Best radar detector for houston texas and surrounding areas?

[PresaMat]

I live in Houston... I went through the same debate. I decided on the Beltronics STI. It was between the V1,RX65, STI. All are great detectors. The reason I chose the STI was the filtering... a friend of mine has a V1 and it goes off like crazzzzzzzy with falses. I wish I had the arrows but thats the trade off that had to be made. The reasons I went with the STI over the RX65 are: I wanted the higher quality black casing (didnt want grey plastic) and I plan to do a hardwire install in my car and the STI comes with it already (which offsets the cost by $30 or so...).

If you dont mind the color of the RX65 and dont plan to do a hardwire then I would recommend it. You cant go wrong with the top 4 though. It all comes down to personal preference. I wish V1 had better filtering or STI had arrows lol.

BTW even with the STI in City NoX mode i still get a fair ammount of falses... i can only imagine how many I would get with the V1.

[ryansandlin]

i have my rx65 hardwired above the rear view with no problems.

[erickonphoenix]

I've had the Passport SR7 for over two years in spec mode with X off. I got it because I wanted a built in unit and to monitor frequencies. Since I drive the same route daily I use spec mode and orientation to determine where the door openers are. I love this feature and it's saved me many times.

HPD uses laser a lot so I installed the ZR3 jammer with 2 by my front plate and 1 in back then veiled my headlights and plate covers. This system has not been tested against a real Lidar trap at this time so I don't have an opinion of how well it works.

Harris Country Sherrif (HCS) and DPS I've had special problems with. HCS has tricked me up using an exit and re-enter tactic with Instant on to bust me from behind in spite of using a rabbit. Another time DPS was pacing me from the feeder road or so they claim, I only got a warning. SR7 wasn't much use for either of these encounters.

I've considered getting an X50 for my Wrangler so I can monitor speedtraps when I'm not in the vette. I love my system and wouldn't tear it out yet but I've read so many good things about the STi that I may get one for the Wrangler instead. So I can give an opinion on that later.

[Won Hunglo]

and correction, texas troopers/highway patrol (same thing) runs Ka exclusively.

Actually corection again. Several older DPS "truck enforcement" trucks are still running the K band unit. The DPS switch over to Ka is not 100% complete yet.

PS, "truck enforcement" trucks stop ANY vehicle on the road when an infraction id noted.

[Won Hunglo]

Houston is really polluted with door openers and the like I would actually say get a V1 and turn Xband off unless you travel much outside of the city as there are a lot of small hillbilly towns that probably still use some X-band around there.

Agree 100% on the polluted with door openers but DO NOT TURN OFF X. X band is alive & well in Houston. It is still used by the Harris County Constable Departments. That is the only police force in the Houston area left running X I have encountered in the past 5 years. I have not seen it in instant on as most just leave it on all the time.

Your choice, miss some known real alerts on the streets or have a MUCH quiter radar detector.

[erickonphoenix]

DO NOT TURN OFF X.[/b] X band is alive & well in Houston. It is still used by the Harris County Constable Departments. That is the only police force in the Houston area left running X I have encountered in the past 5 years. I have not seen it in instant on as most just leave it on all the time.

Do you have a confirmed X hit from the constables? Or have you heard testimony about it? Any details.

I kept X on the SR7 for a year and routinely passed constables but only encounterd K, Ka. I never got an X that I could confirm was from any LEO. However, your scary claim would not suprise me since most of the constables seem poorly equipped.

[Won Hunglo]

My last confirmed X band hit in Houston was about 3 months ago. Constant on from a Constable. They do have some old equipment. Not like HCSO, Metro or HPD. Never forget, old equipment still works so some departments refuse to replace it until it breaks.

[erickonphoenix]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll get X turned on as soon as the vette gets out of the shop.

Thanks

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[Ray]

That is true, few DPS Troopers still run K band radar. I ran into one in Galveston. Would like to know if any of the folks living in the Houston area live near Spring or have CB's.