Car and Driver Feb 2002 Radar Detector Comparison - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

JFB · 16th January 2002, 23:09

Not to restart an old debate, but if you're looking for information about radar detectors, I suggest you follow this link to the February 2002 edition of Car and Driver magazine for its article on The Great Detector Test. If you want a preview, C&D rated the detectors in the following order:

Valentine One (not surprisingly, because it has won every C&D evaluation)
Passport 8500
Bel 980
Cobra XR-1050
Whistler 1780
Uniden LRD 987

For another perspective, you can look at Speedzones.com.

Teutonaddict · 17th January 2002, 01:34

"We've said this before and it's still true: Once you live with the arrows, you'll wonder how you ever managed without them."

Amen!

-Dave

PhilSeastrand · 17th January 2002, 01:59

The Valentine One is worth every penny. I don't know how I survived without. I'd much rather live with a few extra false alarms to know about a real threat sooner. Good tradeoff in my mine.