whister 695 testing

[languy99]

Ok I just got my 695 and did some tests. I used a known x band false and k band false, I don't have foot reading for the x band but I can estimate.

X - band

V1 - 750 ft

955 - 200 ft

695 - 200ft

The 955 and 695 see equal on the x-band for sensativity.

K-band -

V1 - 1900 ft

955 - 350 ft

695 - 170 ft

The 695 was a fairly poor performer on x band, the 955 easily beat it, while the V1 is king.

I have not done any ka band testing because I don't have access to a ka gun. If someone wants to send me one for testing I can do that, and I'll even pay for return shipping. Other than that, it is what it is.

[guit123]

i for sure know v1 picks door openers way better than whistler. not a big deal since whistler picks k cops at least a mile + in many of my encounters.

[Keto]

All you proved was that the 695 was better at filtering out X and K band falses.

In that regard, looks like the V1 and 955 are poor performers.

[djrams80]

All you proved was that the 695 was better at filtering out X and K band falses.

In that regard, looks like the V1 and 955 are poor performers.

[languy99]

There should not have been any filtering, I was in highway mode with all of them and the filter on the 695 from what I know is used to filter out other detectors, like the junk feature on the valentine, at least that is what the manual says.

[BlinderGuy]

there should not have been any filtering, i was in highway mode with all of them and the filter on the 695 from what i know is used to filter out other detectors, like the junk feature on the valentine, at least that is what the manual says.

send it in!!!!

[languy99]

ok, i'll pm mike

[Divewjason]

There should not have been any filtering, I was in highway mode with all of them and the filter on the 695 from what I know is used to filter out other detectors, like the junk feature on the valentine, at least that is what the manual says.

I think he was kidding, but just because it is in highway mode doesn't mean there is no filtering.

[MEM-TEK]

Exactly. Whistler's high end RDs have a sneaky built-in filtering algorith which cause them to ignore very weak pairs of K band signals which have very similar frequencies. This filtering algorithm correctly assumes that these weak signals are false alerts from K band door openers as long as their signal strengths are weak and of similar intensity. Its a slick little bit of code which helps to make Whistlers quieter when driving around town, and its why I tend to recommend Whistlers for people who do mostly city driving and who are on a tight budget. As far as I am aware, this filter is active even if a Whistler is in Highway mode, but I could be wrong.

[Divewjason]

Exactly. Whistler's high end RDs have a sneaky built-in filtering algorith which cause them to ignore very weak pairs of K band signals which have very similar frequencies. This filtering algorithm correctly assumes that these weak signals are false alerts from K band door openers as long as their signal strengths are weak and of similar intensity. Its a slick little bit of code which helps to make Whistlers quieter when driving around town, and its why I tend to recommend Whistlers for people who do mostly city driving and who are on a tight budget. As far as I am aware, this filter is active even if a Whistler is in Highway mode, but I could be wrong.

Nope. You are right.