Turned on POP on X50. Falses all the time.

[goofy173]

I'm not so hot on POP. On my normal 1000 mile trip over the weekend I had 5 false POP's and 0 real ones. I was really disappointed with the X50. I've only had it 3 weeks and This was my second trip with it. I'm out in the middle of nowhere and getting false X's with nothing visible anywhere. No hiding spots either. The same happened with a POP false. I'm tempted to go back to my old cheap Whistlers as I've never been ticketed using them and I get a lot less falses with them.

[hookem202]

ALL RD's FALSE!!! no big deal. 5 flase POP alerts in a 1000 mile stretch is nothing. Thats like 1 every 2 hours. Face it no detector can be perfect.

[fallen8511]

From what I understand, most people run with POP off on the X50, have you tried that or are you really worried about POP radar?

Supposedly, in Automode, the X50 is one of the queitest detectors.

[SpeedFreak]

false X's with nothing visible anywhere.

Maybe you were picking up a cellular type antena that was leaking a X band freq?

[f_399]

I'm not so hot on POP. On my normal 1000 mile trip over the weekend I had 5 false POP's and 0 real ones. I was really disappointed with the X50. I've only had it 3 weeks and This was my second trip with it. I'm out in the middle of nowhere and getting false X's with nothing visible anywhere. No hiding spots either. The same happened with a POP false. I'm tempted to go back to my old cheap Whistlers as I've never been ticketed using them and I get a lot less falses with them.

DITTO! they do false so much, when i had it i left it on but damn its loud when it says "POP"

i like how the V1 doesnt say POP just alerts

when the X50 POP's i ignore it coz its never been a real threat

[PassportToSpeed]

when pop goes off it scares the dickins out of me cause its so loud and at a constant like tone. I leave it off probably 90% of the time as with X band.

[KnightHawk]

[quote="f_399"]

DITTO! they do false so much, when i had it i left it on but *BEEP* its loud when it says "POP"

i like how the V1 doesnt say POP just alerts

when the X50 POP's i ignore it coz its never been a real threat

Isn't that the same thing when your V1 goes off in a X or K or Ka band alert and the tone stays longer than the POP beep with the X50? It even makes you pay more attention by looking for LEO and yet you don't find one. At least when you know it POP's, you ignore it and spend less time worrying about a real threat.

[KnightHawk]

I'm not so hot on POP. On my normal 1000 mile trip over the weekend I had 5 false POP's and 0 real ones. I was really disappointed with the X50. I've only had it 3 weeks and This was my second trip with it. I'm out in the middle of nowhere and getting false X's with nothing visible anywhere. No hiding spots either. The same happened with a POP false. I'm tempted to go back to my old cheap Whistlers as I've never been ticketed using them and I get a lot less falses with them.

Best thing to do is turn POP off. You'll get the same thing with your whistlers. Bottom line, all RD's makes false alert and are not immune to it.

[acemcmac]

I just did this too in the Philly area. Road tripped up to north jersey and back this weekend and got POP falses more often than all other falses combined. Very dissapointing. However, as NJ and PA are the two most primative radar states in the nation that I'm aware of (PA = vascar only and troopers use K/Ka instant on.... NJ = X+K and they're easy as HELL to detect coming) I'll probably turn it back off. I'd just like some more information about NJ/PA/MD/DE and POP before I do.

[crazyVOLVOrob]

Only state on East coast with POP is NY and they havce the units upstate

Geneva NY has BeeIII and enforcers units in their cars so when i get a POP alert i am near a cop