IS3FIDDY

With all the "speeding" and "0-60" and "my car is faster than yours" threads going on, I thought I would ask what people are using for radar detectors in your IS?

Does anyone have any opinions on which are the best (in your experience) as well as the most highly rated?

I live in SoCal so a trusty RD would be a nice addition to my IS gear on the 5 or 405 highways that I frequent...

I've also heard about people wiring their RD's to the car battery...I think that would be cool, and would definitely free up very valuable DC power ports...not to mention possibly clean up the wiring...

Lemme know!

Thanks,

Ed

mlee21

i dont have one.. but if i had the money to buy one, i would get the valentine 1. rated #1 by many people.

RCFormante

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V1...paid for itself over and over again...

Kamikaze2b

I have the Passport 8500 X50. It cost $300, but it has saved me thousands over the past year!

LayinLo

Bell Electronics

Expensive but worth every peny!

DaveGS4

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There are a whole lot of threads on radar detectors out there already, many recent. I'd invite you to please use the search tool

Also, there is a v1 hardwire thread in the FAQ at the top of the forum
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...adar+valentine

Here are a few to get you started.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ight=valentine

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=166838
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=166037
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...threadid=16649
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...threadid=52508
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hreadid=100415
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...hreadid=117243
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=138424
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=117243
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=117267
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lexus-audio-video-security-and-electronics/69799-radar-detectors.html
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=100415
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...t=search+radar
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...t=search+radar
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...t=radar+search

and many more if you care to search

Payam

I had the Passport 8500 X50 hardwired in my last car and I just haven't gotten around to installing it in the IS yet. But that thing picked up radar from miles ahead and saved me from quite a few tickets. And my favorite feature of that is that you can turn off X-Band(that is all of your false alarms) and on expert mode it will show you how many different signals it's picking up and what bands they are all at once.

sanwong

K40 Calibre DL!!!!!!!! New with Bluetooth Technology

kloh7

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Any good? Bluetooth technology is a little shaky, I've never seen it being used in radar detection devices.

IS3FIDDY

Dave, thanks for the info... I guess it's because some of the threads are 1+ years old (many are 2+ years old), I thought I would revive this discussion. Maybe there are new products out there that we haven't heard about?

Is the Valentine One still the RD of choice? I heard it hasn't changed in 20 years?

Zephyr

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valentine 1 is my lookout, worth the money! so far detected stuff for me way before i see it

STIG

V1 is the only way to go.

conekiller

V1 - everything else is just a beeping toy

Payam

I was going to do the K40 but I'm not sure if I want to spend $1300 on that. Actually, isn't the bluetooth like $1800?

unit74

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Same-Same....but mines blue.


Paid for it's self the very first day I used it........Seriously....