i got one a month ago. Its a very good detector. I have a Whistler also. I set them side by side and the STI gives fewer false alarms and a little more warning. If one drives in Virginia one must have the STI, its your only defense to police state tactics used in Virginia these days. Virginia has a very elaborate and extensive system and uses many police from many groups to track speeders, its far beyond safety issues and pure state greed designed to make money, just ask anyone driving I-77.
It also means that if you use POP only, that in court, the person you ticketed probably will win because you used a radar designed to only estimate a speed, not accurately tell from one shot.
So you'll need to back up the estimate with a normal type of radar band, and by then the vehicle will most likely have slowed already, and you will not be able to ticket them.
Unless of course they're speeding really really bad of course, in which case an estimate would probably be fine.
Yeah, these things are useless, just like traffic cops are "making the highways safer for everyone and saving lives" by handing out tickets to people going 10 to 20 MPH over the posted speed limit. I have a clean driving record because of Beltronics and my STi Driver.
It wont matter how far it will pick up a laser, you still need to get a jammer. bc- laser is to quick simple as that. sure it can once in awhile bump off of a car infront of you and you might have a chance then.. but you still need a Jammer for tottal protection.
also, since I see you're on the topic of jamming now... look up "K40 Radar Detector and Laser Jammer Test" on youtube and you'll find that for beloved defuser fails miserably ;)
@farmerfranck as far as i know about this topic the cops in Ontario won't be able to detect this detector so ur good to go. if they do pull u over and ask for a radar detector u just give them a 30 dollar detector that u also purchased.
why do you say that? I mean the one advantage the sti has over the v1 is that its spectre III proof but if you dont live in virginia/washington dc theres no point of having a RDD proof RD, and it shows in the GOL tests that the V1 has the best laser detection and radar detection of the other RD's.
i got one too is the cobra xrs 9930 but im going to change it because i feel like it doesn't do a good job so im going to get the beltronic sti-driver. But not because of this video i had decided before. which one do you got?
you want real results an real saves nothign out preforms the k40-2000 at k40 dot com. go there if you want real protection 360 with real by itself rear radar/laser protection system
God your an idiot! K40/calibre is over priced garbage period! K40's performance is nowhere near the sti's and the sti is not detectable by any RDD unlike the k40.
The sti is not bigger then the rx65, x50 ext. mount the unit high on the windshield above the rear view and you will not even notice it (of course you will need a $10 hardwire kit (rolleyes)!
Your just another sucker! BTW who the hell buys a v6 stang (get a V8)!
for one, the cars engine has nothing todo with the preformce of the k40-2000 dumbshit. oh and there not decteable i've had one for 2almost 3yrs now never one break threw from the defuser or dectected by any rdd your so full of it buddy its so pathetic.
1. he wasn't saying your engine had anything to do w/radar detection, he was saying that if you're gonna get a stang get the v8, because the v6 is a slow ass piece of shit...
2. bel-sti is THE ONLY radar detector of any type that is completely undectable by any radar detector, if you knew shit about radar dectors, you'd know that...
Um yeah actually I do know that my k40-2000 is undetecable from any radar detector detector. thanks. owned it for yrs now not once ever picked up for it. you've never owned one let alone probally never even seen one. so dont talk shit till you know the facts like me.
Again you say lies, since you've never even owned one in your life, and if you look at how much the sti cost the remote one yes it cost about the same actually. your an idiot. k40 has better preformance.
Clearly I never check this youtube account, but since I decided to today I thought I'd set your dumbass straight once again.
K40 is not undetectable. Go to the k40 website and open your eyes... vg-2 undetectable... and that's it... not spectre, which is the one that sets the sti apart (and since my last post, the 9500ci as well). Radar detectors are only illegal in 2 places in the USA, so unless you live in one of those, there is no reason you would get "picked up for it".
sorry I take forever to get back on this thing mustangowner, but I want to let you know that the sti is spectre 4 undetectable and as you apparently NOW admit (or 3 month ago anyway ha) k40 is not.
So like I said a year ago lol, sti is the ONLY completely undetectable radar detector.
No problem, Glad you got back though. Funny thing since I bought never had a problem with it , until the spec4 came out...
Another flaw with this system... I called up the companie, they wont even try to make a special case for it.. supposedly no one can do it ... from what the guy said over the phone.....
So I'm saving my money along with keeping my k40, but I'm going to purchase a Bel STi-R which is from Beltronic's companie, completely un-readable too all R.dd's to date
I don't need to, and definately don't want to own a pos k40 "like you". Maybe you shold have checked the facts (like me)before you dropped a couple g-notes on that piece of shit. Every damn test result on the web will tell you the k40 is outperformed by the sti (for that matter, the 65 dollar cobras from walmart have better detection than it in more than one area). also, even the the sti-r and k40 run around the same price, the dashmount sti detects the same as the r, so still light years better
Lastly, I would like to touch on the fact that you sir, are a complete dumbass who talks shit about people not knowing shit, when you are in fact the one who doesn't do any research or know anything about the subject. Other than of course, the extensive research you did to determine that your k40 is rdd undectable - knowing that your k40 MUST be undetectable because you have never been "picked up" for using something completely legal (note the sarcasm)
sti is 500ish... and I have (had) one... in addition to 2 other $400+ detectors. k40 is twice the price and a pos, that's what I'm arguing. I love people who only read the first sentence of something and talk shit like they know what's going on in life. learn to read loserrr :p
Just got mine. Awesome. I had an RX-65, I sold it and bought the Sti. Saved me couple times already. The cops were I live really have nothing better to do than hand and speeding tickets.
