Idiot runs two radar detectors in his car! Escort X50 and BEL GX65!

[supercowpowers]

Some of your Belscorts have the threat display that can show you a grand total of, I think, 2 K, 2 Ka and 4 X sources at a time - pretty ghetto and worthless, but I guess it counts for something.

How many do you need to pay attention to your speed?


How many (typically) of the bogeys are falses?

I don't want to continue your V1 Escort/Bel war but ghetto and worthless?

PUHLEASE...

It just feels like an afterthought to me. You have to watch the display like a hawk because there's no new bogey tone and the visual difference between the little "1" and "2" isn't great enough to catch your attention. It works better if the bogeys are on different bands, but that's not the primary threat I face.

I'm sorry for the strong words, and I just wanted to explain what I was thinking. I don't have anything else to say.

[djrams80]

You have to watch the display like a hawk because there's no new bogey tone...

The 9500s have say "multiple signals detected" when in expert mode and a new signal is aquired.

[TSi+WRX]

Didn't anyone advise him you can't run them in even numbers (2,4,6,8) as they cancel each other out. They must be in odd numbers (3,5,7,9) to prevent this.
And if you must run 2 (because 3rd unit in for warranty work), then they should be in meat bags for maximum shielding against each other - or you must have 1 in the vehicle and the other must be mounted on the outside of the windshield, but out of the way from the wipers when in use. Some say if actually mounted on the wiper blade with the wiper in use, it makes it too hard for the LEO to spot. And they say it's also more effective because it will enhance the scanning ability from the back & forth movement -

Oh, that's just rich. I *love* that!


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Some of your Belscorts have the threat display that can show you a grand total of, I think, 2 K, 2 Ka and 4 X sources at a time - pretty ghetto and worthless, but I guess it counts for something.

How many do you need to pay attention to your speed?

How many (typically) of the bogeys are falses?

I don't want to continue your V1 Escort/Bel war but ghetto and worthless?

PUHLEASE...

As a user of Escort's "ExpertMeter" for the past 5+ years, I do believe that, compared against the V1's "Bogey Counter," that the Escorts do have a weakness in not being able to display past the preset 2x Ka, 2x K, and 4x X-band threat resolution.

Although far from perfect itself (since it offers a band/number combo, but no true discrimination between "how many of which"), the V1 at least has the capability to display "more." And while that may not necessarily be a tactical advantage (particularly in highly reflective surroundings), to an extent, it can potentially offer more user protection.

For example, I've seen more than my share of distanced speed traps, with multiple enforcement vehicles individually running RADAR, that can easily defeat the 2x Ka and 2x K-band resolution. Similarly, with the potential of signal splitting and merging, such restricted display capability also presents some worry.

Additionally, given the use of K-band door-openers and such, in many metro areas, the segmentation of the K-band threat display to only 2 alert signals also carries distinct risk, to those of us who live in an area where K-band enforcement, in combination with the above, is a typical and daily presentation (as with the above, I also count myself in this population - Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, Warrensville Heights, and Highland Hills serve as perfect demonstration of this concern, for those who live in my area and would care to confirm, for themselves).

Certainly, there are advantages to the Escort system (i.e. the "Multiple Signals Detected" voice alerts of the higher-end units, as well as the unique-signal delineation and visual alert strength ramping), but I find that defending any one setup, versus the other, is a moot point, particularly as neither is even remotely close to perfection.

[Buz]

.......This guy is too stupid for this place. I hope he is in Missouri, he would make a good rabbit.

There are several clues in that video that point to his location being in Florida; most likely South Florida.

[sniper4usmc]

well..he ain;t running 2 cobra RDs.

[Solidjake]

What did I just watch, haha.

[Divewjason]

This all stems from him replying to a comment I made suggesting a person don't run two radar detectors.

He replied:
"i run 2 radar it doesnt do anything

u know nothing about radars"

Sorry but I take offense to comments like that cause I like to think I know more than the average person.

We only spend a lot of time on forums talking to other users about radar detectors and do our own testing. Any consumer should disregard what they say because we obviously don't know anything about radar detectors.

Go ahead and sell your V1 and get a Cobra ESD 6000. It works just as well as anything else!

/endsarcasm

[oscar_169]

Didn't anyone advise him you can't run them in even numbers (2,4,6,8) as they cancel each other out. They must be in odd numbers (3,5,7,9) to prevent this.
And if you must run 2 (because 3rd unit in for warranty work), then they should be in meat bags for maximum shielding against each other - or you must have 1 in the vehicle and the other must be mounted on the outside of the windshield, but out of the way from the wipers when in use. Some say if actually mounted on the wiper blade with the wiper in use, it makes it too hard for the LEO to spot. And they say it's also more effective because it will enhance the scanning ability from the back & forth movement

[voyager7]

What a goober!!

[stlcardsfan]

I went ahead and posted a comment! It's on the video.