looks like the xtr-695 would be my daily and v1 for higway

[gadgetdude]

ok so i made up my mind and iam going to get the xtr-695 for daily usage( hope it does good with 35.5 ka band.) and use the v1 only for the higway. For those who got their 695 in I hope it is worth the money and would do good, and has anybody like it yet, does it give good performance.

[guit123]

i exactly use it that way.
i use 690 exclusively in city and on higway i always use v1. v1 smokes everything on highways and arrows are just perfect.

[gadgetdude]

Originally Posted by guit123

i exactly use it that way.
i use 690 exclusively in city and on higway i always use v1. v1 smokes everything on highways and arrows are just perfect.

oh really and how do you like i, how does your 690 do on ka band 35.5

[guit123]

i dont know the freq but my city police 90% of the time use ka.
i am very happy with it's detection for over a year now.

[gadgetdude]

Originally Posted by guit123

i dont know the freq but my city police 90% of the time use ka.
i am very happy with it's detection for over a year now.

know the 695 can you pick the color that you want the led to come in right, oh ok

[guit123]

well mine is 690 so no go on freq display.

[gadgetdude]

Originally Posted by guit123

well mine is 690 so no go on freq display.

so you were saying that your 690 does good with ka and even is close to the v1, and so i wont go wrong with the 965 right

[guit123]

yeah, 695 should be very good.
i am not a big fan of lcd display though. as long as u dont bake it in the sun the display should be fine too.

[gadgetdude]

Originally Posted by guit123

yeah, 695 should be very good.
i am not a big fan of lcd display though. as long as u dont bake it in the sun the display should be fine too.

is there any close ups of the 695 and that i could see the lcd

[WK446]

I've had the XTR-695 for a little less than 2 weeks and have it installed alongside my V1. My daily commute consists of around 1 hour to work and an hour back.

I have only encountered K-band and Ka-band (34.7) during my commute.

K-band: In K-band, the V1 has no equal with respect to detection range and sensitivity in every conceivable circumstance. Around sweeping bends with little to no variances in elevation, the 695 does surprisingly well. But when there are some elevation changes thrown in the mix though, the detection range is hindered slightly.

Ka-band: In Ka-band (34.7), I have had limited encounters. With a mobile Ka equipped patrol unit coming towards me on the highway in the opposite lane sampling traffic IO, the alert from the XTR-695 came virtually at the same time as my V1. Detection range was not fantastic for either unit in that situation, but each unit gave enough warning to bleed off any speed.


False Alarm Suppression: I have my XTR-695 set in Highway Mode with the default (normal) Filtering option and both X-band and POP disabled. With these settings in mixed city/highway driving conditions, the XTR-695 is fairly quiet unit. Its false alarm supression is good - an order of magnitude better than the V1.

I have my own mini-review on the XTR-695 going in another thread, so I'll be adding to it as my time with it continues.