Need a detector for mtn runs

horsepower_and_hounds · 05-14-2018, 03:52 PM

Got popped this weekend rocking the mountains.... time for a detector. Not 100% sure it would have saved me since he was hidden up in a blind corner. He got me dead to rights

What should I get and please don't tell me a V1. The one I had false alarmed non stop in my LCI so I sold it

MrKepan · 05-14-2018, 08:49 PM

Uniden R1. I have the the DFR6, which was the previous gen model. Saved me a ticket today.

Endeav · 05-14-2018, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by m2ruder

Got popped this weekend rocking the mountains.... time for a detector. Not 100% sure it would have saved me since he was hidden up in a blind corner. He got me dead to rights

What should I get and please don't tell me a V1. The one I had false alarmed non stop in my LCI so I sold it

I have the Uniden R3. Works flawlessly up here in Canada - alerts me well before you can even think there's LEO doing radar. Mind you, it is rolling prairies up here so the range is very "inflated", but I haven't heard very many things about this detector.

If you don't care for GPS / speed trap database then get the Uniden R1.

rich8566 · 05-14-2018, 09:03 PM

Get a detector but also use WAZE. I usually get a WAZE warning of police activity several seconds before I get a warning on a detector.

voyagergab · 05-14-2018, 09:12 PM

I can also recommend the escort max 360.
Good price on amazon now.

BEM-S4 · 05-15-2018, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by voyagergab

I can also recommend the escort max 360.
Good price on amazon now.

This is like radar + professional waze, and was Alex Roy's most recent radar detector of choice.

shemeld_135 · 05-15-2018, 02:22 PM

Uniden R3 + Waze is pretty decent setup.

horsepower_and_hounds · 05-15-2018, 03:15 PM

All the reading so far is pointing to the Uniden R3.... Who is Alex Roy?

I have always liked Vortex Radar's reviews and videos...they recommend the Unidens also

Spa2k · 05-15-2018, 03:29 PM

Wait as long as you can. The rumor’s out there that Uniden is working on an R3 with arrows (R5?), which will be a killer unit.

horsepower_and_hounds · 05-15-2018, 03:36 PM

I would love too but I just go popped last weekend and there are many more driving days ahead. I need something now

Spa2k · 05-15-2018, 03:48 PM

Understand - you can always sell it later. Have you found any deals better than $399 and free shipping on Amazon? Uniden is sold out.

horsepower_and_hounds · 05-15-2018, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Spa2k

Understand - you can always sell it later. Have you found any deals better than $399 and free shipping on Amazon? Uniden is sold out.

Not yet.... been searching the net

Spa2k · 05-15-2018, 05:52 PM

If you do a Google search for radar detector test, you’ll find a couple of companies advertising them for $382-$399, instead of the new retail of $429. I know nothing about any of these sites, but at least a couple of them seem reputable.

horsepower_and_hounds · 05-15-2018, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Spa2k

If you do a Google search for radar detector test, you’ll find a couple of companies advertising them for $382-$399, instead of the new retail of $429. I know nothing about any of these sites, but at least a couple of them seem reputable.

Have not seen the 382 price but most seem to be on sale for 399..... like Amazon, best radar detector hell everybody seems to be 399 for the R3 and 299 for the R1

MrKepan · 05-16-2018, 08:52 AM

eBay

horsepower_and_hounds · 05-16-2018, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by MrKepan

eBay

Been scope'n that out too but nothing yet

Spa2k · 05-16-2018, 10:28 AM

Where else could you spend $865.49 on a $399.99 product?

Maybe Ebay or Amazon will have a sitewide sale soon and the R3 stores will participate.

horsepower_and_hounds · 05-16-2018, 07:11 PM

Just ordered the Uniden R3

ZPrime · 05-20-2018, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by m2ruder

All the reading so far is pointing to the Uniden R3.... Who is Alex Roy?

I have always liked Vortex Radar's reviews and videos...they recommend the Unidens also

Vortex Radar is just a guy, not a "they," and he is very solid.
Basically, Vortex Radar takes the main opinions from rdforum.org (which is full of very knowledgeable people) and kinda distills them all down to more-easily-understandable stuff via his videos.

If I were buying a window-mount detector today, it would be a Uniden R3.
However, the V1 is just fine... A V1 with the latest traffic filtering update has been working pretty well for me so far. I do have the Laser turned off on it though; I imagine that those of you having falsing were getting it from infrared coming off the touchscreen or the stupid touch-sensitive quick-set buttons by the radio. I'm waiting for the installed system that I want to use to actually exist.

Laser on a window-mount detector is generally pointless anyway. Your chances of actually detecting a cop with it are really low. If cops near you use laser, you need a jammer.

Spa2k · 05-20-2018, 04:48 PM

Are you using the Savvy stuff with your V1?

ZPrime · 05-20-2018, 05:16 PM

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Are you using the Savvy stuff with your V1?

Never used Savvy. I have the bluetooth adapter and use an app on my phone - on iphone, "V1Driver". It adds GPS-based lockouts to the V1, and can also "emulate" Savvy by doing speed-based muting too.

horsepower_and_hounds · 05-20-2018, 07:29 PM

The V1 I had constantly was going off due to the new encroachment/collision system on the LCI so I got rid of it. It did me no good going off constantly. Then I get a radar ticket so now I just got a R3. Will see how it works with the LCI

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horsepower_and_hounds Brigadier General 1836 Rep 4,203 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: USA iTrader: (9)	All the reading so far is pointing to the Uniden R3.... Who is Alex Roy? I have always liked Vortex Radar's reviews and videos...they recommend the Unidens also
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Spa2k Major 1194 Rep 1,086 Posts Drives: '13 JCW Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: US iTrader: (0)	Wait as long as you can. The rumor’s out there that Uniden is working on an R3 with arrows (R5?), which will be a killer unit.
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Spa2k Major 1194 Rep 1,086 Posts Drives: '13 JCW Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: US iTrader: (0)	Understand - you can always sell it later. Have you found any deals better than $399 and free shipping on Amazon? Uniden is sold out.
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