Radar Detector Recomendation

For the rest of the year, I'll be on the interstate for a weekly 500 mile
round trip-- and want to get a radar detector. They seem to range from $50
on up to$500 or more.

I'm not interested in over working my credit card for "the very best" one.
Nor do I need one that gives me the cop's name and what he had for breakfast
when he lights me up. I just want a little advance warning of cops in the
area if the old needle creeps up too high-- real easy to do in my '07 Accord
EX-L Sedan 6 cyl.

So where's the most bang for the buck/sweet spot to buy-- and any specific
recommendations?

 

Use your cruise control. Then, you don't have to worry about speeding.

Jeff

 

Valentine One! $399.00 Top rated.

Buying a cheap radar detector makes as much sense as buying a smoke
detector that "usually" works well but is guaranteed to work once the
house is actually burning well.

 

Well, if I accidentally set it a little too high, the radar detector will
still be helpful. So can you recommend anything?

 

I have had a passport solo for several years. It is nice in that
it runs on batteries and doesn't have a cord hanging. I does
a pretty good job, but you still have to be fast on the brake.

 

Get a Valentine One.

Drive with traffic in the right lane.

Don't tailgate.

Don't swerve in and out of traffic.

A radar detector by itself is meaningless. A radar detector against
lidar is meaningless.

A radar detector against radar, coupled with intelligent driving, will
keep you safe.

 

Intelligent driving by itself will keep you safe.

 

Hi,
I never saw perfect one or dependable one. More like a nuisance causing
distraction. Just dirve sensibly. In my driving days, I had one ocasion
where detecotr prewarned radar ahead, then did not matter any way, I was
not speeding. If you have money to spend on radar detecotr, I'd get a
GPS unit(more helpful).

 

Intelligent driving does not necessarily entail adhering to the posted
speed limit.

 

Lemme see if I got this right. Based on the fact that the one time your
radar detector went off you weren't speeding, you recommend that I should
install a device that tells me my exact location instead of warning me of a
cop's speed gun? Huh??

 

A RADAR detector won't keep you safe. Safe driving will.

Jeff

 

Hmmm,
What I meant was spending money on GPS may be wiser than on detector.
Today there are so much eoctronics noise every where, detector goes off
on false signals so much.

 

no, it didn't prewarn; it warned.

There is no such word as "prewarn".

 

Well, dumbass, once again you're wrong:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prewarn

Prewarn
\Pre*warn"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Prewarned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prewarning.] To warn beforehand; to forewarn. [R.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.



No be a man and apologize to Tony.

Let's see what you're *really* made of...

Polfus

 

If you "accidently set it a little too high", you're a fucking moron and
deserve to get a ticket. Slow the **** down, asswipe, and keep yourself
and all of us safe.

 

The problem is that they do not warn you all that well. If the cop is
using K, Ka or X Band radar, you MIGHT get a slight warning if the cop
just has the gun running full-time. BUT, if he is using it properly
(instant on), you have no chance, as he won't clock you until he
observes that you might be speeding.

Also, if he is using Laser (lidar), you get no warning EVER. If the
detector goes off, it means he just clocked your car, and already
knows exactly how fast you are going.

And if they are monitoring speed from the air, you'll never get an
alert, but you'll still get a ticket.

If after all that, you still want to piss away money, buy the best, as
it is your only chance of getting some semblance of early warning in
scenario 1...

 

Amazing how many people waste their time, and yours, and newsgroup space,
responding but NOT answering your question. A few years ago I would have
recommended Bell, but now - Valentine is the only one worth considering.


Bob

 

The OP asked for specific recommendations. I gave him mine: Don't speed.

 

given that the title of this thread is "radar detector recommendation",
we have to assume from your answer that "don't speed" is a brand. but i
can't find that one at my local radar detector retailer. do you care to
say where they are sold? sanctimoniousclaptrap.com perhaps?

 

But if you're driving properly--anonymously--and letting the rabbits run
ahead, you get the warning from the cop hitting the idiots and losers
who are happy to rabbit for you. Then you can safely slow down from
75-80 back to 65-70 before you go past that particular cop.

This works whether the cop is using instant on or is running it full
time.

Speeding without tickets isn't just about a radar detector; it's a
system. Please note that the above works only when you're doing it
properly, in a pack. If you're out on the highway alone with little
traffic, with nowhere to hide and no rabbits ahead, just slow down.