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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:18:32 PM EDT
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Go R4, R8, or wait for the R9. The 4/8 have the same range the 4 just lacks directional arrows. Uniden had jamming extensions as well as ones that moved the detecting to where you want on bumpers etc. They also teased the Bluetooth capabilities of all 3 that should open up soon. The R9 will just be a small device for running the extensions and ofcourse ux. Skip R7/3/etcs cause their detection isn't up there. Run Waze on Android/Apple Auto, always keep your head up, and learn which departments typically run what and why.
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:20:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Waze, eyes constantly scanning ahead side to side, good traffic conditions and not being an a-hole when driving like excessive speeding or aggressive driving. Staying out of VA helps me too  Replace VA with OH for me and all good. I used to run one years ago but just stopped. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:24:48 PM EDT
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Valentine
 v2 or r8Waze Scanners Cb Brake light switch Rear light switch I used to speed a LOT 
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:24:52 PM EDT
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I've been using a Uniden R3 for a while. The firmware and database updates keep improving things. Doesn't have directional signal detection, but it does let you know how many different signals it sees. I also have the DFR8, which is a lot cheaper, similar'ish detection range, but no GPS.
The R3's OLED display has some burn in, but other than that, it's been good. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:34:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been using a Uniden R3 for a while. The firmware and database updates keep improving things. Doesn't have directional signal detection, but it does let you know how many different signals it sees. I also have the DFR8, which is a lot cheaper, similar'ish detection range, but no GPS. The R3's OLED display has some burn in, but other than that, it's been good. It's funny how in the detector world, what's old is new again. I used to run the original Escort, with the analog meter, and the amber incandescent light bulb, and the Escort Solo 9V battery detector, and learned that you don't need arrows to figure out where RADAR sources are coming from. Except for range, the R8 seems to be the best of the high end detectors. Bluetooth still doesn't work, but for someone not planning on running apps, it would be a small issue. If someone is just starting off, I'd still recommend the DS-1, but if you have money to burn, get anything you want. Jay |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:36:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Valentine v2 or r8Waze Scanners Cb Brake light switch Rear light switch I used to speed a LOT https://i.ibb.co/wC6tB6x/8-A93397-D-7-BA0-42-DC-8-E31-72-E7001-E3-DB5.jpg Damn.....the question is....did you ever get caught?
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:38:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Waze. Unless things have changed the detectors give false alarms so often they are worthless. Says the radar detector owner from 20 years ago. The top models all have GPS systems built into them. Mine automatically puts a signal into silence if it sees it across three times or I push on a button. When my detector goes off I also know what a good area to run radar and where it's not. Waze works where there are people. I don't like people so I live where Waze doesn't work, or DoorDash/Uber/Lyft. But on the positive side old people aren't being beaten to death by a pack of 7 or 8 pre-teens very often out here. The officers that run radar out here do it in the transition points where the highway's 65 mph drops to 25 mph as the road leads through the center of a 125 year old downtown village of a couple thousand people. They flip their radar gun on and it runs constantly. The natural hills and vegetation absorb plenty of the signal but I start catching beeps in plenty of time to mind my speedo and make an adjustment if needed. When there's no traffic on the road I often drive the road rather than the speed limit. Waze and radar detectors are only effective against most officers. The only two things that are effective against all officers is either being a cop or a democrat politician. 
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:41:46 PM EDT
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Am I in before the usual cops claim they don’t work despite the fact they do indeed work?
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:42:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Valentine 1 V2 will running the JBV1 app on a phone or tablet and having it connected to Waze is the best solution hands down. You get the latest Valentine technology, the JBV1 lets you customize the control and displays a heat map of where all the recent real time threats are, and it can connect to Waze with audio alerts telling you when a cop is ahead. 100% hands free with audio alerts.  You know what you just cost me? I used to have the Valentine but they were late on the GPS so I jumped to Escort's high-end models ... but the system you just described sounds awesome. I need to upgrade from my 2015 detector anyways incase I visit the big city where they have radar guns that aren't vacuum tube technology based.
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:43:07 PM EDT
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Uniden R4 with only Ka alerts is perfect for my area. It's saved my wallet twice so far.
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:46:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Uniden R4 with only Ka alerts is perfect for my area. It's saved my wallet twice so far. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:47:10 PM EDT
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It’s not 1994 anymore. Do they even still make radar detectors?
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:50:08 PM EDT
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LOL. All I had to do to defeat radar detectors was leave it in stand-by. See, those microwaves go a lot farther than the radar can "see" so if the officer leaves the unit always transmitting, those with detectors will get the alert before the officer's unit "sees" them. Make sense? LIDAR is more popular these days but I hear there are detectors for those too.
