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Valentine 1

Rated by John Turner:

Compare the Valentine One to 5 other radar detectors. The Valentine is an outstanding, and we get feedback all the time that drivers love the directional displays of the Valentine1. It already has Ku radar detection and it can be programmed by 1stRadarDetectors.com for detection of European police radar bands. Front rear side alerts - See how the Valentine One radar detector displays the information. A well thought out display, which is used in the Remote display, optional for the V1 radar detector. Hidden Ka radar traps - If you want to be able to detect hidden radar traps, over the hill or around blind curves, The Valentine One is the radar detector for you. Valentine 1 Radar Detector can truly detect radar to the rear. While the STi to the left is 5 star rated for RDD invisibility and front radar detection, and the Passport 8500 X50 is 4.5 star rated, the V1 has dual antennas facing front and rear which gives it the capability to detect rear radar far better than any other detector. Here we are road testing and the V1 detects a Ka signal to the rear with reasonably good strength, while the Bel STi Driver and Escort X50 have not yet detected to the rear. Both the STi Driver and Escort X50 detect to the rear, but because the Valentine has a rear facing antenna, it detects further to the rear than any other radar detector.

Performance

The Valentine One is one of the very best, windshield mounted radar detectors available today.

• The Valentine1 radar detector can detect the Ka radar band, the most used radar band today, at 10 miles. The sensitivity is superb to detect weak signals from hidden "over the hill" radar traps and hidden "around the curve" radar traps. Average radar detectors do not provide this level of sensitivity. The Valentine One is excellent at filtering out false noise alerts.
• Laser - During our test, we encountered a few laser alerts from police. Since the Valentine 1 radar detector detects laser from the windshield, and laser is aimed at the license plate and headlights, few radar detectors in the windshield are effective at detecting laser aimed in the grille. Speed Measurement Labs has confirmed the Valentine One has been confirmed the best in performance of laser detection from the windshield. But detecting laser by itself is not sufficient, since detecting laser only tells you that the police aimed the very narrow light beam at your vehicle, you detected it and they have your speed. Detecting laser is not sufficient, as you must detect laser and jam it in order to protect yourself from police laser guns. We also found false laser alerts with no police anywhere nearby. The false laser alerts are caused by bright, repetitive reflections off the white painted road stripes at the center of the highway. It is also caused by bright reflections off the metal side rails along side the highway. This false noise does not occur very often and is caused by bright light reflections at a particular frequency. In our opinion, it is a waste of time to detect laser from the windshield. If you want real laser protection, buy the M20 Laser Jammer or M40 laser jammer and install the products into the grille, where the police aim laser guns.