jriddell

Ok Guys,

How many of you out there have snoopers.....do they work....are they legal...... and what are the best buys????????????????

I have just been done for speeding as you can probably tell, and wondered if it is worth getting one so please can I have some advise.

thanks in advance
Jimmy R.

Hotpants

As far as I know , completely LEGAL , check out some of the radar detector web sites ; www.radardirect.co.uk & snooper.co.uk . Looking to get one myself , those mobile cameras are springing up everywhere!!! Sorry to here about the points.......

Hotpants

Forgot to say , mate has the snooper s5 , works really well , there are better , ie Bel 550 , but for the money the S5 seems pukka.

Katana

I've got a Snooper SD7** (can't remember). Not only do they consistantly pick out Gatsos, lasers and stuff, they also consistantly pick out shopping malls. traffic lights and petrol stations..

Moles Dad

Same as Katana, but I do think its worth that little bit of ag

Also it has saved me once when 'blasting' down some lanes, the radar det went off, I slowed down to be met with a queue of traffic at some temporary traffic lights hew:

If you *can* afford the 'better' one, go for it, but for the money the SD815 Snooper is ok

msp1

I've got a Snooper S5 and as yet it hasn't picked up one laser. Either I'm extremely lucky or the thing dosen't work.

Apart from parking under a Mway bridge does anyone know if there is a way you can test these things. Works fine with Gatso.

Mike

alan_bell

moles dad did you buy one off here 2 weeks ago

Moles Dad

No, I bought mine about 2yrs ago when the price was a bit more than it is now

lesmess

I have a Bell 550 its the dogs bollocks paid for it's self several times over. Yep there legal.

Les

Hotpants

Lesmess , hows it for false alarms etc , thinking of getting one as long as it doesn't keep chirping away everytime I pass a petrol station or something!

knuckledragger

Try COSTCO for a Snooper. They had them on offer for £140 but have now reverted to £176. Still £55 cheaper than I found on line for an SD815iS.

nom

Bell 550 picks out petrol stations, but that's about it. Nothing else seems to worry it.
And the petrol station thing doesn't really annoy - it's a little muddling when it's under a bridge you're going over & can't see it, though

stockcar

only sell "snooper" so cant comment on others use '815' myself on regular basis and picks up most things inc. new hand-held "mini" gatso (these are still the only euro compliant on the market i.e. they are frequency band specific)
think the reason most people think others are "better" is that because they were designed for yank market the frequency is not quite right and hence they dont have as much feedback as others!

common problem and pet hate though, is interference from mobile phone radio masts - they go bezerk!!!!!!!
alyn - as performance

oh and forgot to add, at this moment in time they are FULLY LEGAL!!

[Edited by stockcar - 10/12/2002 5:35:01 PM]