I’ve been employing radar detectors for 25+ years. First a cheap Cobra, then a nicer Whistler, another Whistler, and then finally I trod 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 solely received ONE speeding ticket, and that was from a motorcycle cop hiding in the driveway of a private residence behind the Beltronics V995 Vector homeowner’s motortruck stretch around the canopy with his radar gun and doing the “instant on” thing (I supposition they were getting desperate for some revenue……lol). Under those circumstances NO radar detector would have saved me equally I was the only machine on the road……Still, my driving record is entirely clean (driver diversion class for that one ticket…), and, while I’ve expended mayhap $700 on radar detectors over the past 25 years, I’ve kept Yards of dollars in tickets/fines/court costs and increased auto insurance premiums. So, if you’re wondering if a radar detector is worth the money, YES, they are!!!
Anyway, afterward 9 years of faithful service, my 980 is finally starting to die: lot’s of false alarms, self-cal and low voltage warnings, etc. Later speaking with Beltronics Tech Suffer (who are situated in the U.S. and very helpful!) it got middling obvious that it was time for a young detector as my 980 is acting similar it’s on the mode out.













