no contest
Whatever anyone says, there is no doubt, contest or comparison as to which radar detector is the best, by FAR. Not sure if it's been posted as I haven't read all posts.
It is the NEW Beltronics STi XR. It's rather expensive (around $1250 NZD), but is worth evert penny. It even comes in a wicked metal/mag carry case. Has the usual accessories like hard wire kit, two windscreen mounts suckers and bracket and standard cigarette lighter power cord. Both the cigarette lighter power cord and the hard wire kit have the alarm silence button and LED on it, for easy access as well as stealth night mode if that's what you want. I have mine hard wired, but don't use stealth (all dark / no lights on actual unit).
The previous top detector (Valentine One) not only looks ancient, but false alarms on every thing excluding actual radars/cops lasers. The Valentine alarms more than 10 or 20 times on a trip from Newtown, Wellington, to Upper Hutt (About 35 mins drive) and all false alarms. With the STi XR, I normally drive to and from work without it sounding once! When it does, after about 600 to 1200 meters I see a radar van or police car.
The STi XR also has rearward facing detectors, as well as full programmable functions. If you are buying for the best, go Beltronics STi XR. If you are buying for budget, get whatever is in your price range... (and no, I'm not a Beltronics vendor! :P)
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Originally Posted by StoneChucker
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