I have escort and it's great. I haven't been getting tickets for almost a year. Once, it was me and some taurus going pretty fast on a highway at night and I got hit by a laser. I slowed down instantly and taurus didn't. In a minute he got pulled over. I guess I was lucky, and these days I try not to speed much when there are no cars around. Alone you stand no chance against laser.

Then one day I left a radar mount in the rental and ordered a new one on the internet and while the mount was being shipped I managed to get a ticket. Damn!

 

Don't take this the wrong way, WHAT UTTER CRAP!

Laser (no Lazer) speed control is 100% blockable! The Blinder jammers have been tested and retested. They blocked 100% of the time. You can even get front and back coverage.

As for the V1 and Escort 8500 X50, they are both GREAT detectors. They will not guarantee that you won't get a ticket, however. There are places you can get hammered. I have been using their products for many years. I am not a slow driver. I had one ticket (knock on wood!) in the last 10 years.

I rest my case.

 

I hate to be a bearer of bad news, but you may as well not have the Diffuser at all if it is behind your grill. K40 makes it perfectly clear that the Diffuser needs a clear, unobstructed view of the road. They also stress that it can not be mounted behind a grill. I'd say move it to a clear location to have it work.

 

The escort works, sometimes. Only if the cop leaves his radar on, or if he clocks someone before you. The problem here is that in these scenarios, you aren't going to get a definite reading on the detector, just a couple bars because you're only receiving the reflected radiation. In these cases its easy to confuse them with the normal ambient radiation that'll come up quit often. If you're using it like this, be prepared to slow every time the thing beeps.

If he's using instant-on, the detector will only confirm that he's about to pull you over. Happened to me this past weekend. detector instantly read full Ka band, and just like that I got popped.

Radar is a biotch. A friend of mine was in the Navy and 'acquired' a can of their special "radar reflective" paint that they use on F/A-18's. They painted up a trashed cavalier that everyone in the squadron had owned at some point, and even that didn't work agains the speed traps.

Here in IL, I've yet to run across a dep. using Lidar(laser systems).

 

LOL, you're just now asking what to get? I havent been ticketed since I purchased my Escort 7500 6 years ago. Dozens upon dozens of trips back to Ohio to visit family and not a single Statey on me. Sill works like the day I received it. Probably will buy an X50 or 8500 and hand the 7500 down to the wife's vehicle. Trust me. If you want to know what detectors work just ask someone from Ohio. Ohio is THE most notorious of all 50 states. Ask any magazine editor.

BTW, the darker your color the less radar deflection you will have. A matte black satin paint is least conspicuous. Unless you have a car thats polished to a mirror finish, the most reflective color is silver. Oops, my bad, I bought silver!

You may think I'm full of $hit on that note. But thats straight from the mouth of a veteran state trooper and it was confirmed by my county's sheriff (whom I happen to have befriended since moving here) No crap here!

 

It does have an unobstructed view of the road. It sits between the grille bars immediately above the license plate. The beauty of the G35 grille (06) is that it allows the 'concealed' mounting. It is very clearly visible but you have to kneel down otherwise the depth of the grille-bar above conceals it from a standing position.

PS: I got to test it out yesterday three times. (two K-band and one laser). The K-band alert was almost too early (compared to my last detector) and I had almost sped up again when he flashed again. The laser alert triggered just before I was in line of sight. I was in a residential area and never speed there anyhow.

 

Utter nonsense. I do this professionally, and wish it were that simple. Care to define "deflection"?

 

Passport X50 here.
Works great.

Speeding tips:
Don't speed unless you have cars IN FRONT of you.

If you speed and end up being in the front of the pack, guess who'se going
to be the first person the cop radar/laser detects?
Guess who'll get the ticket?

Now if there are cars in front of you, use them to your advantage:
If the X50 goes off and progressively gets stronger, slow down.

If it's a Laser hit that goes on, slow down immediately....there is a cop up ahead that just instant on'd a car that was in front of you.

Watch for brake lights: it's a pretty much natural instinct for most drivers to brake at the first sighting of an officer on the side of the road checking for speeders. You see a bunch of brake lights a 1/2 mile up, slow down!

Speed in the middle. Statistics show that most people getting speeding tickets are those driving in the "fast" lane. Cops are more apt to watch the oncoming cars in this lane, fully aware that the speeder is most likely driving in that lane.
Drive in the middle lane if possible, pass in the fast lane, then move back into the middle lane.
The middle lane also serves as a blocker. If for some reason you should be passing a cop sitting on the side of the road while your speeding, you might get lucky enough to ALSO be passing someone in the slow lane.
This person will "block" the radar's target (you) and read the other cars speed. If you didn't see the cop until you were right up on him and your detector didn't go off because he was using radar and had it on instant on mode, you could have a split second to apply the brakes and slow down before the cop has a clear shot at reading your car.

If you see the cop pulling out and he's going to come and get you, get the license plate, vehicle make and model of the car that was too your right "blocking" you.
Radar will read the fastest object unless it's blocked. And radar isn't NEARLY as accurate as Laser therefore it's hard to prove or know which car was actually being targeted and whose speed was being shown.
The officers know that and won't pull out to "get you" if you are buried in a pack and they didn't get a "clear" shot at reading your speed.

Lastly just be smart. Most agencies will NOT pull a car over until you are doing at least 11 mph over the posted limit.
So keep your speed to around 10 mph over for most of the time.
If other cars are driving equally as fast (or better yet there are one or two people driving faster) you're "free" to increase your speed a bit and use them as a "shield" in front of you.

Don't use a jammer if you don't want anymore legal fees.
They are illegal and not worth the hassle if you get caught.

Good luck.

 

Thank you everybody for all the great info. Although I am a much smarter driver now, and my car isn't nearly as fast. I am addicted to speed and am modding up my car to satisy that craving. I am definitly going to snag a detector and look into the jammer a little more by doing my own research. Once again I appreciate the info and...Happy G-ing!

 

That's a typical LE type of answer. All of the LE guys are always the first ones to jump into these type of threads to tell you how useless they are.

I can't blame 'em, if I was in their shoes I'd say the same to be honest.