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I Love my 9500i but can't help to keep watching videos and reading story's about the valentine walking all over the escort when it comes to range or I/O shots. I tend to do a lot of hwy driving but also drive in the city sometimes as well.
IYO do you think I should switch to a valentine 1?
You won't know until you try it. Free for 30 days.
It will be night and day for falses though. V1 is really really chatty in the city. I don't mind falses but I unplug the V1 in the city, it drives me nuts.
Best of both worlds: if you can, keep your 9500i for the city and use the V1 on the hwy.
As Normsky said, 30 day try-out is the way to go
I have to agree with this also. It isn't very city friendly IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by AvsBest
Keep the 9500 for that.
I love my V1 in the city. In my area X band isn't used, so I have X turned off. K band I have on a short automute. Pretty quiet setup and when I do take a couple hour highway trip (a few times a month) the range and arrows are priceless.
If you like having lockout you could try a Redline with Live. You will still be able to lock out falses, plus once Escort releases their "expert software" with bs/rdr it should make the Redline better on qt. and I/O.
I switched, but I use a RD primarily for highway driving. I purchased a 9500ix because I thought the ability to automatically lock out falses was very cool, and my wife complaned about the "noise" from my V1. Unfortunately, I had far too many close calls with the 9500ix on the highway. I returned the 9500ix and purchased a new V1. However, I have to admit, the 9500ix is much more pleasant to use in the city.Quote:
Originally Posted by natedog7700
JBA
You gotta run two to get all you need. NOTHING will beat the V1 on the highway, yeah I know the redline has great range, but no arrows and not great on IO.
The V1 is not a good city RD, everyone knows this. Sure you can K band mute, etc. It is a radar locator and it will do its job always.
You really have to run one for a while to see what we are all talking about.
But I do run my Sti-R with it.
will the 9500ix and V1 interfere with each other if you ran them together? i have contemplated running both, one on each side of the windshield and using the remote display for the V1.
They will definitely interfere with each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtnos