The V1 would best be defined as the king of the highway. The 9500i, best all around detector. The STi is what it is. It's great and undetectable.

My only gripe with the 9500ci is the inability to purchase it without the ZR4 shifters. If they did that, I would purchase the ci immediately.

 

man...just reading the conversation between you guys have answered a lot of questions for me. thanks fellas

 

Go to www.radardetector.net and www.guysoflidar.com. You will find out everything you need to know about radar and laser countermeasures.

 

Sorry forgot to respond its on overstock.com
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics...linder%20laser

Also mike does have a patent on the arrows, thats why no other company is that helpful lol, plus in general the interference from 2 radar detectors does cause problems. Also if your going all out I just purchased 2 laser shields for my license plate off amazon, it defuses laser and keeps your license plate non reflective. I put it behind my cover but the southwest enclosure is still shiny so im gonna replace that as well.

 

I am definitely not a V1 fanboy, but I don't think the arrows are a gimmick. It is really helpful in identifying the direction of the radar source, and you can figure out very easily whether you've already passed the source. One of the primary reasons why I got the V1 (after having already gotten the 9500i) is that my local LEO's are now using a variety of undercover vehicles to clock people. These spotters aren't just using the run of the mill unmarked police cars. They are using totally civilian looking cars as spotters, and then they radio ahead to marked cars after clocking a speeder. The arrows in the V1 are helpful in identifying these undercover spotter LEO cars.

One thing that ALL radar detectors (as well as jammers/shifters) could improve on is the display. Why in the world are they still using LED displays when everything else in the world is using LCD's. It would be great to have a display that is more user friendly.

 

+1

Just imagine a LCD screen with an arrow pointing exactly at the source... (no the technology doesn't exist yet... but I can dream can't I?)...

Tell you exactly how far the source is, etc....

 

I know Cobra has a detector with a colorful LCD You already have to pay an extra 30 bucks for blue leds lol. I wish they could pool some of these patents to make a super detector. Valentine arrows+GPS+VG immunity+ customized female alerts =God of all radar detectors

 

Ha! On this weekends Speed Racer 5000 rally, the V1 was frickin' useless....


Every time a car with LED tailights would hit the brakes, it would set off the V1 that several were running. It was a pain, they had to turn off Laser detection to make it stop.

 

V1 Ftmfw!!!!!!

 

The idea is to GET YOUR ATTENTION!!!

An LCD does NOT do that.

 

from reading this thread I'm concluding that the ZR4 is the best laser jammer... any input on that?

 

No, but it's one of the newest ones.

 

^I see... I went to the guys of lidar site and their test from March 2007 has the Laser Interceptor as the most effective at 96%. I might have to look into that one.

 

the only problem with the ZR4 with 9500ci......$1995.00 installed!!! ouch

 

The ZR4 isn't the best, but the initial tests show it's very good and it'll hook right up to the STi and 9500i. I'm wondering if it will work with some of the other Escort and Bel detectors as well.

It's selling price is just too high. They need to have an a la carte offering without the ZR4's. The STi-R should be around $900, $1100 for the 9500ci without the ZR4's.