Escort vs Valentine

spearfish25

I have the 9500ix. The detection range is so far that most passengers are floored when the cop finally goes past. Even if the Valentine has a longer range, it's relatively overkill. With the better false protection and additional features of the 9500ix (GPS, auto false blockout, redlight and speed cam warnings), the 9500ix is a no brainer for me.

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Pushing_Tin

I agree 100%. The silence on my way to work makes it worth every penny. My old Escort used to drive me nuts with all of the false alarms. The updatable database is icing on the cake. Valentine may work well, but it's stuck in 1998 and needs to get with the times.

Matt

I am a very happy owner of a V1.

I'm not 100% sure of how the escort uses it's memory-ignore feature, but I pass a specific alarm every day to work (a closed military gate, full-strength laser). While I normally just turn it off if I'm close to home, one night I decided just to mute it.

As I continued past the gate, my V1's arrows not only continued to light up with the rear arrow (as usual), the front arrow also was lit up. Where I would normaly speed up well above the speed limit, I kept it low as I passed a hidden police car running radar.

Without the arrows of my V1, it would have been the normal "pay no attention to the false-alarm" scenario. Would the Escort still display the police officer in this scenario, if it was set to ignore the military gate at the same location?

The indicator lights on the V1 definitely have me sold. Knowing when a cop is coming up behind you, or passes you on the opposite side of traffic, is invaluable information to have. I have the luxury of not living in a full urban area, so false alarms aren't very common, therefore the GPS function of the escort isn't as necessary for me.

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