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    Default Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    Went to Foley, AL today and I had some notable encounters with the 9960G that I'm testing.

    I was on my way back from the Tanger Outlet with my friends when we encountered 34.7 ka band. About half 3/4 mile up in heavy traffic I see a leo heading my direction.

    This encounter was very impressive and this particular encounter was with 33.8 ka band. I had a friend with a Whistler xtr-130 follow me that also got a pretty decent warning. I got an alert for 33.8 ka band. I started to slow down, and I was looking all over the place for this cop, I activated my trip B part of my odometer. I kept going down and was looking all over the place for the leo. At first I thought I missed him. Then I see a cop facing away from me in an Impala with its lights off. Very impressive. My computer showed 1.2 miles of detection. Very impressive. The XTR-130 got a little less than a 1/4 of warning.

    Overall, the sensitivity that I have experienced with this detector is very good on 33.8 ka band and 34.7 ka band. I have not had a 35.5 encounter yet. I will keep all of you posted. I will have plenty of both good and bad things to say about this detector come review time.

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    Default Re: Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    Looking forward to your review. I did my research before buying the 9960G and its pretty good. For $200.00 brand new I can't complain about it.

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    Default Re: Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    Quote Originally Posted by NissanA View Post
    Looking forward to your review. I did my research before buying the 9960G and its pretty good. For $200.00 brand new I can't complain about it.
    Just wondering what "research" you did that lead to a conclusion that a Cobras was the best detector for you? Most of my research has concluded that there are far better detectors out there in that price range (Bel V940, 955 etc.)

    J/

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    Default Re: Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    Nice to hear good comments about cobras , keep us posted :P

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    Default Re: Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    Quote Originally Posted by jerry540i View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by NissanA View Post
    Looking forward to your review. I did my research before buying the 9960G and its pretty good. For $200.00 brand new I can't complain about it.
    Just wondering what "research" you did that lead to a conclusion that a Cobras was the best detector for you? Most of my research has concluded that there are far better detectors out there in that price range (Bel V940, 955 etc.)

    J/
    He must have seen the GOL testing of this "top of the line" Cobra and thought that there is no way that a device could be that crappy so he bought one.

    Guys of LIDAR - Radar Detector Test - August 2007

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    Default Re: Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    Quote Originally Posted by <<JAZZY>> View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by jerry540i View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by NissanA View Post
    Looking forward to your review. I did my research before buying the 9960G and its pretty good. For $200.00 brand new I can't complain about it.
    Just wondering what "research" you did that lead to a conclusion that a Cobras was the best detector for you? Most of my research has concluded that there are far better detectors out there in that price range (Bel V940, 955 etc.)

    J/
    He must have seen the GOL testing of this "top of the line" Cobra and thought that there is no way that a device could be that crappy so he bought one.

    Guys of LIDAR - Radar Detector Test - August 2007
    From what I seen it looks like cobra is starting to improve their products, slowly but surely. Plus the GPS speed cam/trap feature may be more important to him than radar detection.

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    Default Re: Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    Well, I'm surprised to see that someone here has a 9960G. I'm glad the detector works well for you Nissan.

    I also had a K band encounter in heavy traffic today. About 3/4 of detection.
    Last edited by Divewjason; 08-20-2009 at 10:42 PM.

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    Default Re: Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    Quote Originally Posted by jerry540i View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by NissanA View Post
    Looking forward to your review. I did my research before buying the 9960G and its pretty good. For $200.00 brand new I can't complain about it.
    Just wondering what "research" you did that lead to a conclusion that a Cobras was the best detector for you? Most of my research has concluded that there are far better detectors out there in that price range (Bel V940, 955 etc.)

    J/
    200 dollars for good sensitivity and for speed and red light cameras can be a compelling package for some people. The 9960G is not as strong of a detector as the big boys by any means, but it will do the job for some people.(If they can stand the very poor filtering.)
    Last edited by Divewjason; 08-20-2009 at 11:24 PM.

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    Default Re: Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    I'm not into bashing anything/anyone but if these cobras leak like the rest of them then they are doo-doo and should be set on fire...

    Just pass a cobra user and get a strong false off of the d@mned thing! It's the worst thing in the world to be accelerating around someone with your @ss hanging out in the hammer lane and your RD starts alarming

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    Default Re: Cobra 9960G vs. Gulf Shores, AL PD.

    Some newbies are even hopeless to help.......

 

 

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