Sti driver..

**Zurk** · 02-13-2007, 12:26 PM

cold weather issues aside, my STI a4m9 works extremely well. i got IO's by a cop running Ka today at half a mile and it picked it up even tho it was K alerting from the cold weather.
if you have an a4m9 and you have set it to auto mode and its looking out the windshield with nothing between it and the road -- you either have a metallized windshield, the cop was using IO or you have a defective unit. Ka is narrow but you should get an alert to the spillover if used continously off-axis.

**happya$$** · 02-13-2007, 04:17 PM

Welcome to the lethal world of Ka!

**alpinestars_2002795** · 02-13-2007, 09:13 PM

I seriously hate Leo's that use ka band i think they should be drawn quartered and shot...

The "E" video is out not qualifying this as the actual total E error cause nobody knows what it really looks like but this is what happened to me its on my putfile now the t1 line is up baby!

AlPiNe~

**spankyaf** · 02-14-2007, 10:16 AM

I've been out in beautiful BC/Alberta coming and going to Kamloops and Canmore the RCMP were running Ka mobile constant on.

The Ka range was pretty varied..... 35 Mghz maybe a 1/3 mile coming over a small hill. Had a 33.8 alert in front of us same direction and it was well over a mile in spots.

I'm running the A2 version so I do get a few falses in urban areas

**D.E.T** · 02-14-2007, 10:18 AM

Hate to say, but there has been very big differences between STi units in performance. In same serial number series and of course same firmware A4M9 - the difference can be noticed.
I have a superb item myself, but then two units near in the serial number are pitiable. Those have to be sent back to Bel ...

Could say that 5-10% of units suffer neither bad performance or Service Required -problem

**happya$$** · 02-14-2007, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by D.E.T

Hate to say, but there has been very big differences between STi units in performance. In same serial number series and of course same firmware A4M9 - the difference can be noticed.
I have a superb item myself, but then two units near in the serial number are pitiable. Those have to be sent back to Bel ...

Could say that 5-10% of units suffer neither bad performance or Service Required -problem

I HATE manufacturing variance. I wish we could all be GUARANTEED high performing units that have zero variance

**alpinestars_2002795** · 02-14-2007, 10:57 AM

You would think at 450 bucks happya$$ they would make sure that it didn't vari from one to the next. LAME!

"I want my cobra back it was more consistent than this sti driver!"

AlPiNe~

**nr2d** · 02-14-2007, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by happya$$

Originally Posted by D.E.T

Hate to say, but there has been very big differences between STi units in performance. In same serial number series and of course same firmware A4M9 - the difference can be noticed.
I have a superb item myself, but then two units near in the serial number are pitiable. Those have to be sent back to Bel ...

Could say that 5-10% of units suffer neither bad performance or Service Required -problem

I HATE manufacturing variance. I wish we could all be GUARANTEED high performing units that have zero variance

Then we would be paying $1000 for the STi or other RD. As the old saying goes "it's good enough for government work" which you can now apply to comsumer products now!

Rich Dunklee
NR2D

**stealthJamal** · 02-14-2007, 02:00 PM

I haven't seen a detector model yet that doesn't have manufacturing variance. When you are obessed with having the best, it is tempting to buy 10 detectors of the same model, test them all, keep the most sensitive and sell or return the other 9.

**carboncopy** · 02-14-2007, 02:59 PM

Sorry to hear about your STi. I have tested mine a lot and overall I am very impressed with it. I know for sure my V1 beats it with K band, but not by a huge margin. Ka on the other hand is too close to call. I had the chance to test the STi & V1 against some Ka @35ghz. I would say in terms of off axis and head on detection it was too close to call. The V1 did alert better when the Ka was behind my car, but only because it has the rear facing antenna.

Now if I compare my RX65 to my STi, the winner is CLEARLY the STi. My RX65 has been sent in for repairs once, but it just doesn't seem like a very hot RD. My STi beats it easy in K, Ka, and laser. However, I've read a lot of people on here are very impressed with their RX65's. Again, factory variance comes into play. But, there is NO way your Cobra should be able to out detect the STi. Unless your Cobra is some sort of factory FREAK! Even still I wouldn't think it could beat the STi overall. Maybe the Cobra was detecting itself leaking Ka, so it seemed like it had great range? lol