I’ve been employing radar detectors for 25+ years. First a cheap Cobra, then a nicer Whistler, another Whistler, and then finally I stepped up to the plate and bought a Beltronics Vector 980 which at the time (9 years ago) was one of the best on the market. During that 25 twelvemonth period, I receive only received ONE speeding ticket, and that was from a motorcycle cop hiding in the driveway of a private residence behind the homeowner’s motortruck reach about the canopy with his radar gun and doing the “instant on” thing (I conjecture they were getting desperate for some revenue……lol). Under those circumstances NO radar detector would have kept me equally I was the exclusively machine on the road……Still, my driving record is whole clean (driver diversion course for that one ticket…), and, while I’ve dropped mayhap $700 on radar detectors over the Beltronics V995 Vector past 25 years, I’ve saved Grands of dollars in tickets/fines/court costs and increased motorcar insurance premiums. So, if you’re wondering if a radar detector is worth the money, YES, they are!!!
Anyway, later 9 years of faithful service, my 980 is finally starting to die: lot’s of false alarms, self-cal and low voltage warnings, etc. After speaking with Beltronics Tech Brook (who are situated in the U.S. and very helpful!) it went passably obvious that it was time for a young detector as my 980 is acting alike it’s on the mode out.