Has anyone nad any chance catching a laser radar?
MustAccord 3 years ago
i got one a month ago. Its a very good detector. I have a Whistler also. I set them side by side and the STI gives fewer false alarms and a little more warning. If one drives in Virginia one must have the STI, its your only defense to police state tactics used in Virginia these days. Virginia has a very elaborate and extensive system and uses many police from many groups to track speeders, its far beyond safety issues and pure state greed designed to make money, just ask anyone driving I-77.
sbaldwinus 3 years ago
these are just fancy ticket notifiers. My new P.O.P. radar means these are useless.
givemethebest 3 years ago
It also means that if you use POP only, that in court, the person you ticketed probably will win because you used a radar designed to only estimate a speed, not accurately tell from one shot.
So you'll need to back up the estimate with a normal type of radar band, and by then the vehicle will most likely have slowed already, and you will not be able to ticket them.
Unless of course they're speeding really really bad of course, in which case an estimate would probably be fine.
crezzyman 3 years ago
LOL! Wrong you are armed municipal revenue collector.
RJAY2000 3 years ago
Yeah, these things are useless, just like traffic cops are "making the highways safer for everyone and saving lives" by handing out tickets to people going 10 to 20 MPH over the posted speed limit. I have a clean driving record because of Beltronics and my STi Driver.
RJAY2000 3 years ago
how far can this unit pick up a laser?
greenceltics34 3 years ago
11.5 miles on a straight level road, a few miles out on a twisty back road I believe. It is also undetectable.
crezzyman 3 years ago
It wont matter how far it will pick up a laser, you still need to get a jammer. bc- laser is to quick simple as that. sure it can once in awhile bump off of a car infront of you and you might have a chance then.. but you still need a Jammer for tottal protection.
mustangwner2003V6 3 years ago
also, since I see you're on the topic of jamming now... look up "K40 Radar Detector and Laser Jammer Test" on youtube and you'll find that for beloved defuser fails miserably ;)
dehydratedonion3 3 years ago
V1 is way better then STI
xxiceg20xx 3 years ago 2
Not if you live in Ontario
farmerfranck 3 years ago 4
yea u heard that sti is the only 1 that is undetectable in Ontario
drewce123 3 years ago
whoops i mean "i heard" ***
drewce123 3 years ago
why is that? im curious
gomo2000 3 years ago
@farmerfranck u an use it in ontario to it is 100% invisible to police radar detector detecors
Marianmichael 1 year ago
@Marianmichael and how about laser detecors ?? your fucKEd
someonesomeone123321 1 year ago
@someonesomeone123321
then u take it down when the cop approches u after u get hit with lasen but yes then u screwd when u get hit with LASER
Marianmichael 1 year ago
@Marianmichael and then the cop asks what you were taking down.lol
someonesomeone123321 1 year ago
@someonesomeone123321
then i say i took down my GPS because it distracted my vision
got to maqke up a little excuse
Marianmichael 1 year ago
@Marianmichael u should buy a cheap as radar detector as a decoy, so u don't have to give up the Beltronics one if u get pulled over.
TruAzn100 11 months ago
@TruAzn100 here were im radar detectors are legal nobody can see my radar detector becuae it is hidden u cant see it from the outside
Marianmichael100 11 months ago
@TruAzn100 i run 2 radar detectors in my car on u can see and one u cant see it is high up in the visor
if u get fulled over i turn them off
radar detectors are legal in florida
Marianmichael 4 months ago
@farmerfranck as far as i know about this topic the cops in Ontario won't be able to detect this detector so ur good to go. if they do pull u over and ask for a radar detector u just give them a 30 dollar detector that u also purchased.
TruAzn100 11 months ago
bel is better then vl sti is a great detector even if u dont live va or washington dc. go read about the sti its better then them smelly vl ahha.
deltaforcehacks 3 years ago
wow you're dumb, it is proven that the v1 has longer range, so yeah bel is spectre proof that's it
punksk8r0 3 years ago
I heard that the bel has a longer range from a few reviews....
crezzyman 3 years ago
ahh bullshit v1 is better
linkinpsp9847 4 years ago
its not actually
robv72 4 years ago
why do you say that? I mean the one advantage the sti has over the v1 is that its spectre III proof but if you dont live in virginia/washington dc theres no point of having a RDD proof RD, and it shows in the GOL tests that the V1 has the best laser detection and radar detection of the other RD's.
linkinpsp9847 4 years ago 3
oh ok well im in australia,and here the sti peforms better,i had a V1,and now have sti and reckon its better,maybe its the frequency difference??
robv72 4 years ago
hmm well im not sure how different things are in australia, or how old your v1 may have been but here in the US the v1 has greater detection range.
linkinpsp9847 4 years ago 3
mine is a cobra radar
ADCVirgo 4 years ago
i got one too is the cobra xrs 9930 but im going to change it because i feel like it doesn't do a good job so im going to get the beltronic sti-driver. But not because of this video i had decided before. which one do you got?
