Just bought the Pro73 - A few questions

**bfg9000d** · 03-25-2006, 12:41 PM

The reason why I so strongly believe to mount high even though whistler says mount low. Is from past driving experience and getting hit with laser with my detector down low. If their is a big fat SUV in front of you all that detector can see is that big fat bumper nothing else nothing more. When going down the road for that matter all it can ever see is bumpers. Scatter does not wrap around the car and reflect off the back bumper. Scatter either reflects out or through something. Just take a normal laser pointer you can see this for yourself. Whistler wants you to get the best laser pickup from your car not from somebody elses. Lets face it once you hear the laser detector go off and your the only one being targeted you've been had unless you use veil or something active to jam. So a high mount gives you that slim chance of picking up any kind of scatter that goes upward or outward or through the others drivers windshield. How do I know this well along time ago. I drove through a laser trap several times remember this is real world not surface street testing. I mounted my detector low and ran by the trap several times it didnt go off until I was right on top of the laser gun. Then I rode by the trap again several times with my whistler high mounted which is slighlty below the rear view mirror. I got a pretty good advance warning before coming up to the cop. You might say o this is subjective. Well I made sure that before I enter the trap about the same amount of traffic was around me and the test came out pretty much the same everytime I drove up into the trap. And officer wobble on the laser gun is gonna be either up or down or some side to side. So the chances of him shooting through another cars windshield and your detector picking it up is pretty resonable I would say if your detector can see through the other cars windshield that is. Higher yields a better field of view. Maybe for detecting a direct hit with your car lower is better but that is sorta pointless to me. Even with active jammers and veil were all trying to go with some kind of warning with laser. Also V1 did and article about mounting high for laser a while back ago.

Also boomerman actually I got Roy to come in here and to post something. This thread was getting out of control. Mr Roy and I have talked to each other about you and whats going on in here. Which I cant dicuss until we can sort this matter out some more. All i can say at this point in time name calling and calling people liers and not respecting other peoples opinions regardless of some test results is got to stop. I'm having Mr Roy monitor this forum more closely. As far as how Mr Roy deals with this situation and futrure situations is up to him at this point.

**venexoz** · 03-25-2006, 01:30 PM

Wow this thread got pretty interesting just put the RD where ever you want, you bought you do what you like with it.... I put mine on the side of my mirror really high because my roommate and I have found that works for us, some people like it rigth in the middle of the windshield not too high because they like to have a better laser detection and radar detection I don't know, can't say anything about it.... really low I heard its better for laser, that might be true, but I don't have VEIL or jammer so what ever I prefer the surprise of getting the ticket or possibly a better chance of getting scatter.... Welcome to the Forum.... It's really cool here I been learning a lot and only have like two weeks here...

**the_Flash083** · 03-25-2006, 07:00 PM

the whistlers you buy at wallmart do not detect laser.... and they still say mount low :shock:

**SmaartAasSaabr** · 03-25-2006, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by the_Flash083

the whistlers you buy at wallmart do not detect laser.... and they still say mount low :shock:

who what? Laser detection costs like 8 cents

**the_Flash083** · 03-25-2006, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by SmaartAasSaabr

Originally Posted by the_Flash083

the whistlers you buy at wallmart do not detect laser.... and they still say mount low :shock:

who what? Laser detection costs like 8 cents

lol i think it was 19 dollars when i bought it when i didnt know anything about them. Yea that **** sucked regardless it would never even go off i would get nothing then bam full on 9 as he pulls out behind me to give me a ticket or warning :shock:

**bfg9000d** · 03-25-2006, 10:12 PM

the whistlers you buy at wallmart do not detect laser.... and they still say mount low

