Beltronics V995 Vector Radar and Laser Detector
I’ve been applying radar detectors for 25+ years. Foremost a cheap Cobra, then a nicer Whistler, another Whistler, and then finally I stepped up to the plate and bought a Beltronics Vector 980 which at the time (9 years ago) was one of the best on the market. During that 25 twelvemonth period, I get entirely received ONE speeding ticket, and that was from a motorcycle cop hiding in the driveway of a private residence behind the homeowner’s truck reach about the canopy with his radar gun and doing the “instant on” thing (I speculation they were getting desperate for some revenue……lol). Under those circumstances NO radar detector would experience saved me as I was the exclusively car on the road……Still, my driving record is entirely clean (driver diversion class for that one ticket…), and, while I’ve expended mayhap $700 on radar detectors over the past 25 years, I’ve kept Yards of dollars in tickets/fines/court costs and increased car insurance premiums. So, if you’re wondering if a radar detector is worth the money, YES, they are!!!
Anyway, subsequently 9 years of faithful service, my 980 is eventually starting to die: lot’s of false alarms, self-cal and low voltage warnings, etc. Afterwards speaking with Beltronics Tech Suffer (who are located in the U.S. and very helpful!) it got pretty obvious that it was time for a new detector as my 980 is Beltronics V995 Vector acting like it’s on the way out.
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