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Originally Posted by FstrThnLfe02
I have a question... how do you like that radar detector? I need one and will be getting one soon but I really don't want to pay 300 bucks for one.
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I like it just fine, I normally don't speed, but I do like the peace of mind that knowing if I am driving pretty quickly on the Interstate that a detector has saved my ass well over to make up for the purchase price hundreds of times over.
The detectors nowadays are pretty smart, the Bel works on the premise that if one (radar gun) is pulling any power, it alerts you, that feature pretty much consistently defeats the instant on, or POP, or whichever name that auto on is called nowadays police have been using the past few years. This is what is commonly used in the state of Florida, so it works very well for me in this state.
I've driven through VA and this went into VG Stealth mode which made it undetectable to radar detector, detectors,
and it helped point out all the police hiding out and zapping folks.
Again, I normally don't speed but this detector has traffic alerts, and all kinds of other things that go beyond picking out radar that it makes it a nice tool to have when driving, I use it in conjunction with my Garmin GPS that highlights traffic signals that have cameras attached, the Garmin also has real time traffic and weather updates so all of these things combined really help when driving.