69herfeet 4 years ago
you want real results an real saves nothign out preforms the k40-2000 at k40 dot com. go there if you want real protection 360 with real by itself rear radar/laser protection system
mustangwner2003V6 4 years ago
God your an idiot! K40/calibre is over priced garbage period! K40's performance is nowhere near the sti's and the sti is not detectable by any RDD unlike the k40.
The sti is not bigger then the rx65, x50 ext. mount the unit high on the windshield above the rear view and you will not even notice it (of course you will need a $10 hardwire kit (rolleyes)!
Your just another sucker! BTW who the hell buys a v6 stang (get a V8)!
USMCDEVILDOGZ 4 years ago
for one, the cars engine has nothing todo with the preformce of the k40-2000 dumbshit. oh and there not decteable i've had one for 2almost 3yrs now never one break threw from the defuser or dectected by any rdd your so full of it buddy its so pathetic.
mustangwner2003V6 4 years ago
1. he wasn't saying your engine had anything to do w/radar detection, he was saying that if you're gonna get a stang get the v8, because the v6 is a slow ass piece of shit...
2. bel-sti is THE ONLY radar detector of any type that is completely undectable by any radar detector, if you knew shit about radar dectors, you'd know that...
dehydratedonion3 4 years ago
Um yeah actually I do know that my k40-2000 is undetecable from any radar detector detector. thanks. owned it for yrs now not once ever picked up for it. you've never owned one let alone probally never even seen one. so dont talk shit till you know the facts like me.
mustangwner2003V6 4 years ago
Again you say lies, since you've never even owned one in your life, and if you look at how much the sti cost the remote one yes it cost about the same actually. your an idiot. k40 has better preformance.
mustangwner2003V6 4 years ago
Clearly I never check this youtube account, but since I decided to today I thought I'd set your dumbass straight once again.
K40 is not undetectable. Go to the k40 website and open your eyes... vg-2 undetectable... and that's it... not spectre, which is the one that sets the sti apart (and since my last post, the 9500ci as well). Radar detectors are only illegal in 2 places in the USA, so unless you live in one of those, there is no reason you would get "picked up for it".
dehydratedonion3 3 years ago
1, i already know its not un-detectable verse the new R.d.d's i was meaning for VG-2
the new spectre 4 sucks ass lol.
mustangwner2003V6 3 years ago
sorry I take forever to get back on this thing mustangowner, but I want to let you know that the sti is spectre 4 undetectable and as you apparently NOW admit (or 3 month ago anyway ha) k40 is not.
So like I said a year ago lol, sti is the ONLY completely undetectable radar detector.
dehydratedonion3 2 years ago
No problem, Glad you got back though. Funny thing since I bought never had a problem with it , until the spec4 came out...
Another flaw with this system... I called up the companie, they wont even try to make a special case for it.. supposedly no one can do it ... from what the guy said over the phone.....
So I'm saving my money along with keeping my k40, but I'm going to purchase a Bel STi-R which is from Beltronic's companie, completely un-readable too all R.dd's to date
mustangwner2003V6 2 years ago
I don't need to, and definately don't want to own a pos k40 "like you". Maybe you shold have checked the facts (like me)before you dropped a couple g-notes on that piece of shit. Every damn test result on the web will tell you the k40 is outperformed by the sti (for that matter, the 65 dollar cobras from walmart have better detection than it in more than one area). also, even the the sti-r and k40 run around the same price, the dashmount sti detects the same as the r, so still light years better
dehydratedonion3 3 years ago
Lastly, I would like to touch on the fact that you sir, are a complete dumbass who talks shit about people not knowing shit, when you are in fact the one who doesn't do any research or know anything about the subject. Other than of course, the extensive research you did to determine that your k40 is rdd undectable - knowing that your k40 MUST be undetectable because you have never been "picked up" for using something completely legal (note the sarcasm)
dehydratedonion3 3 years ago
lol i love people like you who can't afford something thats 500 so they talk shit about it get a life loser
Fastgt2003 3 years ago
sti is 500ish... and I have (had) one... in addition to 2 other $400+ detectors. k40 is twice the price and a pos, that's what I'm arguing. I love people who only read the first sentence of something and talk shit like they know what's going on in life. learn to read loserrr :p
dehydratedonion3 2 years ago
Just got mine. Awesome. I had an RX-65, I sold it and bought the Sti. Saved me couple times already. The cops were I live really have nothing better to do than hand and speeding tickets.
RJAY2000 4 years ago
lol
finbenton 4 years ago