Escort 9500i vs valentine

[thunder24]

I am getting a new car. and have been reading up a lot on the two radars and i cant decide what to believe. i love the GPS, speed, voicing and the blocking from the 9500i. but the valentine one sounds good too with the arrows and how it can detect from behind. can the 9500 cover behing you just as good? or what?

 

[Silver Ecstasy]

I hate to be a search nazi...but...

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123698205&highlight=9500i

 

[stockms3]

v1

 

[MakeMeGoFast]

Search sucks. You type in what you think might be the key words and you get 500 pages of everything but.

 

[StealthWyvern]

Search sucks. You type in what you think might be the key words and you get 500 pages of everything but.

Thats becuase people sigs get searched to! lol

 

[Silver Ecstasy]

I typed "9500i vs V1" and found 4 legitimate threads in the top 6. I hate search too, but i'm just saying.

 

[Akaveli]

From personal experience I'll say the Escort 9500i is better then the V1. I have a friend who has the V1 and numerous times when we go to meets my detector is am able to pick up better signals then his fron the front and rear. Escort FTW.

 

[wisniaPl]

whre I can get valentine and for how much??

 

[xandrake]

I have had both and still have my 9500i. It's far superior.

Although cool, the arrows didn't make up for all of the false positives I got. The custom blocking on the 9500i is great, and they're making an online tool for people to share speed trap locations and traffic cams across the world.

The 9500i has rear detection too. An important factor to any radar is its placement on the windshield. Read up on it and you'll be fine.

 

[ragindark]

Nothing beats the Valentine One in radar and laser detection. The Valentine One blows the Escort 9500i away in rear radar detection as well because it is the only radar detector with a front and rear radar antenna with arrows to locate radar. No other detector has this because Valentine Research has the patent on front and rear facing radar antennas in a single radar/laser detecting unit with arrows.

The results don't lie:

http://guysoflidar.com/august-2007/radar-detector-test.html

http://www.laserveil.com/laser-detector-performance/

http://www.laserveil.com/laser-detectors/tests-reviews-comparisons/charts-by-radar-detector/

http://www.laserveil.com/laser-detectors/tests-reviews-comparisons/charts-by-police-laser-gun/

http://www.laserveil.com/laser-detectors/tests-reviews-comparisons/tables-by-radar-detector/

http://www.laserveil.com/laser-detectors/tests-reviews-comparisons/tables-by-police-laser-gun/

 

[ragindark]

where I can get valentine and for how much??

http://valentine1.com/

 

[xandrake]

You never hear about V1 guys talking about how they never get false positives, just complaining about how many they really DO get. The V1 is a great detector, but having something that goes off only when it needs to is great.

I forgot to add that rear detection shouldn't be a deal breaker...if a cop is behind you and is smart, he'll use his accu trac and not shoot radar.

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

I have used both the V1 and the 9500 (still have it) also still have an 8500 that I like better than the V1 and the 9500 in my opinion is a better unit and has won awards and beat the V1 in many comparos. The arrows are meaningless to me as I have a secondary alert unit behind my steering wheel and very rarely look at the unit itself. The V1 is a bigger unit as well and boxie old looking. All truly boils down to which unit you prefer. Read the reveiws and the tests and make your best judgement. Ultamately they are equivalent units. If you really want to drop the dime and have the ultimate hook up go with the RX75. Go to Radarbusters.com, that site will set you up!

 

[ragindark]

The V1 is a bigger unit as well and boxie old looking.

The V1 is a bigger unit you say?

Size (from smallest to largest):

Valentine One -> 16.20 cu. in.
Bel RX65 Pro -> 16.33 cu. in.
Bel STi Driver-> 16.33 cu. in.
Escort 8500 X50 -> 18.95 cu. in.
Escort 9500i -> 21.72 cu. in.

Weight (from lightest to heaviest):

Valentine One -> 181.5g (6.40 ounces)
Bel RX65 Pro -> 236.6g (8.35 ounces)
Escort 8500 X50 -> 253.7g (8.95 ounces)
Escort 9500i -> 269.2g (9.49 ounces)
Bel STi Driver -> 291.6g (10.29 ounces)

The Escort 9500i is the largest in size and the Beltronics STi Driver is the heaviest. The Valentine One is the smallest and lightest radar detector of the top five radar detectors made today.

 

[r00k]

I only have experience with the V1...it kicks ass. The arrows help...A LOT. You get an idea of where to look for traps. I drive to Las Vegas about 10times a year and each time I go...it works like a charm.

...I still want to tryout the Escort 9500i though.

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

Size certainly is deceiving you are right however, looking at them side by side on my kitchen table the V1 is smaller but the square shape is what throws it off.

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

Also, my Valentine is 5 years old. I have not seen a new one lately, are they that much smaller?

 

[numbnuts22715]

i think the arrows are a gimmick.
if theres a cop behind you, you need to slow down, if its beside you in any direction, you need to slow down, if its in front of you, you need to slow down.
all this crap about how cool the arrows are dontmake sense to me.

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

4.5 in. L x 3.6 in. W x 1.0 in. H. V1

1.25" H x 2.85" W x 5.32" L escort

So width versus hieght then a little. I concede however that the v1 is slightly smaller in over all size.

Good job everyone!

Now, I still like the idea of a totally hidden unit with just the alert displays where I want them!

 

[mazdaspeedster3]

LOL... I keep jumping in with more nonsense.

Anyone see that 9500ci? ci for custom install? Anyway, it is a hidden unit with the GPS attached. Pretty sweet till I saw the price, $1599.00