Originally Posted by
Ven0mizer
I've noticed the V1 reaction time slows down on the older models when you modify any of the settings, possibly sloppy programmers didn't design the checking methods very well and it checks each time an alert is received to see what the user preferences are, just a theory...annnddd...Are you timing these with a human controlled stopwatch? Keep in mind a 3.872 is not that new, try the 3.892 and higher as it has been repeatedly stated on this forum that it seems to perform a LOT better than these older units on both K and KA band on both range and response time, not to mention THEY ARE STILL BEING SOLD
. As far as the KA guard off, on the interstate I'd rather have the control to turn it off in MY hands and maybe slow down a few MPH for a "false" from a cobra user, than to get a ticket from a bear popping every single car with quick I/O and not set off my $500+ belscort detector....I had a 9500IX and when I timed it, it literally took over two whole seconds to alert to K band(see my old posts)...maybe I had a defective unit, I dunno...but I sent that sucker back for a newer V1 as I'd rather live with the two or three door openers on my 30 min drive to work reminding me that my unit is working, rather than hear nothing until the officer swaps over to C/O for tracking history after he decides to pull me over.
The V1 tested here was a 3.892 version.
Yep.......a human timer.......digital stop watch in one hand and the radar remote in the other. Using two digital timers I found that the left hand / right hand variance is usually under 20 milliseconds.
I'm all for options, and the ability to turn Ka Guard off on the V1 is an option I'd rather have than not. The Ka falsing can become numbing, so I reserved it's use for those open highway runs where I was looking to make serious time.
All of the Escorts I've tested are relatively slow in the response department, but have kept it under 1 second in responding to a radar shot unless running in POP mode. With POP on, response to anything other than 33.8 can easily exceed 1 full second.
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