Hello.

[slow]

Hi guys.

Currently riding a bike that is too slow for me to care about any of this, but am an electronics nerd so having a look anyway.

Thinking about getting one of the super cheap ebay detectors, or building one from junk, just to see what I will have to watch out for when I get a faster bike.

[slow]

OK, if this forum has an edit post button, I couldn't find it.

How bad are the cheapest detectors on ebay, $15 sort of price? Some of them claim to detect all relevant bands. I understand they probably have poor range, false positives etc, but for my use I don't care about that. I just want it as a toy, see what it picks up, maybe have a hack at it to see if I can make it beter, so no point recomending something more expensive. Most of the cheap Chinese stuff has reviews online, some of it can actualy be pretty good, especially if you know how to open it up and tweak it, but can find no info on the super cheap detectors.

[yellowcab]

Welcome to the forum. Have fun with those cheap detectors. Th amount of time you will spend on them to improve their performance will exceed the amount of money you will save if you bought a good radar detector.

[Radar Roy]

Good luck on this one. As Yellow cab explained this will be expensive. I recall one of our last members who was trying this in the Netherlands. He invested tons of $$$ in new feed horns and stuff and could never get to that next level.

OK, if this forum has an edit post button, I couldn't find it.

How bad are the cheapest detectors on ebay, $15 sort of price? Some of them claim to detect all relevant bands. I understand they probably have poor range, false positives etc, but for my use I don't care about that. I just want it as a toy, see what it picks up, maybe have a hack at it to see if I can make it beter, so no point recomending something more expensive. Most of the cheap Chinese stuff has reviews online, some of it can actualy be pretty good, especially if you know how to open it up and tweak it, but can find no info on the super cheap detectors.