Rx-65 performance

[Z1NONLY]

I own an X50 and have owned an RX 65. The difference seemed to be in features alone. I didn't notice any difference in detection abilities.

These were both early models. My X50 is a rev 5, and I had the RX65 before I bought the X50.

The X50's alerts are easy to tell apart without looking at the display or having voice alerts. (Of course, so too where the RX 65's alerts)

[aust3333]

im in the same boat as you. i bought my rx65 a few months ago, and since im doing some changes to my interior i am looking to buy the blue version.
my rx65 is on ebay at the moment and while looking at the prices for the blue version and reviews from GOL im thinking why not get the x50 in blue.
the display is tilted towards the driver so its perfect for high mounted setups. although the rx65 does have some better features Voice alert being on of them. but to be honest when i listen to music i cant hear the voice alerts i just hear the ramp ups and the old man voice is not very appealing. also i hear the speakers on the rx65 arent as loud as the ones on the x50.
anybody have both of these, can give us some opinions?

The RX65 is louder than the X50.

[EvilCelica]

ive been noticing that resale value of the 8500 x50 is way better than that of the rx65

[Anthrax]

i think im also addicted too, so far i have had second hand radars, a rx-55 and xr950 (v995 for USA) and im starting to consider buy a STi brand new.

problem being they cost $1000NZD which is like 200 more than they should, go figure.

[Whistler1]

To all,

I currently have 4 radar detectors:

Bel Rx65-m4, Bel v995-s7, Whistler Pro58 and Whistler Pro78.

Of the 4 detectors, I have I like the RX65 the best. The Bel V995 would rank second. The Pro78 while iti is a good detector, it doesn't have the range of either Bel. The Pro58 is a suprisingly good detector for the price, the only issue with it, the volume could be louder. If you have the music cranked up, it's easy to miss an alert with it, if you aren't paying attention.

Conclusion: I don't think you can go wrong with the RX65, it has proven itself to me on all bands. Even with this, I am considering either the Bel STI or a V1 since it seems to be gold standard for comparison.

Whistler1

[Doc What, son?]

Does anyone know or understand why the Rx-65 gets such a good rating from Roy on his site when GOL site shows little diiference from 995? I'm looking at buying either x50 or rx-65 from his site.

my recollection is that in the '06 ratings, the Bel 65 fared better among it's competitors than in the '07 ratings.

The difference could be due to a number of factors -- true improvement in the competing detectors. Or, differences among the samples of detectors chosen, with crappier Bel 65s this time round.

There may have been other "non systematic" sources of variance. It's impossible to control all of them in any experiment.

[Whistler1]

Lord V,

Radar Detector Resistance is futile!!!!!!


Whistler1