V995 question

[Straßenkrieger]

Ok, I purchased my Bel V995 this summer from radarbusters. First off, let me say that it was THE most pleasurable customer service I've ever dealt with. I purchased it, it was a dud, returned it, they sent me a new one. Awesome peeps, no argument or BS.

Now, for some reason the ramp up is not quite as good as I expected. (a prior user of the X50) Probably just spoiled. But it seems to me that the City mode is better with ramp up and detection than that of highway mode.

Any thoughts??

[dpatel01]

Ramp up on M4 vectors is horrible. I'm assuming your X50 was a S7? They were much more linear. There shouldn't be any differences in City/Hwy modes except how it handles X band falses. If you have X turned off like many do, there would be no difference at all.

[Straßenkrieger]

Ramp up on M4 vectors is horrible. I'm assuming your X50 was a S7? They were much more linear. There shouldn't be any differences in City/Hwy modes except how it handles X band falses. If you have X turned off like many do, there would be no difference at all.

It was actually a v6.3. So that's why it confuses me a bit. Other than the fact that the V995 isn't quite as good of a detector. I know that for a fact. I miss my X50.

[Gokhos]

Ok, I purchased my Bel V995 this summer from radarbusters. First off, let me say that it was THE most pleasurable customer service I've ever dealt with. I purchased it, it was a dud, returned it, they sent me a new one. Awesome peeps, no argument or BS.

Now, for some reason the ramp up is not quite as good as I expected. (a prior user of the X50) Probably just spoiled. But it seems to me that the City mode is better with ramp up and detection than that of highway mode.

Any thoughts??

I too own a Beltronics V995. Bought it on recommendation of a friend from a local authorized dealer (mine worked fine).

As a long time Whistler users, I found the 995 very different than the Whistler's I am used to. I agree that ramp up is not great. I get almost none. It seems to go right to full alert. I live in a large metro area in TX. I have not had the chance to use the 995 on the highway much, mostly just in town.

I really don't care for the red display - I prefer blue, and the buttons are a lot different from the Whistlers so I have to watch what I am doing when using them. I also prefer the sounds of the Whistlers over the 995.

I have found that in my area, under my usual driving conditions, my Whistler XTR6956SE seems to detect an alert just slightly better and appears to be much better at I/O than the 995.

Just my observations and opinions.

On the good side, the 995 appears to detect and alert well but with almost no ramp up.