RacerX
11-17-2006, 06:10 PM
Well my usual quickie tests turned into a more comprehensive test, so I thought I’d share the results.
The units tested were the SR7, STI (A3 M8 ) and X50 (6.1) X band was off on all units, and they were in Highway mode. SWS and PoP also off where applicable. K, Ka, Laser on.
The guns were a Ka Stalker handheld, and an MPH Z-25 K band handheld w/ PoP capability. (PoP was off for all tests)
These are part 1 and 2 of the tests.
Hopefully tomorrow I plan on doing part 3 and possibly 4.
Since it’s a radar test I don’t have much of anything in the way of videos, but I’ll work on a few pics of the test site.
For those that have seen my jammer vids, this is the same spot. A fairly straight 10+ mile area, with some dips along the way.
For each test the vehicle was stopped on the side of the road with only one detector on at a time.
Part 1 was a long range constant-on type test at 5,6,8,and 10 miles.
Results as followed:
5 and 6 miles: all detectors alerted to K and Ka.
8 mile:
SR7 – NO alert K, alerted Ka.
Sti – alerted to K and Ka.
X50 – alerted to K and Ka.
10 mile:
SR7 – NO alert K, alerted Ka.
Sti – NO alert K, alerted Ka.
X50 – NO alert K, alerted Ka.
NOTE: All runs were with radar pointing at traffic in usual manner. On the 10 mile run, I was able to get a K band blip inconsistently on each unit if the gun was pointed up towards the direction of the vehicle and “moved” around towards the sky.
On this stretch of road, as the picture will show, it slowly rises uphill, especially after the 6 mile mark.
Part 2:
This was an Instant-on type test, broken down into 2 parts.
I wanted to simulate a typical “real world” scenario. The office waiting until cars get within range and doing Instant-on.
The first part was done with 2 second bursts, waiting around 8-15 seconds between shots.
The results:
4 miles:
None of the detectors alerted to Instant-on.
3 miles:
None of the detectors alerted to Instant-on.
2 miles:
SR7 – 5/5 on K band and 5/5 on Ka.
Sti – 5/5 on K band and 5/5 on Ka.
X50 – 5/5 on K band and 4/5 on Ka.
Note: the X50 missed one shot when a bit larger group of vehicles were present.
This second part was the shocker on the results.
I could get readings with either gun in as little as 1 second, maybe slightly less, so I decided to do another run and only shoot for about 1 second, just long enough to get a reading. To keep this a bit more consistent, I made sure at least one vehicle was within range for a quick reading on each shot for each gun and detector.
Here’s the results:
SR7 – 5/5 on K band and 5/5 on Ka. :)
Sti – 1/5 on K band and 3/5 on Ka. :(
X50 – 2/5 on K band and 4/5 on Ka. :shock:
Not only did the SR7 out perform both the newer models, it was faster to react on every shot, on K and Ka, and the X50 beat the Sti. :shock:
We were using cell phones the entire time (speaker phone) so I could also hear the detectors when they alerted.
The SR7 was consistent in alerting much quicker. It was alerting within the first second or so, whereas the Sti and X50 took up to 2 seconds to alert, sometimes just before I had let go of the trigger.
This test has surprised me in many ways so far.
SR7 – these have performed well and this test re-affirms my trust in them.
Sti – this has also performed well and is a very quiet unit, but I’m surprised that it didn’t do as well as I thought it would.
X50 – this was a happy surprise overall. This one is on my motorcycle and I haven’t seen much in the way of great performance yet, but this test shows that it can perform better than I thought it would, so I’ll keep it for now.
Once I finish some further tests, I’ll let you know how they go.
Also, here's some results against 16 ms PoP.
http://www.radardetector.net/PoP-test%3A-16ms-k-band-STI%2CX50-and-SR7-18506t.php
The short answer is, they performed horribly against it.
The units tested were the SR7, STI (A3 M8 ) and X50 (6.1) X band was off on all units, and they were in Highway mode. SWS and PoP also off where applicable. K, Ka, Laser on.
The guns were a Ka Stalker handheld, and an MPH Z-25 K band handheld w/ PoP capability. (PoP was off for all tests)
These are part 1 and 2 of the tests.
Hopefully tomorrow I plan on doing part 3 and possibly 4.
Since it’s a radar test I don’t have much of anything in the way of videos, but I’ll work on a few pics of the test site.
For those that have seen my jammer vids, this is the same spot. A fairly straight 10+ mile area, with some dips along the way.
For each test the vehicle was stopped on the side of the road with only one detector on at a time.
Part 1 was a long range constant-on type test at 5,6,8,and 10 miles.
Results as followed:
5 and 6 miles: all detectors alerted to K and Ka.
8 mile:
SR7 – NO alert K, alerted Ka.
Sti – alerted to K and Ka.
X50 – alerted to K and Ka.
10 mile:
SR7 – NO alert K, alerted Ka.
Sti – NO alert K, alerted Ka.
X50 – NO alert K, alerted Ka.
NOTE: All runs were with radar pointing at traffic in usual manner. On the 10 mile run, I was able to get a K band blip inconsistently on each unit if the gun was pointed up towards the direction of the vehicle and “moved” around towards the sky.
On this stretch of road, as the picture will show, it slowly rises uphill, especially after the 6 mile mark.
Part 2:
This was an Instant-on type test, broken down into 2 parts.
I wanted to simulate a typical “real world” scenario. The office waiting until cars get within range and doing Instant-on.
The first part was done with 2 second bursts, waiting around 8-15 seconds between shots.
The results:
4 miles:
None of the detectors alerted to Instant-on.
3 miles:
None of the detectors alerted to Instant-on.
2 miles:
SR7 – 5/5 on K band and 5/5 on Ka.
Sti – 5/5 on K band and 5/5 on Ka.
X50 – 5/5 on K band and 4/5 on Ka.
Note: the X50 missed one shot when a bit larger group of vehicles were present.
This second part was the shocker on the results.
I could get readings with either gun in as little as 1 second, maybe slightly less, so I decided to do another run and only shoot for about 1 second, just long enough to get a reading. To keep this a bit more consistent, I made sure at least one vehicle was within range for a quick reading on each shot for each gun and detector.
Here’s the results:
SR7 – 5/5 on K band and 5/5 on Ka. :)
Sti – 1/5 on K band and 3/5 on Ka. :(
X50 – 2/5 on K band and 4/5 on Ka. :shock:
Not only did the SR7 out perform both the newer models, it was faster to react on every shot, on K and Ka, and the X50 beat the Sti. :shock:
We were using cell phones the entire time (speaker phone) so I could also hear the detectors when they alerted.
The SR7 was consistent in alerting much quicker. It was alerting within the first second or so, whereas the Sti and X50 took up to 2 seconds to alert, sometimes just before I had let go of the trigger.
This test has surprised me in many ways so far.
SR7 – these have performed well and this test re-affirms my trust in them.
Sti – this has also performed well and is a very quiet unit, but I’m surprised that it didn’t do as well as I thought it would.
X50 – this was a happy surprise overall. This one is on my motorcycle and I haven’t seen much in the way of great performance yet, but this test shows that it can perform better than I thought it would, so I’ll keep it for now.
Once I finish some further tests, I’ll let you know how they go.
Also, here's some results against 16 ms PoP.
http://www.radardetector.net/PoP-test%3A-16ms-k-band-STI%2CX50-and-SR7-18506t.php
The short answer is, they performed horribly against it.