WRONG DECISION to buy pro 78!

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02-21-2008, 09:07 PM
joseph12

WRONG DECISION to buy pro 78!

sorry to say that,i feel so bad that i bought the whitler pro 78!i think it is as same as corba detector, it is a junk!first i only have the k band alert 100 meter b4 the radar if i drive 65 km/h,but if i drive at 90km/h i can only receive the alert after i pass the radar,this means that is no use for detect the radar!secound my place only use rear laser to check the speeding car and the pro 78 only have a small lens to detect the rear laser hit from rear!and today i was driving 73km/h and a police use a laser gun to hit me form the rear,my junk pro 78 didn't have any alert and because of that i got a ticket!i will sell my pro 78 and buy a V1,i am very regret to buy the pro 78!i did some research b4 i bought the pro 78,even Rardar Roy said it is a good detector!but finally i found out it is a piece of junk only!:(
02-21-2008, 09:26 PM
kuba

Sorry to hear that, but in my case (as well as many others here) this radar detector has severed us very well. Is it as good as the $400 dollar v1...no, it is probably not even as good as the x50. If I had the money sitting around for a v1 hell ya I'd buy that over a Pro78. But I don't have that kind of money and for what I spent the Pro78 is more than I asked for.

Also, with the V1 don't expect it to save you from "laser from the rear". A radar detector wont help you much against laser. The beams is too narrow so when you are getting an alert, chances are he/she is pointing right at you and has your speed.
02-21-2008, 09:39 PM
Obsidian

Quote:

Originally Posted by kuba

no, it is probably not even as good as the x50.

LOL, probably not.

-Obsidian-
02-21-2008, 09:46 PM
kuba

hey, I didn't want to completely bash the pro78. And despite that, there are some times where it is comparable.
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02-21-2008, 09:55 PM
Silverstreak98

A couple things

1. Learn to spell...........ok thanks

2. No radar detector will save you from laser, even if you get an alert the police already have your speed. The only protection from laser is a laser jammer.

3. I'm not sure what type of radar you are going up against, but it has been shown that the Pro 78 does very well against K-band radar, I have gotten over a 2 mi. K-band warning. So those sound like irregularly short distances for detection, so you may have gotten a bad one. Just curious where did you purchase your Pro 78 from? Hopefully not ebay.

It sounds like you need to do A LOT more research when it comes to this subject, instead of coming in here and bashing a well preforming detector because it didn't save you from laser!
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02-21-2008, 10:05 PM
Ovencleaner

Laser detection without a jammer is just a ticket notifier. Even if you had a V1 buddy, you would have been toast. I have had many long range saves on my Pro 78.... and great off axis detection as well. With Rev C POP off, the range is quite amazing!

I bought mine off of eBay, but its performance is good enough that I know it is real. It was from a very reputed seller (over 10k feedback, 99.9% positive)
gps-radar-shop

Pro 78 has great Kband sensativity... hell even my old Whistler 1743 had a 2.5 mile K save!
02-21-2008, 10:09 PM
djrams80

I have $1000 RD and it didn't save me from a point blank rear laser shot either. Must be a piece of junk too! :lol: And I passed 2 cops with no alert! I'm throwing it in the garbage tonight! :lol:
02-21-2008, 10:12 PM
Ovencleaner

Quote:

Originally Posted by djrams80

I have $1000 RD and it didn't save me from a point blank rear laser shot either. Must be a piece of junk too! :lol: And I passed 2 cops with no alert! I'm throwing it in the garbage tonight! :lol:

Throw that SRX away!

Ill be at the dumpster my man 8)
02-21-2008, 10:56 PM
jerry540i

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverstreak98

A couple things

1. Learn to spell...........ok thanks

Maybe English isn't his first language. :roll: (the km/h is a good clue...)

J/
02-21-2008, 10:58 PM
Obsidian

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silverstreak98

A couple things

1. Learn to spell...........ok thanks

He will hopefully respond by mentioning your lack of capitalization and proper punctuation, and then it will be just like school! :roll:

-Obsidian-
02-21-2008, 11:03 PM
guit123

Re: WRONG DECISION to buy pro 78!

