STi did not false alert to cheap detectors!

[stealthJamal]

I was impressed when driving back from Ohio to Virginia this morning that I did not have 1 false alert from the STi due to cheap detectors.

I passed MANY cars that had cheap leaky Cobras (most improperly mounted too) on there windshields. I didn't relize how popular Cobras were, I guess some people really like to use crap. :shock:

No false alerts from the cheap detectors and I had POP detection enabled on the STi!

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[tjbender]

Cobra basically has the market cornered. They're probably the top-selling detectors out there. Bels and Escorts are only sold in a few high-end electronics stores, and they cost literally $100 more than the most expensive Cobra. The V1 is only sold by Mike himself, and the vast majority of drivers see it as overkill. As long as Cobra produces $100 detectors and saturates Wal-Marts, Targets, and K-Marts everywhere with them, they will continue to be all over the road.

All of this information about the STi is a very good sign for it. It's still going to take a lot for a $450 detector to bump its way into the Big Three (Big Four?), but this is a promising sign.

[licamell]

Thanks for keeping us posted Jamal, maybe I'll be ordering the STi sooner than I though.

Maybe the cobras didn't set it off cause they were probably pointing at the sky? I have seen many like that. just kidding of course.

[asianfire]

Heck, they are pretty!!!!!

Before I knew about RDs I was going to get one. Cobra make good CBs, so why not RDs, I figured. I know that I was wrong now.

[GTO_04]

Heck, they are pretty!!!!!

Before I knew about RDs I was going to get one. Cobra make good CBs, so why not RDs, I figured. I know that I was wrong now.

Uniden makes pretty good scanners, but most of their RDs sucked big time! And yes, you're right about Cobra.

Even though I am a V1 fan, I am a BEL fan too. I am happy to see the STi do so well. Now Mike has some homework to do!

Stealthjamal, did you encounter any X band radar in Ohio? If so, how did the STi do against it?

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[stealthJamal]

Not in Ohio, but I did in New Jersey the weekend before. I was driving home from Atlantic City and I encountered 2 NJ troopers using X band. Both were constant on. The first one was a NJ trooper that was already serving a customer on the side of the road. The second encounter was constant on moving X band from the other side of the AC Expressway.

It seems to me that the X band detection on the STi is about the same as the other high end Beltronics and Escort detectors.

[Daz]

I passed MANY cars that had cheap leaky Cobras (most improperly mounted too) on there windshields. I didn't relize how popular Cobras were, I guess some people really like to use crap

When I got my STi I did a little side by side leakage test with my Cobra 9700. When the cobra had Spectre and VG2 detect on it would leak X-Band as the STi would go off. The detector had to be within 1 foot to set off the STi tho. I turned the Spectre and VG2 detect off than the STi was silent even when side by side.

[StandingCow]

Not in Ohio, but I did in New Jersey the weekend before. I was driving home from Atlantic City and I encountered 2 NJ troopers using X band. Both were constant on. The first one was a NJ trooper that was already serving a customer on the side of the road. The second encounter was constant on moving X band from the other side of the AC Expressway.

It seems to me that the X band detection on the STi is about the same as the other high end Beltronics and Escort detectors.

hehe, I live in brigantine (right near AC)... I havent had any X band falses with my 995, but I have had POP go off for no reason a couple times.

Did you get any K band falses on RT-30 (white horse pike)... if you even drove on it.

[stealthJamal]

No, I try not to drive on White House Pike. (The scenic route )

[joetoronto]

i'm getting allot of false alarms with my STI, especially in the city, it's usually x-band but sometimes k-band too.

it picks up pretty much any automatic door in the same universe. :roll:

is there anything i can do to cut down on the amount of false alarms?