Reasons people dislike the V1?

[Stealth Stalker]

7) It will never have GPS.

It already does.

It's called CHEETAH!

[MEM-TEK]

....Mem-tek what were the figures you stated a while back on the sti-r and it's modes. You said city was like highway on the regular Sti or something like that.

Hmm...I don't remember saying that. Maybe it was somebody else?

[Obsidian]

It already does.

It's called CHEETAH!

LOL, that's reaching even for a zombiel

[category4]

If you do most of your driving on the highway you will love the V1, the arrows and bogey counter along with it's great sensativity make it the best windshield mount detector out there. If you drive a lot in an urban environment you may not like it. It will flase at every door opener around.

But after using it for a while you will learn to tell what is false and what is real. It has the best ramp up in the buisness. Laser sensativity is way beyond anything else out there. Not that that will probably help you but it's the only detector that remotely gives you a chance of picking up laser scatter and being able to slow in time.

Try it for 30 days if it does not suit you send it back and get the Escort 9500ix. I would not get the Sti unless I lived in a forbidden zone.

[noTe]

1) Two tickets in 7 months of use. One where no detector would have helped, but the other where the X50 would have saved me.

Not really sure about this.

2) Falses every band and laser (Ka J's and ghosts are falses).

But it's a RADAR AND LASER DETECTOR. Not a police detector.

3) 1980's design (Knobs, WTF?).

Knobs just like every radio and CD player that adjusts volume like they make in the year 2008. Not sure how it's a huge deal.

4) Band alert display is utter crap.

I'll partly agree with this. However, I don't like digital LEDs and love the custom display I paid to get. I think this is the only thing that could be improved.

5) You can't program it without having the directions with you.

What other way would there be? There is one knob and you press on it. If they had other buttons on it the device would probably have to be bigger which people already complain about that.

6) Mine was terrible on Ka over hills and around corners ... I drive the canyons and mountains a lot for fun and that's where I needed it to be at its best ... yet it was utter crap.

Not sure about this. I detected Ka easily over a mile away around bends.

7) It will never have GPS.

It's a radar and laser detector. GPS should have nothing to do with this.

8) You have to send it in via snail mail to update it .... WTF is that about?

This is so people who steal V1's can't get updates. I'm also sure it's so no one can try and hack or change the system on the device as easily.

9) It does not alert RLC's, Speed Cameras, or Speed Traps, so it's lacking in threat detection. It's not 1995 anymore ... there are new threats the V1 can't handle.

It is a RADAR and LASER detector....

This is like blaming Laser Interceptor for not detecting red light cameras. In my opinion, it is better to buy a specific product that does only a specific thing that it's best at. (i.e. V1 for radar & laser detection, LI for laser jamming, Navalert for RLC/speed cameras/speed traps) If you buy a device that does it all, there is no chance they are the BEST at everything.

[Obsidian]

^^ That's zombie Hall of Fame right there, good job.

[noTe]

^^ That's zombie Hall of Fame right there, good job.

Say what you want. Ignorance is bliss.

You want a radar detector that doesn't detect radar. Radar detectors detect radar, not police cars.

I just use common sense in what I think. Even if V1 had all of the gadgets of Escort, I'd have them all turned off to detect all radar.

[Z1NONLY]

Why do people love the V1? Because it is so damn sensitive.


Why do people hate the V1? Because it is so damn sensitive.

[erickonphoenix]

Nuff said ^! How much do you want to know?

I'm an information junkie so more information is better to me. But the V1 does alert a lot in the city and IMO it can dull the senses. But out on the highway it is absolutely perfect. I can't recommend it enough.

[takeshi]

But the V1 does alert a lot in the city and IMO it can dull the senses.

Opinions on this obviously vary quite a bit and it's a subjective matter so really you just need to try it out for yourself. Personally, I can quickly verify whether a bogey is false or not. However, in the city I guess you'll always have that moment where you're assessing the bogey if you take this approach (the alternative being to just ignore the V1 as many seem to tend towards). This doesn't seem to be a big deal to me though.

But out on the highway it is absolutely perfect. I can't recommend it enough.

...and I think you'll get much more consensus on this point. The V1 is definitely more of a joy to use on the highway than in the city.