Quote:

Originally Posted by joseph12

sorry to say that,i feel so bad that i bought the whitler pro 78!i think it is as same as corba detector, it is a junk!first i only have the k band alert 100 meter b4 the radar if i drive 65 km/h,but if i drive at 90km/h i can only receive the alert after i pass the radar,this means that is no use for detect the radar!secound my place only use rear laser to check the speeding car and the pro 78 only have a small lens to detect the rear laser hit from rear!and today i was driving 73km/h and a police use a laser gun to hit me form the rear,my junk pro 78 didn't have any alert and because of that i got a ticket!i will sell my pro 78 and buy a V1,i am very regret to buy the pro 78!i did some research b4 i bought the pro 78,even Rardar Roy said it is a good detector!but finally i found out it is a piece of junk only!:(

looks like u need to catch up on lot of radar / laser usage scenarios.
99% of pro 78 users are happy with it so either u got a bad unit or u have some kind of high end windshield which is causing problems. try in a different car if you can.

even v1 cant save u from laser, so dont buy v1 just to get a laser alert and then a ticket. get a jammer.. seems to be the only solution for you.
02-22-2008, 07:13 AM
joseph12

thanks a lot!yes english is not my first language! But thanks for all your suggestion!i will buy a laser jammer to avoid rear laser in the future!
02-22-2008, 07:20 AM
jdong

Also, Cobras don't perform like crap 100% of the time either -- in fact, I've found their off-axis K-band detection to be quite nice. Where Cobras fail is their HORRIBLE consistency -- one encounter might give you 1 minute warning, the next one might give you 2 seconds time before you see the cop. Whistlers will offer you much more consistent detection rates, so please test with more than just a K-band target. Ka band tends to be Cobra's major weakness too, as well as falsing.

Additionally, I'm not sure what kind of K-band radar you are dealing with, but the Whistlers even in filter 2 have less than half a second delay max from receiving a signal to sounding the alert (many other even top-notch detectors will wait 2x or 3x that time) so there's no reason why a 30km/h increase in your speed will cause such a late detection unless it's some really low-power photo radar or something.

And as others have pointed out, laser is a dangerous thing for any passive countermeasure.
02-22-2008, 12:51 PM
John_in_NC

I heard Rev C is okay.
Yes the V1 is better but what you got just ain't working right.
02-22-2008, 04:27 PM
happya$$

comparing a V! ($400) to a Pro 78 ($130) is not a fair comparison in terms of raw sensitivity
02-24-2008, 08:22 AM
rose1

Don't sit there and bash the pro 78 just because you don't know how to use it. I guarantee if you had a V1, you'd still get a ticket. A detector is not a free pass to speed. I don't care what brand it is. A radar detector helps you avoid a ticket but you have to help yourself too..... More than the detector. BTW, I'm tired of seeing that crappy chart from GOL showing the pro 78 way at the bottom. Show me a test with the pro 78 rev C.
02-24-2008, 11:56 PM
Ovencleaner

Quote:

Originally Posted by rose1

Don't sit there and bash the pro 78 just because you don't know how to use it. I guarantee if you had a V1, you'd still get a ticket. A detector is not a free pass to speed. I don't care what brand it is. A radar detector helps you avoid a ticket but you have to help yourself too..... More than the detector. BTW, I'm tired of seeing that crappy chart from GOL showing the pro 78 way at the bottom. Show me a test with the pro 78 rev C.

Exactly. Also, look at the march testing. Pro 78 did very respectable. When Rev C is tested, they will stop laughing.... 8)
02-25-2008, 09:35 AM
djrams80

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ovencleaner

Quote:

Originally Posted by rose1

Don't sit there and bash the pro 78 just because you don't know how to use it. I guarantee if you had a V1, you'd still get a ticket. A detector is not a free pass to speed. I don't care what brand it is. A radar detector helps you avoid a ticket but you have to help yourself too..... More than the detector. BTW, I'm tired of seeing that crappy chart from GOL showing the pro 78 way at the bottom. Show me a test with the pro 78 rev C.

