 9500i and then the v1 got the most amount of false alarms even with the filters being on.
but you cant really go wrong with either of them |
You don't know what the hell you are talking about.
First of all, Radar Roy doesn't sell the Valentine One so do you think it will win any of his radar detector tests?
The Bel STi is $499.95 not $450 like you said.
The Valentine One is the only radar/laser detector with a forward facing radar antenna and a rear facing radar antenna and arrows to actually locate radar and not just beep. Valentine Research has the patent on arrows and multiple antennas facing opposite directions in a single radar/laser detection unit. This is why the Valentine One beats every other detector regardless of brand by 2+ miles in rear radar detection.
The Bel STi has two forward facing antennas, one for X band and one for K and Ka band.
9500ci and STi Radar Antenna Horns - Radar Detector Jammer Forum
The Bel STi is on the right and notice that there is no rear facing antenna.
Notice how the Valentine One has two antennas, one facing forward and one facing to the rear.
