Hoppy

BuRR is a bobby, so I guess he knows.

Radar detectors and laser detectors have serious flaws.

GPS speed camera site detectors are best (Road Angel for me £360-ish) coupled to a laser jammer/blinder (Snooper summat I think, £250 but needs careful fitting for optimum efficiency).

Check out www.blackspot.com

No connection with 'em, etc etc. Just good service and advice.

Richard (clean license)

[Edited by Hoppy - 10/8/2002 1:12:51 AM]

Leg@cy

iTrader: (2)

Me and a few people in my office are interested in purchasing the radar dectectors and I was wondering whether anyone had previous experience of these items (particularly the Snooper S5) and whether you could reccommend a shop for bulk purchase.

Probably looking to purchase 10+ units so I'm looking for the
'BEST DEAL'

I'd appreciate Loads of feedback....

I've emailed a few shops on the web and the best price so far is £265 per unit.

I'm sure that can be beaten!!!!!!!!

Cheers

Phil

Dan B

If you go for one, get the Bell Euro 550, its the daddy, apparently. (£360 though).

chockymonster

I've got an SD815i
Haven't been able to use it for the last 2 years as I had a clifford alarm in the car, which makes the snooper beep like a beepy thing having a beeping fit.

TBH, the only thing it will stop is mobile gatso's and radar guns. You won't get any warning from a laser gun (at least until it's too late)

Mossman

Snooper - Pants
Bel is the brand you need. Try the back of Evo etc for dealers, most will give some sort of discount for bulk.
Mossman

Riftzone

I've got the S5. Came to this one after much deliberation and research. Reviews I read were on a par with the bell and i didnt fancy payin the extra 60 quid to get cheesy voice warnings rather than beeps.

I've no complaints with it. Ask away if yer've got any questions...

Leg@cy

iTrader: (2)

Cheers 'gents'........... this is what I need.....

Please keep it coming....

....also this will take it back to the top... he he

Leg@cy

iTrader: (2)

I have heard that the 'Valentine One' is the best, but that's over £500.............

Anyone any experience of these????

Cheers

Riftzone

No experience of the valentine but the reviews said the S5 was at least as good. Bear in mind that the valentine is for the US market and is angled to the left (away from UK drivers)....

Redkop

Bel 550 or Road Angel
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stevenuk300

Just sold a brand new Valentine one for £385.
Best detection range by far. I bought 2 units in the States and kept the other one. Will be going back in November, so I might be able to bring a couple more back with me.

Riftzone

No more questions Legacy4x4Turbo ? I'm happy to help out - paid £289 fer mine (single buy)...

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Now what I really want is something that causes any working speed (sorry: safety) camera to explode b4 it can take my photo.
Come on inventors, ther HAS to be a way!!!
Alcazar:

mbc

got an snooper s5, gives plenty of warning especially on mobile laser traps

polarbearit

got a snooper S815i - totally crap, beeps all the time, mates Bell 550 is MUCH better - far less false alarms, over a 4 mile journey the Snooper goes off 4 times, the Bell once (all false alarms, the bells once was at automatic doors).

Riftzone

The S5 does automatic doors too and the new generation of tractors (ones that use radar to measure sizes of fields, so I'm told).

When it false alarms, there are always sources close, so its not a false alarm as such, just a valid k-band transmission from some other device than a speed trap...

BuRR

From testing a few of these, my suggested setup would be a GPS fixed site warning system (Geodesy / Blue i / Road Angel) complemented by a mobile laser jammer.

The jammers work I know

polarbearit

Yep, agreed about sources, just the Bell 550 over the same route gives many less false alarms, the problem I have is I'm either panicking and slowing down far too much or potentially ignoring radar warnings, to be honest I often switch mine off...

BuRR

The Bell550 has NO protection against laser.

Redkop

Quote:

The Bell550 has NO protection against laser.

Eh?????

How come mine says 'laser alert' when I approach one then?

polarbearit

I think the problem is unless a Laser is pointed directly at you neither the snooper nor the bell will beep...

BuRR

Its a warning that you've already been got, mate. Trust me

markr1963

BuRR

What do you reckon to the Geodesy Plus Radar combination?

King RA

Burr, have you got an M10 jammer?

BuRR

I have the blinder jammer, and I know Shunty has the LE810 (I think that's the model)

Both were VERY effective against the Pro-Laser speed gun, however we've not been able to effectively test West Yorkshire's other type of short-range laser/radar. (btw - the Bel550 doesn't pick up this second type of laser)

I would suggest that any GPS-based "reporter" is only as good as its communication with satellites and the accuracy of its camera location database.

Remember, the BEL K-band detectors (and equivalent models from other manufacturers) don't detect SPECS, Truvelo (?) or those new hidey-hole cameras.

BuRR

Here you can see where I have my Blinder fixed:


As you can see, they're not too well hidden , however they're VERY effective. I'm thnking of mounting them behind the grill, however I'm not sure how good the cloaking effect will be.

Maybe an excuse for another testing day??

Anyway, you can also see my BEL550 in the bottom right corner of my windscreen.

King RA

I've got an M10 waiting to be fitted to my classic but haven't got around to doing it. I'm gonna try and mount it in the grill.

jonny32

had a early snooper about 11years ago in me van ,picked up the auto doors at tesco,s and temp traffic lights ,got fed up with false alarms so stopped using it , then got caught

matt.bowey

Bell Euro 550 - £329.99.

Mine gives a lazer alert !! Dunno how effective it is, as i understand that lazer scatter is quite minimal!

BuRR

Bell Euro offers no protection at all, it merely tells you that you've already been "got", as it were.