New guy here

[num1bearsfan]

Hey everyone,

I just found this site a few days ago and have been doing a lot of reading, but I figured it's time to sign up so that I can participate in the discussions.

I've had a couple of detectors in the past, the first a cheapo cobra that I had to learn the hard way was a piece of garbage. The second a Bel V940 which served me fairly well until it was a victim of a smash and grab out of my car when I left it mounted on my window overnight. So recently I decided that I needed to get a detector again, and I found a refurbished Bel V995 on Amazon for $150 and ordered it a couple days ago.. It's currently in the mail, so I have no idea if it's any good or not, but I figured it has to be at least as good as the 940.

I like the idea of being able to see the exact radar freq so as to differentiate from falses. Can anyone tell me what other differences/improvements I can expect from the 995 as opposed to the 940?

Also, I recently read a thread where they were discussing that freqs usually come from what sources, and they said that perhaps it was a "Cobra".. What is a Cobra?

[djrams80]

Assuming it's working properly, the v995's Performance will be exactly the same as your v940, with better features, including the frequency display you already mentioned.

[snoopyc4]

Welcome to the forum

[stlcardsfan]

Hey everyone,

I just found this site a few days ago and have been doing a lot of reading, but I figured it's time to sign up so that I can participate in the discussions.

I've had a couple of detectors in the past, the first a cheapo cobra that I had to learn the hard way was a piece of garbage. The second a Bel V940 which served me fairly well until it was a victim of a smash and grab out of my car when I left it mounted on my window overnight. So recently I decided that I needed to get a detector again, and I found a refurbished Bel V995 on Amazon for $150 and ordered it a couple days ago.. It's currently in the mail, so I have no idea if it's any good or not, but I figured it has to be at least as good as the 940.

I like the idea of being able to see the exact radar freq so as to differentiate from falses. Can anyone tell me what other differences/improvements I can expect from the 995 as opposed to the 940?

Also, I recently read a thread where they were discussing that freqs usually come from what sources, and they said that perhaps it was a "Cobra".. What is a Cobra?

You will be able to turn off X band if it isn't used in your area.

[dankarlinski]

Also, I recently read a thread where they were discussing that freqs usually come from what sources, and they said that perhaps it was a "Cobra".. What is a Cobra?

they are referring to a cobra RD.

garbage detectors (cobras/RMR/etc) MAY send out false K and KA alerts because of the bad shielding of the detector

[Güero]

They're the most used RD, but they generally suck. Some of the top models give good performance, but any other detector from the other 4 (Valentine, Whistler, Beltronics, or Escort) will be many times better.

RMR is Rocky Mountain Radar, and they claim to scrammble radar signals, but it only works in about a 3 ft. range from the gun, which is useless.

[category4]

Welcome aboard!