K40 RADAR DETECTORS vs. ESCORT RADAR DETECTORS vs. V1 I have reviewed tons of information and watched a ton of videos on encounters using both the K40 RL360, RL100 radar detectors, Escort 9500ci, Redline and 9500ix and the V1. I understand that ALL radar encounters are different and depending on the envoirment and surroundings range could be different. Seeing that most of us rate our radars based upon our REAL WORLD driving experiences, I have decided to compare a few different encounters that were as close as possible driving terrain. Very interesting to see who displayed better range and more warning on same band encounters, take a look ! Escort 9500ci / Redline vs. Ka band Leo encounter: This video was .66 secs long and was on a basic straight away interstate with the Leo on left side of road. Redline detected at .28 sec into video and the 9500ci alerted at .36 secs into video they passed the Leo 60 secs into the video giving at most .32 secs of warning time to the driver take a look. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vteiy06GxcY[/ame] K40 RL360 vs. Ka Band Leo Encounter: This video was .123 secs long also on a straight away highway however it was down a hill with the Leo on left side on the road. The K40 RL360 detected .19 secs into video and they passed the Leo .78 secs into video giving the driver .59 secs of warning time. Take a look. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kV5FcIAOoA[/ame] Escort Redline vs. Ka Band Leo Encounter This video was .52 secs long and was on a basic straight away highway with the Leo on left side of road. The Redline alerted .14 secs into video they passed the Leo .46 secs into the video giving at most .32 secs of warning time to the driver take a look. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFXdo8brAnM[/ame] K40 RL100 vs. Ka Band Leo Encounter: This video was .62 secs long also on a straight away highway with the Leo on left side on the road. The K40 RL100 detected .62 secs into video and they passed the Leo .80 secs into video giving the driver .62 secs of warning time. Take a look. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_dNtBAub-4[/ame] Escort 9500ix vs. Ka Band Leo Encounter This video was .104 secs long and was on a basic straight away highway with the Leo on left side of road. The 9500ix alerted .32 secs into video they passed the Leo .116 secs into the video giving at most .44 secs of warning time to the driver take a look. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsQeUyn5Q7g[/ame] K40 RL100 vs. Ka Band Leo Encounter: This video was .71 secs long also on a straight away highway down a hill with the Leo on left side on the road. The K40 RL100 detected immediately into video and they passed the Leo .66 secs into video giving the driver .66 secs of warning time. Take a look. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MTPH2MmCU[/ame] This video was .63 secs long also on a straight away highway with the Leo off to the left side of the highway. Both the Redline and 9500ci detected Ka band .11 secs into this video and they passed the LEO .47 secs into the video giving the driver .36 sces of warning time. Take a look [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9DNDT6oW4w[/ame] This video was .142 secs long also on a straight highway however traveling down a hill with the LEO on the righ sid eof the highway. The K40 RL360 detected Ka Band .21 secs into this videos and they passed the LEO .80 secs into the video giving the driver .59 secs of warning time, take a look ! [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4NTUhzXmSE[/ame] V1 vs K40 RL100 vs. Redline check out these videos the V1 on gave 21 second warning on a police Ka Band alert from the time it detected to whe they passed and the K40 RL100 gave 67 seconds on it's Ka Band encounter from the time it detected to when they passed the police. The Escort Redline detected Ka Band .20 secs into video and they passed LEO .47 secs into video giving .27 secs of warning. V1 Video: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFplRlMX0EM[/ame] K40 RL100 Video: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MTPH2MmCU[/ame] Escort Redline: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFus4JmeALA[/ame] I found these comparisons online and thought it was very interesting. obviously all encounters are different which this person states but a good radar detector will display great performance regardless and according to this comparison K40 is on top.
Very interesting OP, I had to do this for my sake so I figured I'd post it: Video 1 Ka Redline - 32 seconds 9500ci - 24 seconds Video 2 Ka K40 RL360 - 59 seconds Video 3 Ka Redline - 32 seconds Video 4 Ka K40 RL100 - 54 seconds Video 5 Ka Escort 9500ix - 44 seconds Video 6 Ka K40 RL100 - 66 seconds Video 7 Ka Redline - 36 seconds 9500ci - 36 seconds Video 8 Ka K40 RL360 - 59 seconds Videos 9, 10, 11 V1 -21 seconds K40 RL100 - 67 seconds Redline 27 seconds I'm not surprised. K40 has always rocked.
K40 RL360 Vs. V1 Ka-Band Encounter [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUfdnXwlg7M[/ame] K40 RL360 Vs. Escort / Passport 8500 Ka-Band Encounter [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUu4pzGgHP4[/ame]
Wow--great info!! i'm in the market for a system and have been doing my research--this really helps. been a v-1 guy for years with no tix, but was leaningtowards the k40 for my '06 430. I have defintely read my share of negative reviews on the older k40, but it seems like they've got some stuff figured out with both the rl360 and 100. I also like the 100% stealth install options it allows. So i think i'm gonna go with the 360 and the Ex2 diffusers-- going for an install consult on saturday. just made my decision alot easier--
All I need is a couple of seconds to check my speed so it makes no difference whether I have 20 seconds or 59 seconds or 500 seconds it doesn't matter.
