12 responses so far ↓

• 1 Rocha

  I have used this product on a few road trips so far and it has saved my butt once so far.
  To really see how well the product worked, my friend and I drove on a street that has a road sign that tells you your speed. It picked up the road sign from about 3-4 football fields away while heading towards the sign. After we passed it, it still picked it up for about half a football field. So I think that should be more than enough room to slow down.

• 2 Edgley

  works like a charm. saved me a couple times already. only issue is the winshield mounting hardware – doesn’t stick well. good purchase/value.

• 3 Germond

  I really like the radar detector and it has saved me. The suction cups seem to get jacked up and wont stick until they get hot.

• 4 Jacinto

  I drive a small, fast sports car and tend to have a heavy foot. This Belton V955 even alerts me to radar over hills and far enough away to take corrective action. Love it, love it, love it.

• 5 Veblen

  I have owned this for over two months, and it has never failed to warn me that a cop is in the area. It provided plenty of warning to safely slow down. It will also make a couple of beeps at the volume that you set it, then will go to a quite tone. That is probably the best feature on the unit. The only downside is that if there are a lot of road work signs on the highway, you will get a fair amount of K band false alarms. Overall, you can’t beat this for the money!

• 6 Valerie

  You cannot beat this radar device for the money; it works well on every electronic signal well in advance of the sender. Excellent unit, blue light flashing is a real alert!

• 7 Terrill

  The price was too good to be true, I bought it just for fun and impressed with it’s services, compared to price I paid.

• 8 Kar

  Recently purchased this RD, and it works great. Saved my butt several times already. I have a more expensive older model, and it’s just as good.
  BTW, I had the speaker blow out on my older model, and I sent it to Whistler and they repaired it for a very minimal charge. Happy with the customer service.

• 9 Slonaker

  I purchased this radar detector specifically for a long drive from San Diego to Redding, CA (about 13 hours each way). I knew that I’d have to be driving “expeditiously” to not go insane on such a long trip, but avoiding speeding tickets is a high priority.

  To be quite honest, I didn’t expect much from this radar detector considering the price. I’ve used Cobra brand detectors in the past with mixed results, and had been around Valentine One’s to know how awesome they are. This one didn’t look special really, but it looked “good enough”. So here’s the gist…

  POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS:
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  1. Works as advertised…it’ll tell you about radar signals
  2. The blue LED warnings lights definitely get your attention
  3. Acceptable level of control over functionality
  4. Its not bad looking
  5. Its LOUD and will get your attention when it needs to.
  6. I’m confident that it is very sensitive because its always going off

  NEGATIVE IMPRESSIONS:
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  1. The blue LED warning lights are too bright at night. The ability to turn them on/off or dim would be ideal.
  2. Volume adjustment is trivial. Even at its quietest volume setting (with quiet mode OFF), its LOUD.
  3. The mount is a bit wobbly, so the radar detector shakes as you drive (unless you wedge it against your rearview mirror as I did).
  4. Not the prettiest display ever, but not horrible. I didn’t read the manual and I was able to understand it.
  5. If city mode does anything, I can’t tell.

  OVERALL:
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  I definitely like this product and I would recommend it to a friend. I’ll always lust for the Valentine One, but this thing does its job and finds radar when its around.

  Just remember: this radar detector won’t protect you from highways that are patrolled by aircraft. I saw the CHP officer coming from a mile away, but it didn’t do me any good since the airplane had already nailed me. Woops!

• 10 Gamez

  gives alerts appropriately most of the time, does have some false alerts, but not too many.

• 11 Vanderveen

  I was happy to buy this Cobra radar/laser detector for a great price. Shipping was fast and on time. I’ve been using it since I received it and it is working out just fine. I’m thinking about purchasing another one for my other vehicle.

• 12 Ketchum

  This is easy to mount, and an excellent investment. I like to drive fast, and so far in about a month it has gotten me out of about 15 tickets. It lets you know way ahead of time when a cop has its radar on, plenty of time to get to speed limit. It works great.

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