radar detectors - cheap all good?

[datlow]

rain, or indicating or turning when it "thinks" you might have left that road all means it just goes blank or comes up with a random amount

[kempy]

On 09/06/2022 at 13:01, NickJ said:

Fancy pants rental car I had could read speed signs and adjusted the speed warnings to suit, do any radars have that ability?

Some dash cams do a similar thing , I have a HikVision dash cam that reads speed signs out audibly which is pretty handy in Akl traffic, it also has so other analytics like detecting if the car is moving away from you if you are stationary it says "Keep up with the car" but I turned that one off as its a little over zealous

It can also warn you when the traffic lights go green..Kinda, Often Ive been parked and a voice speaks "Traffic light gone green", not a green light in sight, especially in my driveway.

[DoBro Jesus]

Bump. Sorta in the market for one of these. Don't wanna spend the earth on one. So looking at the cheaper end of the scale (sub $500).

Anyone know what would be ideal? Those whistler ones seem to be cheap and have reasonably good reviews. I know absolutely nothing about these things. I just want it to go bloop bloop and save me from tickets haha.

[120why]

I have  a Uniden DRF7, mid range priced unit. Its never let me down, been very reliable. You can filter the K bands to avoid false alerts. It also remembers the false spots via gps so learns its route. Picks up cam vans well and knows where all the speed cameras are. 

Paid $580 but theyre about $650 now. 

Only had a ticket the one time I forgot to grab it.......... 

[tortron]

26 minutes ago, 120why said:

 It also remembers the false spots via gps so learns its route

Damn that's sweet

[DoBro Jesus]

26 minutes ago, 120why said:

I have  a Uniden DRF7, mid range priced unit. Its never let me down, been very reliable. You can filter the K bands to avoid false alerts. It also remembers the false spots via gps so learns its route. Picks up cam vans well and knows where all the speed cameras are. 

Paid $580 but theyre about $650 now. 

Only had a ticket the one time I forgot to grab it.......... 

I was literally just looking at them haha. Could be a goer.

[tortron]

3 minutes ago, DoBro Jesus said:

I was literally just looking at them haha. Could be a goer.

Pb tech has them for 608, supercheap recons they will price beat it (but dunno how much) 

[Bling]

https://www.amazon.com/Uniden-DFR7-Super-Range-Detection/dp/B01C0B0RWC

Would need to do homework to check frequencies are the same, could possibly be different. I haven't checked warranty details.

[Rhyscar]

I 100% recommend Valentine V1. Has saved my license so many times and in my experience is far superior to escort/uniden stuff. Has a great function to filter out all the garbage signals/radar cruise controls. New ones are more advanced/fancier but do take some time to set up properly. 

Import yourself from the states using a freight forward service like youpost to save a bit of money on purchase. Just bought one of the newer model for my mum was around $8-900 landed. 

[R3spct]

I miss my old V1, was def a good unit, got a $600ish uniden, has gps etc, has def saved me a couple of times and range and accuracy is pretty good.  $1500 unit would have to be a heap better to justify me going past this level of cost.

[cletus]

Is this worth bothering with? 

It works, by that i mean it bleep bloops a lot when i drove around to test it, mostly on the k band light. I assume thats from picking up traffic lights and stuff like that?

 

[Bling]

Garage doors are a common false trigger for K band from memory.

[Rhyscar]

There are lots of people out there who are very passionate about this topic and setting them up. 
 

check this out https://www.rdforum.org/threads/92416/