Fun story; This occurred around 1980-something. Working weekend nights. Mostly kinda-sorta rural area in between town so most people felt comfy doing the Goober on Gilly Walker's car - speedspeedspeed LOL. Had me a right nice fishing hole along a nice gradual curve. Like fish in a barrel. Then one night my hole went dry. And the next night too. And the next. Then I stopped a guy who, in the curve I visually estimated his speed at 75 plus before he rounded the curve's apex then he hit the brakes. Best speed I got for him was 55 in the 55 (by radar LOL) Close enough, right? Stopped him, did all the nice little introductions, got his license and such and then asked what kind of radar detector he had. "Don't have one, but I jammed the brakes when the star on your door lit up." I shined my light back at my car and immediately saw what he meant. I'd recently traded my mile'd out 1985 Caprice for a shiny new 1987...which had the "new" reflectorized insignia. Bastages. A bath towel and some refrigerator magnets fixed that shit most ricky-tik. And, glory be, my stats went back up. Not that we had quotas....we could write as many as we wanted to! No. You'll get no 'stay in the speed limit, cheaper' blahblahblah from me. Free Country, man. Drive like you want. Faster crashes harder. Then you become some other cop's problem because patrol don't do no fatal crashes paperwork. Call VCU. They do paper. Night night, Gracie ! |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:52:59 PM EDT
[#14]
Uniden R7 (refurbished) is a great deal now.
Even better when upgraded with the International V150 software. Add in Waze on the car main display via Android Auto and JBV1 or HighwayRadar Apps on the phone.  Someday when I win the lottery, I'll get the ALPs LIDAR jammers too. Info: https://www.rdforum.org/ TYCOM - living dangerously in VA with my R7. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:53:17 PM EDT
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This thread made me check Valentines website. It appears that they are now shipping orders from 2003
 It was posted in several spots. WTH is up with that? |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:57:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It’s not 1994 anymore. Do they even still make radar detectors? They are an incredible tool and the tech these days is amazing. Sniffs them out 2 miles away. I couldn’t imagine not having one. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:58:53 PM EDT
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Escort 360 here. If it's going off you better slow the fuck down.
Except iPhone face unlock LIDAR will set it off though. I have my iPhone automatically connect to it when I start my vehicle, so I also benefit from the internet based warnings that are crowdsourced from other Escort devices. Saved my bacon countless times! |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 12:59:21 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There is also the no cost option. Just drive right around the speed limit. Lol. No fun |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 1:30:14 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn.....the question is....did you ever get caught? It’s just risk mitigation it’s not 100% In over 60,000mi on that setup and I was stopped twice One time for 92/55 it was instant on radar the police officer was more interested in all the gadgets then my speed and we talked for like a half hour and he let me go with a warning One time for 48/45 but that may or may not have been for something that happened earlier I had the heads up on the scanners so I knew it was coming and I could have avoided it if I had reeeeaaaallllyyy wanted to but I said fuck it 2.5 hours on the side of the road and got off with a warning |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 1:32:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/11/2023 1:36:35 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The 1980’s called…they want you back… I made lots of money selling and installing radar detectors. The ones that paid well were remote mounted Escorts. We would gut the device. Mount the sensor in the grill unobstructed, the rest in the dash. Charged lots of coin. We voided the warranty of course .
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Posted: 1/11/2023 1:39:12 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's not 1994 anymore. Do they even still make radar detectors?
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Posted: 1/11/2023 1:41:28 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Uniden R7 (refurbished) is a great deal now. Even better when upgraded with the International V150 software. Add in Waze on the car main display via Android Auto and JBV1 or HighwayRadar Apps on the phone. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0592/2761/products/Uniden_R7_KMPH_large.png?v=1554894248 Someday when I win the lottery, I'll get the ALPs LIDAR jammers too. Info: https://www.rdforum.org/ TYCOM - living dangerously in VA with my R7. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 1:43:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/11/2023 2:14:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is also the no cost option. Just drive right around the speed limit. The only problem with that is knowing what the speed limit is. Here they build schools on land they get check outside of town on a state road. Speed limit is 55 except "During restricted hours" So when the hell is that? "When children are present" Not even sure what or when that means. Then this one is 55 except during - Super tiny text impossible to read with hours listed. I actually stopped in middle or road one day so I could read it. None of those schools have flashing lights, you just have to guess. I add 2 miles to my 25 mile daily drive to avoid all of them. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 2:23:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You know what you just cost me? I used to have the Valentine but they were late on the GPS so I jumped to Escort's high-end models ... but the system you just described sounds awesome. I need to upgrade from my 2015 detector anyways incase I visit the big city where they have radar guns that aren't vacuum tube technology based. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Valentine 1 V2 will running the JBV1 app on a phone or tablet and having it connected to Waze is the best solution hands down. You get the latest Valentine technology, the JBV1 lets you customize the control and displays a heat map of where all the recent real time threats are, and it can connect to Waze with audio alerts telling you when a cop is ahead. 100% hands free with audio alerts. You know what you just cost me? I used to have the Valentine but they were late on the GPS so I jumped to Escort's high-end models ... but the system you just described sounds awesome. I need to upgrade from my 2015 detector anyways incase I visit the big city where they have radar guns that aren't vacuum tube technology based. Glad I could provide a useful respond.  The app for JBV1 and Waze are free...so $499 for new V1 Gen2. My V1 Gen1 became useless due to all the blind spot and adaptive cruise radars. With it 90% of the alerts were bogus. That is mostly solved with the Gen2. I believe I could have upgraded it for $399 and decided to spend the extra hundred to the get the newest tech. I also have a 10" 4G tablet mounted to my dash which runs the JBV1, when I run it. Usually I just have Waze up. I believe with the JBV1 app you can also GPS block specific signals but I have not bothered with it. The JBV1 integration with Waze is nice in remote areas but where there is a lot police activity it becomes very annoying as it announced every police icon ahead. If the cops are busy and there are 4 different cop icons on Waze it announces each one, twice, along with the location, time, and thumbs up count. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 2:42:05 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Waze. Unless things have changed the detectors give false alarms so often they are worthless. Waze is a good tool but it didn't show any police on my highway drive this morning. My R7 started alerting on Ka band about a threat behind me, I immediately dropped my speed and the cop eventually came into view as I exited. Came back through town 15 mins later (different road) and the R7 starts going off about a Ka threat ahead. Waze shows nothing but I pass the same cop (small town) parked and running radar. K band can get noisy but a good modern detector can help you narrow out the false positives. My only complaint about the R7 is that you can store GPS coordinates for false positives, but then it notifies you when you approach the coordinates every single time. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:03:39 PM EDT
[#28]
Valentine One and Waze is working for me.