I think their is some truth to this. I bought my whistler directly from whistler on a trade in of a older model. I even had whistler test the unit from end to end to ensure the product was of the highest quality. The whistler you buy at walmart are roughly treated dont believe me watch the stockers who stock these things. One guy threw a whole box of whistlers down the isle for sometbody else to stock. He started to put them in the glass case. And the guy putting them in the glass case was just jamming them in there. I couldnt take it anymore. I finally went up and said sir you really ought to treat those detectors a little more nicer. Of course he replied I dont care they can take a beating nobody can tell the difference. Would I buy a detector from walmart even if it was a whistler no. Because they are roughly treated and the kind of moving they did to those detectors would for sure throw something out of whack on them. My brother did buy a whistler from walmart a few years back and the detection on it was really poor and it would turn on and off at times. We sent it in for testing. We got it back with a service sheet had a whole list of stuff that was replaced. Grant it this was a detector we bought at walmart and it wasnt more then 1 week old prior to all these problems. I wouldnt buy a detector from really anybody on the streets. Radioshack, bestbuy all these people treat these things rough. I always recommend order directly from a trusted vendor or the company themselfs and make sure the box is either ship fedex or usps express mail or UPS. The special carriers treat these boxes much nicer. If your getting poor detection from a whistler I strongly recommend getting it tested. Please dont always assume that this is as good as a whistler gets. Please get it check out through whistler repair department.

**boomerman** · 03-26-2006, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by bfg9000d

Also boomerman actually I got Roy to come in here and to post something. This thread was getting out of control. Mr Roy and I have talked to each other about you and whats going on in here. Which I cant dicuss until we can sort this matter out some more. All i can say at this point in time name calling and calling people liers and not respecting other peoples opinions regardless of some test results is got to stop. I'm having Mr Roy monitor this forum more closely. As far as how Mr Roy deals with this situation and futrure situations is up to him at this point.

BFG9000d First of all show me one place where I ever called you any names!! 2nd place show me where I ever called you a liar??

If anyone is calling anyone names it has been you, i do believe you called me an ass. I have not sunk down to your level and called anyone any names.
When did I say anyone was lying? Are saying I called you a liar? show me where.
You are the one telling the lies and calling people names.

SHOW ME ONE instance where I have lied or called you name!!!
You can NOT because I have NOT.

You can talk to Roy all you want, because I have done NOTHING wrong. YOU are the one telling lies and calling names!!

**bfg9000d** · 03-26-2006, 08:05 PM

"You peopleare talking to Whistler's sales reps are just that, talking to a sales rep that is going to hype the unit, THAT IS THEIR JOB!! ."

You are saying that night I didnt know who I was talking to because I was to stupid to figure it out that I was really talking to a sales person. Infact I wasnt talking to a sales person that night. In essence your calling me a liar. By stating that I was talking to a sales rep when infact I was not. So you were falsing my orginal post buy in essence calling it a lie that I was really talking to a sales rep. Please do not tell people who they talked to or what they did I'm sure they can figure that out. Anything of that nature of post especially as a mod turns the poster into a liar.

Test results are subjective just like opinions. Either way it doesnt make one a lier. Stop walking in to these threads out to prove people wrong. If you disagree with people thats great disagree but dont slice and dice somebodys post apart and make remarks about them working for whistler or telling people they really werent talking to this person or that person you where just talking to blah blah blah. Also If somebody gives and suggestion or and idea its up to him or her to make the choice to do it regardless if the idea maybe right or wrong.

**Studdg** · 03-29-2006, 08:46 PM

"Test results are subjective just like opinions."

If performed by an independant 3rd party without bias, I don't believe this to be true.

Note: I know for a fact that the 1793 detects laser. When I go to the airport it goes off. The device may not be powerful enough to detect police laser, but I'm positive that the laser detector does work on some level.

**jimbonzzz** · 03-29-2006, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by bfg9000d

Also boomerman actually I got Roy to come in here and to post something. This thread was getting out of control. Mr Roy and I have talked to each other about you and whats going on in here. Which I cant dicuss until we can sort this matter out some more. All i can say at this point in time name calling and calling people liers and not respecting other peoples opinions regardless of some test results is got to stop. I'm having Mr Roy monitor this forum more closely. As far as how Mr Roy deals with this situation and futrure situations is up to him at this point.

Let me get this straight: you post your opinion, and when someone like boomerman disagrees with you, and you don't like what they said or the way they said it, you "file a formal complaint" with Roy? Are you going to "file a formal complaint" every time boomerman or anyone else disagrees with something you say? Roy is a busy man, and he doesn't have the time to play babysitter with all of your petty bull crap! Nobody likes a crybaby! This isn't kindergarden.

Please stop this conduct, it isn't welcome here. If you can't take people disagreeing with you, then maybe you don't belong here. This is an open forum.

Go ahead and "file a formal complaint" against me too if it makes you feel better!

Jim