Just joined

[Roach]

Picked up my first RD, a Whistler XTR-695. Hoping to get lots of use out of it!

[Freebird]

Welcome Roach. Is this your 1st RD? What area are you joining us from?

[Roach]

Howdy. Yep, very first one. I got a great deal on this thing ($70 new from Amazon) so I figured worth jumping in. I figure Ill see how useful it is long term before upgrading, although the 695 and 695SE has gotten pretty good reviews so we will see. Im from south FL (Fort Lauderdale area). I actually posted a slew of questions in the Whistler forum. Feel free to take a peek

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...496#post865496

Thanks!

[Freebird]

answering them now, welcome again. I remember how excited I was driving with my first RD. Very cool.

[Vette6893]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your new purchase. Read up and learn before making any "upgrades". This is a great hobby but can get expensive.

[milkman]

welcome

[Weeth]

Welcome to the forum!

[spartcus]

Welcome to the forum and you will read a lot of good info here.

[upstatedoc]

I got a great deal on this thing ($70 new from Amazon) so I figured worth jumping in.

A $70 detector is a false sense of security. The absolute cheapest I would go is a $150 Refurb Escort 8500.

[Roach]

Are you saying the price makes it not good? What Ive read on the 695 was quite impressive, obviously better stuff exists. I dont 'rely' on it either, but it is a nice extra.