Bel E795 Users Poll

**vw242** · 01-31-2006, 05:45 PM

You guys should be political speech writers. Or at the very least, press secretaries for Radio Shack! Stop all the "spin" and accept the facts. I have heard of V1 zombies now we have E795 zombies. The only difference is their driving records.

**aust3333** · 01-31-2006, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by boomerman

Aust3333 look at my post I have updated it with numbers from when we tested the pro 58 last August and you will see that the bel did better on x band and was only 200' behind on k band.

Yes angle of a radar unit will affect detection greatly.
I have both a k band gun and a X band gun and if I walk around the car with my detectors on I can see a big difference in the detection strength of my radar detectors.
The only one it does not affect of course is the V1's

Well maybe you and Airmoore got the Freak units, but my two were sub par. I also understand about the angles while being tested but you mentioned detection strength while using your radar guns walking around your car. Signal strength is not the most important to me, actually detecting the signal at all is most important. After all, that was the focal point of all of the GOL tests, detection and range.

**o2bad455** · 01-31-2006, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by vw242

You guys should be political speech writers. Or at the very least, press secretaries for Radio Shack! Stop all the "spin" and accept the facts. I have heard of V1 zombies now we have E795 zombies. The only difference is their driving records.

So, if 34% like it and 66% hate it, the split would be 34/33/33 in favor. Very nice.

**boomerman** · 02-01-2006, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by aust3333

Well maybe you and Airmoore got the Freak units, but my two were sub par. I also understand about the angles while being tested but you mentioned detection strength while using your radar guns walking around your car. Signal strength is not the most important to me, actually detecting the signal at all is most important. After all, that was the focal point of all of the GOL tests, detection and range.

Originally Posted by aust3333

"Signal strength is not the most important to me, actually detecting the signal at all is most important."

What not important??? it better be important!!
Signal strength is detecting the signal. Signal strength better be important to you!!, because if it is not, when a unit is getting targeted and you do not care about the strength getting stronger as you get closer to the radar you have a problem!!!
If that signal strength did not get stronger as you approached the radar how would you ever know if you getting closer or farther away from the radar?

Like I said as I would walk around the car I could see where some of my units would loose signal strength because they could no longer pick up the signal as well.

Angles affect radar, if it did not then why is it that most radar detectors can not detect radar from the rear as well as the front?
That is still an angle, it is 180 degree angle from the front windshield.

**AirMoore** · 02-01-2006, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by zookybeanz

My radar detector has these senstivity ratings:
X - 110 dBm
K - 95 dBm
KaP - 95 dBm
KaW - 95 dBm
Laser - Better than 1

Are they good? what are the ratings on Rx 65,V1, X50? Any one know?

I believe Jim already awnsered this question in the other thread.

(To sum it up... no the numbers wouldnt be considered 'good', by most anyone; and your -RadioShack-RD is no where near the neighborhood of any of the 3 mentioned detectors in your post.)

**zookybeanz** · 02-01-2006, 09:42 PM

Would Bel E795 have better numbers than the Radioshack one and by how much? they are the same price. I am asking because, would I be better off by exchanging Radio shack one for Bel 795? I m confused :? :? :? :?

**AirMoore** · 02-01-2006, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by zookybeanz

Would Bel E795 have better numbers than the Radioshack one and by how much? they are the same price. I am asking because, would I be better off by exchanging Radio shack one for Bel 795? I m confused :? :? :? :?

I dont know the numbers on the E795. I will say I have gotten great detection from this RD... easily worth 100bucks (now 80 I believe) brand new. Some will say their detection has been terrible and they would never buy it again... me; well, I must have gotten a freak or something, because it has proved for me to be extremely good detection.

With that said I personally would rather have the Bel E795 over the Radioshack.

**zookybeanz** · 02-01-2006, 10:01 PM

Airmoore
Thanx for your input

**Mase** · 02-01-2006, 10:10 PM

I've made a couple more trips into the city recently. Besides the annoying laser falses at the intersections (also when driving toward the sun), I now get full-blown Ka falses shortly after it maxes out on X maybe 5/10 times.

It's very annoying, yet predictable in its falses. I won't be buying this again. I may actually try to return it soon.

**aust3333** · 02-01-2006, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by boomerman

Originally Posted by aust3333

Well maybe you and Airmoore got the Freak units, but my two were sub par. I also understand about the angles while being tested but you mentioned detection strength while using your radar guns walking around your car. Signal strength is not the most important to me, actually detecting the signal at all is most important. After all, that was the focal point of all of the GOL tests, detection and range.

Originally Posted by aust3333

"Signal strength is not the most important to me, actually detecting the signal at all is most important."

What not important??? it better be important!!
Signal strength is detecting the signal. Signal strength better be important to you!!, because if it is not, when a unit is getting targeted and you do not care about the strength getting stronger as you get closer to the radar you have a problem!!!
If that signal strength did not get stronger as you approached the radar how would you ever know if you getting closer or farther away from the radar?

Like I said as I would walk around the car I could see where some of my units would loose signal strength because they could no longer pick up the signal as well.

Angles affect radar, if it did not then why is it that most radar detectors can not detect radar from the rear as well as the front?
That is still an angle, it is 180 degree angle from the front windshield.

Boomerman I never said that signal strength was not important. I simply said that it is "not the most important to me". The point I was trying to make is that any signal I receive, no matter how weak or strong, I am going to react. The tests that were conducted by SML and others, conducted a test to see how many LED's would illuminate(signal strength) on a given detector when it receives a signal was worthless in my opinion. I guess I was kind of in this mind set (SML signal strength test) when you were explaining your walk around radar test. Bottom line is that I feel the most important aspect of a RD is dectecting a signal as early as possible. Don't get me wrong, signal strength will come into play but for instance many people complain about the RX65 not going to full alert when they think it should. Absolutely not a problem for me. I receive an alert and I act accordingly. The problem I had with E795 was not signal strength, but it actually detecting signals in enough time for me to react. I'm not expecting the E795 to give me RX65 performance, but at least adequate time to slow down. The E795 just did not do this for me as this seemed to be the case during the latest GOL tests.