Escort 8500 X50. It detects pop radar too.

 

personally the BEST one and i have had a bunch is the valentine one, i haven t been able to test the new 8500 yet though


www.valentineone.com 400 bucks well worth it

you have other options such as the
passport 8500
k40
both good but the v1 is just amazing

 

V1

and

www.stemstand.com

joe--no tickets while using my V1! and I fly!

hehehe (cant believe I just said that!)

 

escort 8500 X50

the v1 wont do pop radar

 

dont get the stem stand mount(they look horrible)mount it in your nose and eithe rbuy the remote display for your dash or the H.A.R.D wireless system whre a small lite illuminates in ur helmet when it goes off

 

i have a v1, and its never let me down, i regularly do dubble the posted and more and ive always had enough time to slow down.

ive owned 3 other detectors, and the passport was as good in range, but lacking on info.

the arrows are amaising, you pinpoint regular hot spots around your daily drive the very first time, and it always let me know what is something to look out for.

i was on about a 3 ticket a year schedual, then i got a v1, and havent had a ticket in 3 years now.

i feel like im hunting the way you get information, you know how intense, where it is commoing from, and how many signals in the area as well as the most likely threat.


if i had to pick a down side, it would be the size, but it really isnt that big, and even if it was 600 or 800, i would still say that it is worth the extra money over the other detectors

 

dont get the stem stand mount(they look horrible)mount it in your nose and eithe rbuy the remote display for your dash or the H.A.R.D wireless system whre a small lite illuminates in ur helmet when it goes off

with the H.A.R.D system, is the light bright enough to see it during the day?

 

Escort 8500 X50 my choice, really good

 

Don't buy valentine 1 its just a waste of money,
go to http://www.radarbusters.com/products/motorcycle-radar-detectors/8500_mc.asp it has all accessories u need to set it up nicely, and oh radar detectors saved me tens of thousands dollars in my lifetime so far Im one of those people that speed in car and on bike

 

ya u can see the hard honestly though the v1 is the best, and POP radar can t be used to write a tick bc it is so unaccurate

 

here is why not to get Valentine 1
http://www.radarbusters.com/support/speedlabs/radar-first-alert.asp

 

are the 8500, and the 8500x50 the same unit?

 

Plus consider the costs, a lot of people will tell you valentine is best because its expensive and because of their hardware update policy, but consider escort 8500 since the technology in radar detection and short wave won't change for at least another 5-10 years and only for some states like texas where there is the most speeding violations

 

x50 is updated unit i believe but check on the website I gave you

 

We might get a good deal if we do a group buy, my friend has escort 8500x50 and he loves it I have old cobra in my truck still works no POP detection but works infact saved me a ticket this morning
So if you're up for a group buy I might organize something with them .

 

here is why not to get Valentine 1
http://www.radarbusters.com/support/speedlabs/radar-first-alert.asp

i read the whole thing and what turns you off by it, it appears to out perform all the other detectors

 

We might get a good deal if we do a group buy, my friend has escort 8500x50 and he loves it I have old cobra in my truck still works no POP detection but works infact saved me a ticket this morning
So if you're up for a group buy I might organize something with them .

If thats possible let me know. Either way I need one, and soon!

So, is everyone using the H.A.R.D. system? If not what do you use?

 

echo7,

have you even used a V1
like i said the passport has around the same range, but is no whear near as useful. with the directions you actuall have stero vision of the radar and know where it is, not just that its 3 bars away, maybe in front, or behind, or just a signal on the side of the road.

the V1 is still by far the best, and i have used the 8500 as well

 

believe me the V1 is top of the line

quality, features, directional arrows, remote display, headphone jack best range

the only down side is that it is bigger, more expensive and gets a few more false alerts

only the V1 and the escort 8500 can work with the H.A.R.D system but..

you can pretty much hear the stock speaker most of the time or you can get somethign called a screamer which hooks up to the audio out or you can do something which im tryin to do which is mount more powerful ights in your dash

 

http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Products/product.asp?Item=HARD


it is 160+399 for v1 = 560

 

i read the whole thing and what turns you off by it, it appears to out perform all the other detectors

Not in all test "important tests" bud .
Any radar detection over 2.5 miles is inaccurate to Radar GUN that's the only test valentine outperformed escort in, and POP testing, POP is only for TX it only failed one test though other test it detected . Spectre test showed that escort had better rating than escort. Blah you didn't read through it I guess

 

http://www.radarbusters.com/support/speedlabs/radar-review.asp


Read this man, shows you in black and white that escort is better than valentine 1.

 

that site is so positive towards the escort b/c they dont sell the v1 motor trend rates v1 as the top radar detector and tehy arent out to sell any

 

They don't sell V1 because person who invented it doesn't allow for some reason, and like I said My friend has one and it works falwlessly I believe that V 1 is great also but it costs way too much I mean let's facce it its TOO ****ING MUCH!

 

echo you have a point, do you have ur escort on ur bike or in your car

check out my other thread about the light in your dash i can t figure it out...?