Originally Posted by
thestaton
Originally Posted by
xcr440sp
In the 2009 tests the ix did better than the "real world" V1's, not worse. The KA guard off thing isn't feasable so throw that one out, the 3.813 is just an animal, but isn't available. Compare the ix to the 3.864 and 3.863 (and I've seen posts here that in side testing the 3.872 with KA guard on was simmilar to those 2) and you'll see the ix did better than the V1 in many areas.
I own a 3.864 and an ix and I can say the performance is pretty close in most areas (maybe a slight edge in K to V1, tie to slight edge to ix on 33.8)
That said my V1 is not as good of unit as my 1.7 was. I need POP protection so I upgraded (unfortunately I'm blessed to be in a all MPH radar area), but I've regretted every bit of it. I think VR has went down in range over recent years and thats why the ix is = to the V1 now. Just look at the 3.813 compared to the 3.864 to illistrate my point.
I really hope the Redline kicks V1's butt all around the magazine tests (since these are the ones that generate the big number of sales even if they are poorly conducted), as I feel something needs to be done to get VR back on the ball. I feel they've just been "coasting" lately and Escort (despite many flaws) has really been trying to offer new equipment (as well as plenty of newly relabled equipment). I see no reason my 3.864 should have LESS range than the older detectors, but it does.
Your delusional. Please refer to the non-real world test, where the V1 was ran with Ka Guard On. The 9500IX got beat by the Cobra....
After spending 20 hours in a car with 3 to 4 people testing these things, not one of us waited for best buy to open at 10am to buy IXs. Hell, I would think anyone who was in the car would of had it on eBay by now.
Then explain the "real world test" where the 3.864 got beat in K band by the IX and on all three K bands? I own both and can tell you (based on my K and 33.8 KA experience) that my 3.864 V1's doesn't have the range advantage they used to. Maybe V1 has quality issues and 1/2 the detectors aren't as good as the others, but My experience and these results aren't that far apart. As to the IX, I didn't say it was the answer as it wasn't the best either, but the Cobra slam fits pertty good considering the Cobra did beat the V1 in many of the real world tests.
People are getting a little touchy about saying anything negitive about V1 around here. In the Escort forum the Q/T thing is continually complained about trying to get them to fix it. I'd think letting VR know what they need to do wouldn't be a bad thing either. I've sent my 3.864 in due to ghosting and was told that it worked great and had better sensitivity than most and they didn't recomend messing with it since it might loose range. Well considering my IX had the same range (replaced with a ci with much, much more range than either), they were either blowing sunshine up my butt to avoid a warranty repair or Escort has caught up in the range department.
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