Exactly. Also, look at the march testing. Pro 78 did very respectable. When Rev C is tested, they will stop laughing.... 8)

I think, in general, that most of the experienced people talk pretty highly of the Pro 78 on this board. Man, you can't beat it for the price. No different than the Bel Vector series as far as detection goes, IMO. The people that start these "Pro 78 sucks" threads are usually first timers, with little to no credibility. No one takes them seriously.
02-25-2008, 10:27 AM
joseph12

come on man and whistler's fans.I only want to tell what i feel after i bought the pro 78!ONE word can express all my feeling "DSAPPOINTED"!Pls read the test result seriously or try to mount pro 78 in your car then u will know pro 78 is not worth to buy!I only don't want other ppl regret after buying that RD.Now i am really upset cos i chose Pro 78 :( !whistler's fans pls wake up and see the fact,don't live in you dream.Before i recieve my unit ,i was whistler's big fans like all the ppl here.But after i use it,i feel i am stupid to chose that machine!
02-25-2008, 10:30 AM
Ovencleaner

Quote:

Originally Posted by joseph12

come on man and whistler's fans.I only want to tell what i feel after i bought the pro 78!ONE word can express all my feeling "DSAPPOINTED"!Pls read the test result seriously or try to mount pro 78 in your car then u will know pro 78 is not worth to buy!I only don't want other ppl regret after buying that RD.Now i am really upset cos i chose Pro 78 :( !whistler's fans pls wake up and see the fact,don't live in you dream.Before i recieve my unit ,i was whistler's big fans like all the ppl here.But after i use it,i feel i am stupid to chose that machine!

For the last time, even if you Pro 78 alerted to laser, you would have gotten a ticket.

This is my last response troll.
02-25-2008, 10:34 AM
guit123

Quote:

Originally Posted by joseph12

come on man and whistler's fans.I only want to tell what i feel after i bought the pro 78!ONE word can express all my feeling "DSAPPOINTED"!Pls read the test result seriously or try to mount pro 78 in your car then u will know pro 78 is not worth to buy!I only don't want other ppl regret after buying that RD.Now i am really upset cos i chose Pro 78 :( !whistler's fans pls wake up and see the fact,don't live in you dream.Before i recieve my unit ,i was whistler's big fans like all the ppl here.But after i use it,i feel i am stupid to chose that machine!

you are a stupid to even own a detector, nothing will save you from a ticket in future so dont waste your money.
02-25-2008, 10:36 AM
djrams80

Quote:

Originally Posted by joseph12

come on man and whistler's fans.I only want to tell what i feel after i bought the pro 78!ONE word can express all my feeling "DSAPPOINTED"!Pls read the test result seriously or try to mount pro 78 in your car then u will know pro 78 is not worth to buy!I only don't want other ppl regret after buying that RD.Now i am really upset cos i chose Pro 78 :( !whistler's fans pls wake up and see the fact,don't live in you dream.Before i recieve my unit ,i was whistler's big fans like all the ppl here.But after i use it,i feel i am stupid to chose that machine!

Point blank rear laser is almost impossible for any windshield mounted RD to detect. And even if you do, your RD will only tell you that you have been hit. You are still going to get a ticket, even with the best laser detection out there. My RD cost me $1000 and I still got owned by rear laser. My laser jammers failed at this very close range. My laser alert went crazy, then I got pulled over and cited shortly thereafter. That's life. No RD would have saved me from this, only a super duper laser jammer would have a chance. I just gave the police officer credit for being a "sneaky Mutha" and moved on.
02-25-2008, 12:04 PM
jdong

Ok, we're getting nowhere productive with both threads. All sides of the argument have been expressed. Can we close them?
02-27-2008, 04:04 AM
KaPro

laser ticket

To top off all of his senselessness, he has the stones to blame the detector for his ticket. :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :roll:
02-27-2008, 08:36 PM
Jag42

First of all my pro 78 Rev c has saved my ass more than 30 times. Not a good detector my ass ! Come ride with me for a week and i will prove it.
Texas highways and interstates are heavily stalked
02-27-2008, 09:20 PM
Ovencleaner

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jag42

First of all my pro 78 Rev c has saved my ass more than 30 times. Not a good detector my ass ! Come ride with me for a week and i will prove it.
Texas highways and interstates are heavily stalked

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