Originally posted by rkneeshaw:


If you have a radar detector that doesnt give you false alarms, then it is not as sensitive as the higher end detectors, and therefore is inferior. If I'm on the freeway, I want as much notice and sensitivity as possible.



Higher end units false less because they have better technology. When they sense a signal, some of them will desensitize and see if it's still a true signal. Then if it senses the radar signal, the detector will then alert you. And lower end units are so poorly designed that they actually emit radar waves and set off other radar detectors. That, is not a good thing.


Bank and supermarket doors aim their signal at a 45* angle to the ground to detect people's presence. A true cop radar will be aimed on the roadway to clock cars. I want a radar dectector that can filter out the errant junk and give me what it believes is a real threat.

In high school, my friend bought the cheapest BEL around. That think falsed so much that he started ignoring it. It's like crying wolf.

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