Originally Posted by
Martinr77
Newbie here....had numerous detectors over the years and just found this forum. Great information. My question. I have an original Escort 8500 and when the new X50's came out, the tech at Escort told me that in Arizona my original 8500 is fine, no need to upgrade. Now after reading numerous articles here and Radar Roy's comments, the Escort 8500 X50 has a better range on K and KA than my 8500. Does anyone know if my original 8500 can be upgraded? Or, do I have to buy a new one? I was looking at the V1, but most of my driving is in the Phoenix metro area (daily driver is a C6 Corvette and weekend driver is a restored 66 Corvette) and I like the reduced false alerts of mine vs the V1 that a friend has. If I need a new one, I will go with the X50 - however, I hate to shell out $300 if my current detector is upgradeable......
Thanks for your assistance! Ron
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