Escort, K40 or V?

Escort no question

 

Mitchell, what model and what type of install did you have done?

 

As you can tell we are all a little excessive. I have purchased the 9500CI, it is the 4th or 5th i have had over the years on my cars. I have done side by side comparisons with the little escort against the K40, This unit picks up signal about 1 mile earlier. I have had K40 in my first Maserati as the dealer reccomended it over the Escort, with reluctance i had aquiessed. I had them replace it within a week. Which they did.

 

Since it is for an F-car go for Stinger, nothing beats it, will even detect laser before you are tagged.

 

I hade both.... And by far escort 9500ci.
The k40 was so bad ( false alarms etc) I kept it off most of the time.

 

The Escort is very good, but the V1 with its direction indicator is more valuable for me.

 

As the rep from Escort told me, and I guess he is correct when asked the above, What the f*%k difference does it make, hit the brakes.

 

Escort, very simple, V constantly goes off at every grocery store. Escort forgets those door openers. Escort you could use Escort Live which I use while on the road, gives warnings a couple miles ahead.

 

Well what would you expect the rep to say, "Gee, I wish we had that"!

 

I have the escort system installed on my california. It's phenomenal!

 

Rick, which model Escort do you use?

 

I use a V and love it. I'd rather see everything than have the fear that the machine is filtering out a legit signal.

Anyway, I find it interesting to see what sets the thing off.

 

Correction, it will detect a laser as you are tagged.
I have been using Waze lately and it is great in areas with lots of users.

 

No, that is where you are wrong.
Any other detector on the market your comment is correct.
Because all those sub $1.000 products use cheap components.
This means the detector needs a direct hit, which incidentally means the nice police officer have your speed at the same time.
Now the Stinger uses a military grade spectrum analyzer and a sensor system from fighter jets. It is so sensitive it will detect laser residue in the air, from cars in front of you when they are hit by the policeman.
On the radar side, it will detect the radar signals from automatic opening and closing of doors to a shop, down a side street around the corner.
But in order to avoid false positives, they use the full spectrum analyzer to filter false positives.
The design on the Stinger VIP looks like a small iPhone, with everything being touch.
Only downside is the price, €3.000 (I guess around $4.000) but this being Fcar club, price doesn't matter.
If interested I can take a picture of mine in my 430 Scuderia.

Look at their website, they even have a very cool feature called laser shield:

http://www.stinger.com

 

I have a Passport MAX (not sure it is the II version) and also have a 9500IX. Both work with Escort Live but you need the Live charger for that.

 

Get the Escort 9500ci you will not be sorry, i have had about 6 of them.

 

9500 no comparision!

 

Thank goodness ! Please give them my address to send my referral