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Hello everyone,
I've heard and read many people on here saying that the X band for the X50 sucks compared to that of the RX65. I'm wondering how can that be since they are pretty much the same unit? And for those that have the X50, could you share your experiences with X band and how well it detected it and whether or not it was accurate or not.
Thanks,
To tell you the truth i've turned off X-Band on mine. I run City w/ NO X and then if I take a long trip i'll just turn it on highway. For the 5 months I've owned it i've never had an encounter with X-Band. If I were to have an encounter though, i'm 100% sure that it would give me plenty of time to slow down.Quote:
Originally Posted by tech_geek
~Lee
Thanks for the reply leapoffaith!!!
I am lucky enought o have a city right next to me that uses X band. I get about a 10 second warning on X band in automode, and about a 15 second warning on highway mode at 60 MPH
I really dont understand why people dog the x50's xband range either. In roys tests it appears to be great with a 10 mile range.
1. X-band is offQuote:
Originally Posted by leepoffaith
2. Never have an encounter (if it's off, of course you won't know if you have an encounter :lol: )
I'm following you so far, but then you lost me:
3. i'm 100% sure it would give me plenty of time to slow down (not if it's off!)
:shock:
i think i know what you're saying though! :wink:
if it were me, I'd leave it on. Buddy of mine got hit with x-band and got a mile or so warning (here in Baltimore, which reportedly didn't use x-band) on the highway. you're right, that's plenty of warning. :D
that's why I refuse to use auto mode.... maybe in the city but definitely not highway. the risk of reduced alert is not worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sethy
is that 15 seconds an average or a long? friend of mine was saying he got a mile warning but knowing him it was a quarter mile :lol:
thanks for the input, sethy. always good to have a voice of reason. nice to have someone like yourself who has both a V1 and X50 to give the straight scoop.Quote:
I really dont understand why people dog the x50's xband range either. In roys tests it appears to be great with a 10 mile range.
:D
THaTS whAt MaKeS mE SpeCIaL!! :roll: :roll:
haha, that 15 seconds is an averge. My long with the x50 has been about a minute.
:lol:
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Originally Posted by robert
If this had a face with the tounge sticking out you would get it right now :-p
:P
exactly as Robert's...if it is turned off, how do you know you have not been zapped by x-band?
if x-band "falsing" is such a nuisance with the x50, then maybe the selectivity is not all that impressive.
just my thoughts...
v1 1.8 pop2
it's actually not.... and you can turn it down in city mode. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by icantdrive55
I have the rx65. I have been using it for about a month now. I have only had the X band go off once in the "city". I have left it at the standard settings. The only time I get false X band alerts is when I am driving around in neighborhoods and subdivisons.
Now the one thats kind of annoying me is the K band (used for automatic doors such as Kroger or walmart), but I have turned that off while not on the highway because I know at least this city uses only Ka.
Here in MD, state cops use K, county use Ka.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zonne
Just make sure K isn't used where you live before you turn it off completely.
Well i finally turned my X band on low. HOLY CRAP is that alert LOUD at full blast. It only went off a few times for some very heavily saturated door opener areas and it just about deffended me. That is ALMOST as loud at the Blinder's Alert. I think i'm going to turn it back off though because I really doubt I have any X-Band cops by me.
~Lee
You may find out soon enough! :twisted:Quote:
Originally Posted by leepoffaith