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:08:47 PM EDT
[#29]
They're pointless. Just don't speed more than 4 over. It won't get you there any faster and it'll improve your gas mileage.
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:26:10 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Uniden R4 with only Ka alerts is perfect for my area. It's saved my wallet twice so far. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:28:13 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: got a TL;DR of what makes the int'l firmware better, and if it's also available for the R3 and DFR8? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Uniden R7 (refurbished) is a great deal now. Even better when upgraded with the International V150 software. Add in Waze on the car main display via Android Auto and JBV1 or HighwayRadar Apps on the phone. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0592/2761/products/Uniden_R7_KMPH_large.png?v=1554894248 Someday when I win the lottery, I'll get the ALPs LIDAR jammers too. Info: https://www.rdforum.org/ TYCOM - living dangerously in VA with my R7. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:29:15 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They're pointless. Just don't speed more than 4 over. It won't get you there any faster and it'll improve your gas mileage. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:34:32 PM EDT
[#33]
k40 installed in all the cars and yet to get a speeding ticket. has paid for itself multiple times
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:36:24 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Waze. Unless things have changed the detectors give false alarms so often they are worthless. Lots of improvements in decent models to drastically reduced falses. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:37:21 PM EDT
[#35]
I have run a cheap Whistler w/Laser for a long time. OSHP would set up traps along my work route on occasion and use laser guns. It would work really well a few miles out. Otherwise it just chirps with false warnings.
Now I use Waze but still have the Whistler on. I have not heard the laser warning in a long time. I know it still works, because if you drive near the airport they have a constant laser on for something that will always set it off. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:38:45 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Things have changed.  |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:41:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They're pointless. Just don't speed more than 4 over. It won't get you there any faster and it'll improve your gas mileage. Stay in the right lane, please. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:44:15 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They're pointless. Just don't speed more than 4 over. It won't get you there any faster and it'll improve your gas mileage. I'm not sure you fully understand how speed and time work. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:47:06 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm not sure you fully understand how speed and time work. Especially over 500+ miles |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:52:56 PM EDT
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I have a Uniden R7 and a pretty quick Acura. I use the R7 with Waze via Apple CarPlay every time I turn on the ignition. I have had some insane detection distances both on the open road and on more local roads I’m talking 3miles on local roads and like 5 miles on open highway. The R7 has a 0.3 second instant on radar detection time which is absurdly fast and almost fast enough to prevent you from getting a ticket. The R7 is basically immune to RDD technology and is user programmable to an absurd degree. It was saved me from quite a few interactions with cops as you can see I live in Ohio where the police are absolutely obsessed with writing speeding tickets for ten over violations like their entire retirement depends on it.
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:55:48 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There is also the no cost option. Just drive right around the speed limit.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 3:59:47 PM EDT
[#42]
Escort 360
Escort app Waze Biggest key- situational awareness Have all those? On the highway it’s like running a cloaking device |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 5:34:33 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The 1980's called they want you back I haven't heard mention of a RD since well before I cut off my mullet... Honestly, I didn't know they were still a thing. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 5:41:37 PM EDT
[#44]
Google Maps always alerts me "Speed trap ahead"
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Posted: 1/11/2023 5:47:44 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I just use Waze now. My dad is a deputy. He just runs Waze on his cell phone while running radar. As people report him, he keeps marking his location as clear. |
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Posted: 1/11/2023 6:26:09 PM EDT
[#46]
Valentine and Waze. Both at the same time on highway.
Just detector in town. Waze is completely dependent on the input from others. A recent trip had the detector alerting with zero coming from Waze. Sure enough 2 separate times fHP was up in the weeds with no alert from Waze. I have noticed that sometimes with light traffic and light LE presence Waze users are somewhat lax in reporting. It is also possible that in both my instances above the FHP units recently arrived and just got set up before the notices started..? Of course that happens in reverse more often..Waze alerting to LE with their radar units off. Just sitting. Sometimes for a road crew. I slow for both. Reasons to run both. |
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