Re: Radar Detectors

["B.D. & Petei Zelazny" <UnltdLtd@domain.elided>]

Dan Walker asks:

> Does anybody on the digest have any experience with radar detectors.  I
> really wanted one and just got one from my wife as a present.  However she
> just bought me one at Costco ( a cheap Cobra ).  So I returned it and plan
> on buying something that actually works.
>
> I know that the Valentine 1 is the best but I can't lay out $400 for the
> thing.  The escort's are not available at a discount.  Has anybody used one
> of the Beltronics units.  Their 980 receives high marks and their 950 is
> like the 980 with just a couple bells and whistles missing ( along with
> more than a couple $$$ ).

I've owned several Escort detectors, including the original "monster" size unit and have always been very happy with them. A year or so ago I made the mistake of
buying a Beltronics 880. I hate it! Why? Numerous falses, and I can't hear it with the stereo goin', even at rather normal volumes. I got two speeding tickets
because of these two shortcomings within just three months!! I was so unhappy with the unit that I sent it back to Bel to "desensitize" the thing. It did reduce the
falses by about 50%, but they have far outnumbered the actual radar detections of the unit. It's now in the wife's 164, but rarely used.

My advise, DON'T BUY a BELTRONICS. Get one of the basic Escort models. Earlier in the year I bought the Passport 6880 and it lives up to my expectations in a radar
detector. They had a trade-in offer so I sent them one that didn't even work and got $40 off the regular price. This week I got a flier from them with several
special offers on a wide range of units. Give 'em a call.

No financial interest, blah, blah, blah...just a satisfied customer.

'nardo
'83 GTV6 w/386,426 (s)miles at the moment

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
  Oscar Wilde

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