I guess it could be true. I remember the POS detector that I had and did not detect the radar at all, had some kind of hokey warranty that did not apply to any condition you are likely to eet. They promised some kind of paying for your ticket but it was under very special conditions that were not easy to meet. I'm not sure about that, but I doubt that Valentine or any other detector manufacturer will pay your speeding tickets....

BTW, not all detectors are good. Some are pretty horrible and if you depend on them, they'll let you down. I suggest checking out various tests and evaluations. I went to www.radartest.com and found a lot of good info..... Don't throw your money away and worse of all, get a bad detector... You'll regret it when it fails.

 

I second radartest.com If you read that you will find that Bel Vector series is top notch and then look up a vector 940 on yahoo shopping or ebay and you will find them for around $150 bucks. Well under the $200 you want to spend.

 

I like Cobra. I forgot what model I have, but I have never had a problem with it and you can eliminate false signals with their smart mute. Has yet to fail on me. Knock on wood.

 

i was looking at http://www.prt.net/products/police_r...er_jammer.html ..do jammers really work. Because my understanding is that detectors dont work well against laser because when 5-0 flashes you, is when it detects and by that time your fu$#%...is that true?

 

Yes, lasers are impossible to detect accurately. The beam is something like only a 1 meter radius.

Escort has some new HIGH DOLLAR jammers...basically, they are diodes that hine in the front and rear of your car. When the are illumintated with a Lidar gun, they fire/light and reflect a distorted reflection back to the Lidar transciever...thus giving the porky pig a false reading.

It is like $1500 bucks though!

 

Jammers are illegal in most states. If you get caught have a good story ready.

 

Would everyone here read www.radartest.com before posting one more thing on this thread. Thank you