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Originally Posted by benbeaux
The last several radar tests that were done showed the X50 beating the V1, bigtime. The only thing the V1 has over the others is the directional pointer.
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Most independent tests will put the Passport (8500 or x50) ahead of the Valentine 1 by a fair amount AND it costs hundreds less. I have get to figure out why people love the V1 detectors so much. Is it because of the full page ad in every car magazine claiming to be the best? Like they're going to claim to be 2nd best in their own ad which they paid for. The truth of the matter is I rocked V1's when they first came out a dozen years ago. Something better came along (about 6 years ago and has gotten better since where the V1 has remained the exact same) and I tried it and it's substantially better. If any of these people swinging from V1's sack would give the Passport a fair trial they too would see that it's a far superior product. The ability to simultaneously track/display SEVERAL different radar sources as well as their strength is substantially more important than an arrow telling me relative direction.
And now they've added GPS so that it will not go off at all below 25mph. You can also tag known speed traps so it goes off in advance. You can also tag false alarms so it will not warn every again. It does this by recording the signal strength and angle so that it will not alert against the false but if there's something new it will alert for that as usual. It also has a mic that senses cabin noise volume and adjusts it's own volume accordingly. You can even display your MPH using the GPS within the unit. There's even more options but this is a brief list of some of the new updates that the 9500i has over the previous models that were better than the V1. All this and it's STILL less expensive than the Valentine 1. Not sure how V1 will continue to sell units other than people who can't do their own research and buy whatever an advertisement tells them to buy.
Remember, more expensive and older doesn't mean better.