Adaptiv TPX radar detector

[Swoop]

...why i didn't get a Valentine.

Quite what I have been saying all along.
Invest a bit more in a decent detector. Better detection capabilities of cars and camera van units.
Bel or V1.

[slofox]

Bit of a thread dredge but...

Adaptiv Technologies tell me they are releasing a version 2 of the TPX late this year.

Be interesting to see if sensitivity is improved.

[dangerous]

Bit of a thread dredge but...

Adaptiv Technologies tell me they are releasing a version 2 of the TPX late this year.

Be interesting to see if sensitivity is improved.

Do you have sensitivity isues? false's?

[slofox]

Do you have sensitivity isues? false's?

False alarms? Well it picks up all the door openers etc if you leave those bands open. Not too many Ka false alarms I'd have to say. There's the odd one around here that regularly sounds off for no apparent reason - always in the same places. I learn to ignore those. I really can't find a radar copper in my own drive for a start even though I do get a signal there from time to time.

I believe the TPX could be more sensitive than it is. From what I read, the top models give an alarm much further out than the TPX does. But I have not tried them side by side so it is going on hearsay to say that.

However, I have yet to have it miss a genuine radar alert and have had it react at near 180 degrees offline, which ain't bad.

It's pretty useless against the new mobile cameras, reacting as you pull alongside the van. Have to rely on the eyeball test for those.

[dangerous]

This is why I turn all bands of bar KA, cant be farked with K band.
My old passport picked up from 4K away, hows that compair?
Usually withen 1k tho.

[slofox]

This is why I turn all bands of bar KA, cant be farked with K band.
My old passport picked up from 4K away, hows that compair?
Usually withen 1k tho.

Typical TPX range about 800 - 1000m - seems to vary with circumstances - traffic etc. Estimate only here - I've never measured it. Be worth doing I suppose - maybe on one of the fixed corner warning sites or somesuch although they don't use Ka...