Tested: Escort RedLine vs. Valentine One

[North Alabama]

As fellow members have already reported about the two RDs, the Redline is in the top running with the 35.5 band, we know. But why did that guy leave off the 33.8 band? Smells like a fish!

[Stealth Stalker]

Smells like a boatload of fishes. The problems with that article are, what we call in medicine, TNTC.

[djrams80]

What good does a 14 mile range detector do if it can't pick up Q/T at close range.

Because Q/T is rare. What good does it do to be able to detect Q/T, if the detector isn't sensitive enough to detect C/O at the range the Q/T shot happened? There are plenty of examples/videos of I/O shots being detected by the more sensitive RD and being missed by the quicker RD.

[bigalinwv]

As fellow members have already reported about the two RDs, the Redline is in the top running with the 35.5 band, we know. But why did that guy leave off the 33.8 band? Smells like a fish!

I checked a lot of his old tests, none have 33.8 in the test. Even though I prefer Belscorts, CP is always against the V1. I remember when he picked the Whistler 1490 over the V1 in 2000 (if I'm right). You couldn't sell a 1490 on Fleabay for $10 now, yet a V1 from 2000 would still get at least $250.

That being said, my experiences with my Redline and my V1.8 show even more toward the Redline. The only Ka around here is 35.5 and 33.8. On K band and 35.5, it's not even close, on 33.8, it's not a nail-biter. The Redline is a jaw dropper.

[nine_c1]

Well..........on one hand, thats about the most favorable review this guy has ever done on the Valentine One.

The rub is that he only acknowledges the V1's great sensitivity on Ka band after years of shortchanging this detector. I guess now that Escort does have a marvelously sensitive windshield mount in the RedLine, he finally felt secure in admitting how good the V1 is.

The test itself just seems fabricated to me though. Fourteen mile detections! We have several posters that transit the deserts and have not seen more than 7 miles at best. I actually believe the average user will see a much larger performance difference on Ka band between the V1 and RedLine than what his "tests" indicate ESPECIALLY around bends and over hills. I dunno.......maybe I just have a real hot RedLine.

And the BS about the V1 falsing 4x the RedLine! That is total nonsense! My RedLine, in Highway mode, falses MORE than the V1 on K-Band sensors because it is more sensitive than the V1 on K-Band!!! Since it's impossible for any RD to differentiate real Radar from a door sensor, it's also impossible for one to be more sensitive to the real thing while ignoring the motion sensors. Why does this guy continously attempt to shovel $hit ?

Bottom line..........after years of fudging the numbers, I cannot bring myself to believe anything this guy has to say about any RD........good or bad!

Edit: Just one more gripe. Even now, after years and years of testing the world's best detectors, the world's formost expert on RD's Still hasn't learned how to program a V1! I say it's time to throw in the towel CP!

[Obsidian]

He's anti-V1 for sure, but he was fair to the thing this time ....

Regardless of some hiccups, for both detectors all of these numbers are superb. Testing two overachievers like these is like evaluating F1 drivers. Fewer than two dozen people in the world are first-rank and even the race-losers have world-class talent.

[Unkind]

This makes me sick, wish I had a Redline

[rocky2]

And the BS about the V1 falsing 4x the RedLine! That is total nonsense! My RedLine, in Highway mode, falses MORE than the V1 on K-Band sensors because it is more sensitive than the V1 on K-Band!!! Since it's impossible for any RD to differentiate real Radar from a door sensor, it's also impossible for one to be more sensitive to the real thing while ignoring the motion sensors. Why does this guy continously attempt to shovel $hit ?

I agree my Redline has found falses I didn't even know exist. It and the V1 false at about the same rate. Nobody should buy a Redline because it falses less than the V1 you will be disappointed.

[Jag42]

In the Whistler Pro 78 Rev C review Craig peterson said it equaled the V1 on a x and Ka at the straight away site.

[snoopyc4]

All you have to do is read half the article to see why we don't like him. He's an idiot.