9500i on Radartest???

**Scott** · 02-19-2007, 06:04 PM

Unless I missed something, has the worlds foremost authority on RD's posted anything on the 9500i? Does he even know it's out? I went to his website to see what he had to say about it and found nothing. :?: :?: :?: It seems to me that such a devoted RD effectionado would've been all over this thing with comments even "before" it came out.

**happya$$** · 02-19-2007, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by Scott

Unless I missed something, has the worlds foremost authority on RD's posted anything on the 9500i? Does he even know it's out? I went to his website to see what he had to say about it and found nothing. :?: :?: :?:

I am sure a review is coming soon

ES13Raven · 02-19-2007, 08:58 PM

I talked to CP. He has had a 9500i since December. He has a pre-production model though, and wants to wait a few months and buy a retail unit for testing purposes:

Originally Posted by radartest

Hi Raven:

To answer your question, I've been driving with the 9500i since December and like it. The GPS module is very high-quality, fast to acquire a fix and very insensitive to poor mounting locations.

The controls are intuitive and marking a POI is simple. It gives a countdown from 5,200 feet, in 100-foot increments, upon returning to a marked location and I've found it to be dead accurate.

Haven't tested the radar side extensively yet although it detected a 2-mW Ka-band photo radar from almost exactly the same distance as the RX65, X50 and V1. I'll withhold my opinion on its overall radar performance, but I suspect it'll be comparable to those models. At this price point Escort would have been nuts not to spec that in the design parameters.

Also keep in mind that I'm talking about a pre-production unit. That's important to note because any high-end manufacturer inevitably goes through a rapid series of software tweaks on a new model like this. I'll wait until they've been shipping for a few months before buying one at retail and running it through a full battery of tests.

Much as I respect Escort, I've learned the hard way never to test a manufacturer-supplied unit and quote the results as gospel. Their stuff is good enough that they really don't need to cheat, but they're also smart enough not to send me a sub-par unit.

That said, I think the 9500i has a lot of potential.

Hope this helps.

BRgds,

Craig

**Scott** · 02-19-2007, 10:45 PM

Thanks Raven for the information.

**lordhamster** · 02-20-2007, 12:40 AM

I'm a psychic... here is a summary of his future review:

The 9500i is the best detector ever, the V1 sucks.
-CP

**statusquo** · 02-20-2007, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by lordhamster

I'm a psychic... here is a summary of his future review:

The 9500i is the best detector ever, the V1 sucks.
-CP

**Synbios** · 02-20-2007, 11:32 AM

radartest is an idiot

**Scott** · 02-20-2007, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by ES13Raven

I talked to CP. He has had a 9500i since December. He has a pre-production model though, and wants to wait a few months and buy a retail unit for testing purposes:

Originally Posted by radartest

Hi Raven:

To answer your question, I've been driving with the 9500i since December and like it. The GPS module is very high-quality, fast to acquire a fix and very insensitive to poor mounting locations.

The controls are intuitive and marking a POI is simple. It gives a countdown from 5,200 feet, in 100-foot increments, upon returning to a marked location and I've found it to be dead accurate.

Haven't tested the radar side extensively yet although it detected a 2-mW Ka-band photo radar from almost exactly the same distance as the RX65, X50 and V1. I'll withhold my opinion on its overall radar performance, but I suspect it'll be comparable to those models. At this price point Escort would have been nuts not to spec that in the design parameters.

Also keep in mind that I'm talking about a pre-production unit. That's important to note because any high-end manufacturer inevitably goes through a rapid series of software tweaks on a new model like this. I'll wait until they've been shipping for a few months before buying one at retail and running it through a full battery of tests.

Much as I respect Escort, I've learned the hard way never to test a manufacturer-supplied unit and quote the results as gospel. Their stuff is good enough that they really don't need to cheat, but they're also smart enough not to send me a sub-par unit.

That said, I think the 9500i has a lot of potential.

Hope this helps.

BRgds,

Craig

That's pretty good considering it was a "pre-production" unit.

**lordhamster** · 02-21-2007, 01:23 AM

Again, like he said... despite the fact that CP is a paid Escort Shill, they would not send him a unit they had not internally tested.

That being said, I'd be surprised if the detection was not on par with all the m4 detectors... however the only concern I would have is that the GPS circuitry might create some harmful interference that might reduce sensitivity on some bands perhaps.

**ghz1** · 02-21-2007, 02:34 AM

I did read some comments. Thou when I return to the site I couldn't find them again. Anyway all he said was something like the new 9500i has the same platform as the the x50 but with the GPS etc.
and raven why are you even communicating which that so and so.....don't tell I think I already know