Help a newbie understand prior Tests

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This may be a mute point after Monday, but I am truly confused about prior studies of Blinder. In GOL April 2006, not one retail version of blinder was tested (just a prototype). In August 2005, my impression is the m-40 manufacturer's prototype did well, but the retail m-40 version did poorly (except against PL III), and the M-20 wasn't tested at all. I truly intend the following as an innocent question from a newbie. Why do people report the August 2005 GOL results as "The M-20 led the pack for all the production units that were tested," Is it because the words m-20 are used mistakenly for m-40 and the AL6 was just a prototype (not a production unit) at the time?

Are today's blinder units more like the Aug 2005 retail version or the Aug 2005 MFR prototype (which did well in the tests)? What does all this mean in real life (Is PL III the only lidar in use in the US)? The only reason I care is that I bought 2 M-20's (haven't installed yet) and I think I will have to junk them both when the new results arrive Monday.

Thanks and please be kind!

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[edweird]

I don't think the Blinder mfr prototype's technology has been released in a retail product from them yet.

The PLIII is not the only laser gun in widespread use in the US. Laser Atlanta, Stalker, and LTI guns are also used.

I have an old ZR3 jammer, and even though it's not as good as some newer models, and won't come out on the top of the soon to be released results, I don't consider it junk.

I think you'd find most folks telling you that even if you decide to get a newer more effective LJ (assuming the Blinders aren't), you still want to keep the Blinders for extra coverage, rear coverage, or maybe a second car?

[polakatl]

I was slightly dissatisfied with that test as well. Few people want to get an M-40 just like most people want to get the STANDARD single head diode jammers. Neither a M-20 nor a single head were used. I hope the new test uses single heads on smaller vehicles, but I think it might turn out to be the ultimate ~$1k dual head packages being tested. They say that they test on lidar unfriendly vehicles so thats why they use 2 heads, but how about a one head test to see how that performs. Another thing I haven't seen on the tests is a no front plate test. This is pretty common in the us and would make for a good test on a single head. So could 1 diode head with no front plate (meaning the gun should concentrate on headlights) be sufficient on a regular passenger vehicle.

[happya$$]

I was slightly dissatisfied with that test as well. Few people want to get an M-40 just like most people want to get the STANDARD single head diode jammers. Neither a M-20 nor a single head were used. I hope the new test uses single heads on smaller vehicles, but I think it might turn out to be the ultimate ~$1k dual head packages being tested. They say that they test on lidar unfriendly vehicles so thats why they use 2 heads, but how about a one head test to see how that performs. Another thing I haven't seen on the tests is a no front plate test. This is pretty common in the us and would make for a good test on a single head. So could 1 diode head with no front plate (meaning the gun should concentrate on headlights) be sufficient on a regular passenger vehicle.

We did test M20 and single head laser diodes on this test on a regular size vehicle (a charger)