Trent Bates Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Well, as you get experienced in using your Escort (or any other detector), you may learn that the arrows are just a gimmick. I reject your opinion on this. Having the equivalent of two long range detectors facing opposite directions with an integrated display WITHOUT inducing front/rear interference is not "just a gimmick"! Professionally installed custom detectors with front and rear antennas are not gimmicks either. Let me give everyone an example from a few months ago: I was sitting at an underpass intersection waiting to turn onto a highway onramp. My laser signal starts going off every few seconds. I look down and see that the signal is coming from the REAR. I look all around me to see what is causing the signal. The only vehicle in sight is an SUV behind me with a "mother" type lady driving. In less than 5 seconds, I determined that it was not a Police officer hiding several hundred feet in front of me with a laser gun, but a "mother" driving her "laser guided/anti-rear-ending" SUV. If I'd had a lesser detector, I'd have spent a considerable amount of time trying to determine exactly what was going on. I've used radar detectors for the last 20 years and my V1 was the first in a very long time that actually surpassed my expectations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Bates Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 BTW, Here's the instructions on changing features. https://store.valentine1.com/lab/MikesLabRpt3.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rporter Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 I reject your opinion on this. Having the equivalent of two long range detectors facing opposite directions with an integrated display WITHOUT inducing front/rear interference is not "just a gimmick"! For me, the proof is my own experiences. I haven't gotten a radar/laser ticket since the mid '80s, and my last four tickets ('89, two in '92, '96) were all with VASCAR. Granted, I did get nailed by a very smart cop with radar sometime in around '97, but range wasn't the issue. He was GOOD, and he let me go on an 81 in a 65. Since the last radar ticket, I have driven probably 350-400,000 miles, and this was without arrows. As I said, once you use a detector enough (which I have been doing since my first Escort in '83 on my '83 GT 5.0), I don't need no stinkin' arrows to know which was the radar blows (sorry for the bad, mangled pun!!). For an inexperienced radar detector person, or someone who doesn't use it much, the arrows are fine. For me, the convenience of cordless outweighs other features. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Bates Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Well, You are entitled to your opinion. Implying that V1's are for less experienced/less frequent users seems kind of rude and odd. Discounting "arrows" without firsthand experience makes you seem less credible than someone who has used a V1 and gone back to something else. Has anyone here actually gone from a V1 to something else and been happy with that choice? I gave away a perfectly good detector when I tried V1. I certainly have no interest at all in going back to a single horn unit! You've no doubt made the choice that's appropriate to you. I wouldn't use another cordless unit if I had to. Not only do I have maximum range front and rear, I have a concealed display that shows the direction of all the signals in the area, a signal counter so that I know how many signals to expect, a sturdy titanium cased unit, and I can get the newest technology that the company offers without buying an entirely new unit. Perhaps we can just agree to disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGreb Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I suspect that most of the rear radar hits are really troopers panning traffic going in the opposite direction. Just about as easy to pace you (or use VASCAR) when they are going in your direction. Nope, they do this pretty regularly, looking for people in the direction they're travelling. Probably because VASCAR and pacing almost never win in Texas if taken to court. Airplane radar/pacing is also illegal in Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rporter Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Texas sounds like my kinda place!!!! Not the case in the states that I regularly travel, though. (I say this as I get ready to do a late-night run from southern IN up to the Holiday Inn near Midway in Chicago!!) Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Bates Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Nope, they do this pretty regularly, looking for people in the direction they're travelling. I haven't had the occasion to see a Texas car up close, but here in the Denver Metro Area of Colorado most of the traffic cars have front and rear radar horns mounted permanently. The rear horns are mounted on the driver's side of the rear windshield. They don't often use handheld guns around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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