Radar detection systems?
 

I have never bought a radar system before, does anyone recommend a specific one? Also how well do they work, I asked a cop once and he said that they don't always work?

same i'm looking for something that detects AND scrambles

I have a Beltronics RX65 Professional series. when I bought it about a year and a half ago it was considered to be the best on the market. Prior to that I had a Beltronics Vector 990, it too was considered to be the best by every testing lab/company out there. I paid over $300 for both, best $600 I ever spent, it pays for itself after the ticket you avoid. I have paid for mine many times over... MANY! This is an area where you get what you pay for, seriously. Beltronics is considered to be the best... sure there are others but Beltronics has the highest rating across the board I have seen. I have not looked in the last year or so, it may have changed... but I doubt it. The key is to always have it on, and in a good location (even though mine still works if its hiding in the glove box LOL). You still have to keep an eye out for cycle cops who don't run radar while riding usually, and for the ones who sneak up behind you with their radar off and "pop" it, the RX65 has "POP" detection, so if your out in the open your nailed... if your in a bunch of traffic, you can slide over and down out of the way if your good, and not obvious about it.

Too don't believe everything a cop tells you about Radar... unless that cop was a radar technician for 40 years like my grandfather was. He use to be a cycle cop for the Bakersfield PD for a few years, but before and then later after that he was a radar technician for the government, My father was too, and still is to some degree he is now the manager for the guys who fix the radars... anyway point being they both have said CHP radar is not that accurate, it can't pinpoint you out of a crowd like they want you to believe, and it can't accurately judge speed if its bouncing around a corner of a mountain etc... like one tried to tell me LMAO! He about $hit brick when I told him he was FOS and explained to him why... anyway check out the Beltronics line, and again, you may spend a chunk of money for a decent one, but it's worth it!!

EDIT: Check this out, find an old Radar detector and get an $80 rebate from Beltronics, looks like the new big dog is the GX65...
http://www.beltronics.com/trade-in-program.php

that sounds great. JOOC does it scramble ?

there is always the escort SRX radar detector and laser shifter.

http://www.passportsr1.com/srx.htm

From their site.

"The BELTRONICS Professional Series GX65 is the most sophisticated radar and laser detector in the world.
The GX65 delivers the best long-range warning on all radar bands including X, K, Superwide Ka, Ku and instant-on POP. Multiple front and rear laser sensors provide 360 degree laser protection, including the widest field of view.
The BELTRONICS Pro GX65's GPS powered technology provides permanent relief from false alarms including automatic door openers, motion sensors and other radar-based sensors. And, it comes preloaded with thousands of red light and fixed position speed camera locations throughout North America."

Does not look like it, you may have to get a separate unit to do that...

The only one that comes up on the net in my quick glance is by Rocky mountain Radar. Never heard of them. Not sure how well their detection works compaied to Beltronics.

i'd rather go with beltronics

You won't regret it, I put tons of research into things usually before I buy them I looked hard, read tons of reviews customer and professional reviews etc... Beltronics came out on top. What I found most interesting was that the kind you can mount sensors in your front and rear bumpers don't work as well, at first I thought they would, but when you think about it the higher up they are the better off, because radar cant penetrate solid objects like cars so by having it low at the bumper your actually doing a disservice to yourself. Like i mentioned in my earlier post, I put my detector in my center console glove box when I leave my vehicle, "out of sight out of mind" so no one break in to steal it, anyway sometimes I forget to take it out, and I'll be driving down the road and hear it go off LOL "Oh woops guess I should take that out now" :laugh:
Sounds conflicting I guess the radar bounces around enough that it sneaks its way into my glove box... just incase the Highway Patrol wants to see how fast my pens are bouncing around in there...

sounds great !

NO detector (at least no detector on the free, legit, open, and standard American market) scrambles. Scrambling radar is illegal - those are radio frequencies which are regulated by the FCC..... you scramble a cop's radar and you're not headed to your local yocal trafic court, you're headed to your local Federal courthouse.

Now, Escort makes a LASER diffuser, which is not illegal because laser uses light and so far there is no regulation on that (although give our great congress a chance and I have no doubt one day there will be, but I digress). It costs about two grand, must be installed by a professional, and is internally hard mounted into your front and rear bumpers.

You should check out: http://www.radarbusters.com/ ...This site has, probably, the most comprehensive and detailed reviews on the net. I, personally would go with the Escort Passport 9500ix; if you're on a budget, go with the 8500 x50; same radar, just not as many 'other' features. But you can't go wrong with Beltronics and the Valentine system. Just do you're homework first. If you buy something crappy, it will cost you with unnecessary speeding tickets.

lol not in NY both scanners and jammers are legal

http://www.1stradardetectors.com/rad...ector-laws.php
New York
Radar Detectors in New York: Radar detectors are [COLOR="SeaGreen"]legal[/COLOR] to use in New York, however they may not be used in commercial vehicles.

Laser Jammers in New York: Laser jammers are legal to use in New York.



http://www.radarbusters.com/newyorkr...awsarticle.cfm

Radar laser detectors and laser jammers are legal to own and operate in passenger vehicles in the state of New York.


http://www.insurance.com/article.asp...ties/artid/364

Probably about 10 years ago, I swear I remember reading somewhere that radar detectors were illegal in more states than jammers.... who knows if that's true, but I am just throwing it out there

the site radarbusters is pretty up to date bcuz they review most radars on the market but idk you could be right
there was a bill in NY back in '08 but i dunno if it got passed