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  1. #1
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    Default Making the Switch to Redline : )

    I live in Ontario, Canada. I've had an STi Driver since last summer. Ka performance on the STi is simply awesome. K band, I don't like at all. The OPP use exclusively K band on the 400 series highways. Too many close calls with lack of detection from the STi driver. Situational awareness is what really helps me out. I love the STi on Ka, but the Redline is more for me with the amount of highway driving I do. Local LEO's use a combination of K and Ka, so it's a crapshoot of what I end up getting tagged with. I've noticed it's mostly K with locals though. I've got the STi sold to a buddy. Ordered the Redline this afternoon. Can't wait to get going with it!

    Wolfpacal
    Last edited by wolfpacal; 01-21-2010 at 04:52 PM.

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    Default Re: Making the Switch to Redline : )

    Quote Originally Posted by wolfpacal View Post
    I live in Ontario, Canada. I've had an STi Driver since last summer. Ka performance on the STi is simply awesome. K band, I don't like at all. The OPP use exclusively K band on the 400 series highways. Too many close calls with lack of detection from the STi driver. Situational awareness is what really helps me out. I love the STi on Ka, but the Redline is more for me with the amount of highway driving I do. Local LEO's use a combination of K and Ka, so it's a crapshoot of what I end up getting tagged with. I've noticed it's mostly K with locals though. I've got the STi sold to a buddy. Ordered the Redline this afternoon. Can't wait to get going with it!

    Wolfpacal
    Nice choice. I don't know about distant K-band but I do get K-band 'in town' at least a mile away. You'll want to run it in Spec Mode to read the frequencies and get to know what the local LEOs are running.

    Ka on the other hand will deal you regular 2 to 3 milers.


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  3. #3
    snoopyc4
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    Default Re: Making the Switch to Redline : )

    Good move. Test results have shown the STi lacking against K band:

    Radar Detector Tests and Reviews by Guys of LIDAR - LASER

    Keep us posted on how your Redline performs.

  4. #4
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    Default Re: Making the Switch to Redline : )

    The Redline is a great detector, you will not be disappointed

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    Speed Demon
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    Default Re: Making the Switch to Redline : )

    Compared to the IX, my Redline is an absolute animal at detecting K-band. Not just any animal, but a paranoid schitzo animal that's been smokin' crack cocaine.
    (Ka detection is pretty good, too!)

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    Default Re: Making the Switch to Redline : )

    Quote Originally Posted by Akosikojak View Post
    The Redline is a great detector, you will not be disappointed
    X2

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    Default Re: Making the Switch to Redline : )

    I made the same switch for similar reasons. You're gonna love the Redline!

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    Default Re: Making the Switch to Redline : )

    I had to have it shipped to New York as Escort won't ship to Ontario. I can't wait!!!!!!! I feel very comfortable knowing that my new toy is about the best on the road today.

    Wolfpacal

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    Default Re: Making the Switch to Redline : )

    Quote Originally Posted by wolfpacal View Post
    I had to have it shipped to New York as Escort won't ship to Ontario. I can't wait!!!!!!! I feel very comfortable knowing that my new toy is about the best on the road today.

    Wolfpacal
    Ridiculous, isn't it. Escort manufactures its detectors in Missisauga, Ontario then ships the detectors to Ohio and won't ship back to Ontario.

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    Default Re: Making the Switch to Redline : )

    Quote Originally Posted by jerry540i View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by wolfpacal View Post
    I had to have it shipped to New York as Escort won't ship to Ontario. I can't wait!!!!!!! I feel very comfortable knowing that my new toy is about the best on the road today.

    Wolfpacal
    Ridiculous, isn't it. Escort manufactures its detectors in Missisauga, Ontario then ships the detectors to Ohio and won't ship back to Ontario.
    It shows the true hypocrisy of our idiotic Provincial Gov't. We're heading down for a weekend away anyway, so I had it shipped to the hotel. Ready for pickup. I'm taking the Redline right away (hardwired sti already, so I'll just swap RD's) and I'll be mobile. I'm mailing the box back to my house via USPS. Don't want to give Customs any reason to search my car. On our last trip to New York, I had probably the best Ka save anywhere. Pegged a NYSP in pitch black, on the 190 Southbound lanes. That was with the STi I hear the Redline is just as good if not better than the STi on Ka as well. Jerry, do you know what frequency the OPP run their K band guns? I might set it to spec mode to play around with them.

    Wolfpacal

 

 

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