Hi

[bluesteel]

I am a fairly new V1 owner. In my opinion, with its performance, threat direction indicators, and bogey counter; it is the best RD for the money on the market. Especially with the latest software version with the Junk K Filter.

However, the V1 in its current form, is obsolete. Without the V1C option, a smart-phone, and/or YaV1:

The RD is way too complicated to program, unless you are already familiar with it.

Does not give a clear audibly different signal between the radar bands, unless you are already familiar with it.

The display is all red, so determination of the radar band alert requires too much of a distraction from driving.

The display is way too bright for night driving and not adjustable, signaling other cars to follow you closely.

With the use of a smart-phone and the V1C, specifically the Arrows-Boxes display, a driver can rapidly distinguish if a threat is real and whether it is in front or behind. The phone display makes it easy to hide from other drivers. And its much easier to program the RD with a phone for a display. Without the these after-market solutions, even the fact that they exist, proves that the V1 main unit is clearly obsolete by itself.

Mentioning these drawbacks of the V1 at other forums, seems to be a personal insult to V1 users. Unlike so many others, it is not my intention to worship the V1 or Mike Valentine. Those people who offer nothing but praise for a product that is virtually unchanged for the last 25 years, seem to be the same ones who whine about not getting a new product, and that makes no sense.

Any new product from VR that does not incorporate feedback from its users is just going to create a hole in the market that some other RD manufacturer will fill. So it would be wise for both VR and its users to reach a solution; rather than submitting to the judgment of someone who is still hung up on things like a single-color display and a single-digit multi-purpose readout.

Hopefully people here are open to discussing both the good and the bad aspects of this product.

[Veil Guy]

I am a fairly new V1 owner. In my opinion, with its performance, threat direction indicators, and bogey counter; it is the best RD for the money on the market. Especially with the latest software version with the Junk K Filter.

However, the V1 in its current form, is obsolete. Without the V1C option, a smart-phone, and/or YaV1:

The RD is way too complicated to program, unless you are already familiar with it.

Does not give a clear audibly different signal between the radar bands, unless you are already familiar with it.

The display is all red, so determination of the radar band alert requires too much of a distraction from driving.

The display is way too bright for night driving and not adjustable, signaling other cars to follow you closely.

With the use of a smart-phone and the V1C, specifically the Arrows-Boxes display, a driver can rapidly distinguish if a threat is real and whether it is in front or behind. The phone display makes it easy to hide from other drivers. And its much easier to program the RD with a phone for a display. Without the these after-market solutions, even the fact that they exist, proves that the V1 main unit is clearly obsolete by itself.

Mentioning these drawbacks of the V1 at other forums, seems to be a personal insult to V1 users. Unlike so many others, it is not my intention to worship the V1 or Mike Valentine. Those people who offer nothing but praise for a product that is virtually unchanged for the last 25 years, seem to be the same ones who whine about not getting a new product, and that makes no sense.

Any new product from VR that does not incorporate feedback from its users is just going to create a hole in the market that some other RD manufacturer will fill. So it would be wise for both VR and its users to reach a solution; rather than submitting to the judgment of someone who is still hung up on things like a single-color display and a single-digit multi-purpose readout.

Hopefully people here are open to discussing both the good and the bad aspects of this product.

Welcome! That's quite a first post.

I don't consider the V1 obsolete because it's performance is still fabulous in the context of other existing models from other vendors. However, I do consider it ergonomically challenged without the smartphone integration. In fact archaic is a better word.

In any event, the V1 is a highly technical detector. The other highly technical detector that it reminds me of is a Whistler CR90. In that unit, the option tailoring is quite in depth as well if you dive into it. These are not negatives.

This reminds me of Miele kitchen appliances that my wife and I own. Very technical designs, but boy do they work! Using a V1 has that same sort of feel. Just like heel-toe manual downshifting in a Porsche.

I couldn't agree more about the feedback point. Many of us have been waiting for some a major revision. If and when it comes let's hope VR has been listening. I too would like to see a PDK equivalent version of the V "whatever it's going to be called."

VG