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[svick]

Location: Dayton, Ohio
Car: 2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT
Driving style: Agressive

Whats up guys, I have been reading this forums for quite a while and I'm starting to get addicted to it. I'm new to the radar world. The day after I bought my eclipse I got a "Wreckless OP Ticket" and YES I know that buying a radar doesn't give me the right to speed, but I really think it can prevent me from speeding that much I guess

Of all my "newbie" research, it has come down to a Valentine One or a 9500ix. Or should I consider the new Escort RedLine? and wait for user reviews and RR's extensive testing of the radar.

[Stealth Stalker]

Welcome. Depends on your interest in RDs. Do you want to pulg-and-play, and let the machine do all your thinking for you? Or do you want a device to interact with and give you information for you to decide what to do with? Can you (or your significant other) put up with the beeping of false alerts, or would you rather lose some performance in return for the machine suppressing them for you? Do you travel mostly on the open road, or inside the loop?

If you have the budget, the first to detectors you mentioned are the only serious choices for dash-mounts. The Redline is a specialty detector that is really recommended only for professional OTR drivers or people living in RD banned areas like VA and ON.

[svick]

Well, I'm a college guy and I drive a lot in-town, I'm not really a highway guy, about the beeping, I know the V1 is extremely annoying but I rarely ride with passengers and I think I can take all the beeping, on the other hand, few days ago, I was only a few clicks away from buying the 9500IX but at the end decided not too, because of the TRUE-LOCK feature locking out signals and that kind of stuff.

To me plenty of warning from a signal is what I need, since I'm always speeding... - I have read more thn 300+ post/reviews about those two radars, but I just don't know what to buy at this point, I'm really looking forward to being a radar-geek, I want to know all about it and eventually become an expert-user; because these gadgets make me excited :$

[hockey005]

v1 for sure

[svick]

So I should not even consider the new Escort RedLine? this is so hard, I have the money for it, but I just don't know =x

[Stealth Stalker]

Again, the Redline is a specialty item for a very specific user. It's prime feature is immunity to Radar Detector Detectors, which are not used in Ohio. While its range is up at the top of the scale, so are the other two detectors you're looking at. And both of them have a tonne more features for the money. There is zero benefit to the Redline unless you need stealth.

[hockey005]

Again, the Redline is a specialty item for a very specific user. It's prime feature is immunity to Radar Detector Detectors, which are not used in Ohio. While its range is up at the top of the scale, so are the other two detectors you're looking at. And both of them have a tonne more features for the money. There is zero benefit to the Redline unless you need stealth.

x2

i own an beltronics STi which is basically the same thing...the steath feature is amazing for Va and some provinces in canada but the v1's arrows are superior for places that do not need stealth

[snoopyc4]

Welcome to the forum