I wouldn't worry too much about it, I'm sure you're getting a very good radar detector. You haven't even tried it out yet, and you're already letting other people whom you don't even know sway you simply with praise for another detector.
Just remember, opinions are like a$$holes...everybody has one. I really hate to say this, but some of the Valentine users in these forums tend to be a bit "cult like" in a way at times.....enough to make you question whether or not it is really as good as they seem to think it is, or if they have just hopped on the bandwagon to praise, praise, praise while offering little to no critical commentary what so ever. From everything I've read, Valentine's customer support is better than Belscort, and in today's society where customer service has seemingly disappeared, that's probably a big reason for much of the more favorable opinions and attitudes from V1 users compared to Bel/Escort users....because the performance is fairly comparable according to the unbiased professionals who test this stuff for a living and don't have somewhat of a rooting interest in either product. So I wouldn't worry about it, you're still getting a very good detector....
http://www.radartest.com/article.asp?articleid=9090 - one such testing.....
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