Newbie new v1 3.872 impressions

[OPTiK]

I just changed from a v965 to a v1, its like night and day! Very happy to be a zombie now

[bilybob]

I just changed from a v965 to a v1, its like night and day! Very happy to be a zombie now

Agreed on x and K band. I don't have much experience on ka yet. But if I can avoid any of the I/O ka, I will be the zombie cheerleader

[Cips]

I understand the off axis argument and it maybe valid to some extent but I am more inclined to think its the variances in production that is causing this (micheal B reports). I have looked at many videos that happya$$ posted on youtube comparing v1 to his escort and if you look at his newer videos 3.872 seems to be getting its butt wiped. I know its not apple to apple comparison of a dash mount compared to a remote install but was his older v1 just a production anomoly?

There are many v1 users that are surprised when you tell them that v1 is not performing as expected. They don't believe it because they don't see that in their units.

Having said all that, I have very little experience with v1, but I already feel more comfortable riding with it on my dash compared to my old rx65. I don't think I ever realized the radar awareness that comes with v1. Whenever I had an alert before, it always seemed that it was something ahead of me. V1 has changed all that. I will continue to learn this new arena and appreciate all the feedback from you guys.

V1 3.813's were the last of the V1's before POP was introduced, which many blame to be the reason the V1 sensitivity went down a bit.

I just changed from a v965 to a v1, its like night and day! Very happy to be a zombie now

Agreed on x and K band. I don't have much experience on ka yet. But if I can avoid any of the I/O ka, I will be the zombie cheerleader

Rabbits are your friend.

[bilybob]

V1 3.813's were the last of the V1's before POP was introduced, which many blame to be the reason the V1 sensitivity went down a bit.

Sorry for my ignorance but did the antenna design change compared to the older units or has it been mostly software upgrades.

Rabbits are your friend.

Agreed but the part of country I live in there is not that much traffic and sometimes I am the only rabbit. But luckily the roads are straight and level so you can spot the LEOs and usually get some kind of radar hit. I could spot the leos back in the day, but now they are usually following an 18 wheeler so close, it seems they are cleaning the back doors of the trailer.

[th3 factory freak]

You need to find out exactly what radar bands are used in your area.

No point of running X-band, if you determined for sure it's not used. Same goes for K.

Defenitly leave Ka and laser on.

[Cips]

V1 3.813's were the last of the V1's before POP was introduced, which many blame to be the reason the V1 sensitivity went down a bit.

Sorry for my ignorance but did the antenna design change compared to the older units or has it been mostly software upgrades.

Rabbits are your friend.

Agreed but the part of country I live in there is not that much traffic and sometimes I am the only rabbit. But luckily the roads are straight and level so you can spot the LEOs and usually get some kind of radar hit. I could spot the leos back in the day, but now they are usually following an 18 wheeler so close, it seems they are cleaning the back doors of the trailer.

From what I know it's been mostly software changes. The 3.872 was a hardware change but I believe all they did was change vendors. Maybe there was a little difference between vendor supplied hardware that we don't know about. I have no clue if the design of the antenna was changed or not.

Ooh, sorry to hear that. Where I live there's so much darn congestion everyone's a rabbit.

[bilybob]

From what I know it's been mostly software changes. The 3.872 was a hardware change but I believe all they did was change vendors. Maybe there was a little difference between vendor supplied hardware that we don't know about. I have no clue if the design of the antenna was changed or not.

If the design of the antenna has been the same meaning they got it right the first time, then why worry about redline now. A little software tweak or a few new options like option 6 in v1 programming and you will have comparable range again. These are just exciting times in radar detection world