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  • CANT WAIT TO GET MY V1

  • Wait, you taught them I/O? Why?!

  • @protias Well as more people started running detectors at my college thanks to me their tickets went down so they found a new method to catch speeders I never told them directly how to do it.

  • IMPFO (in my personal fucking opinion) lol. Anyway, nice radar detector dude!

  • But would you immediately start speeding again after the 1st full alert? Wouldn't you keep it cool for at least a little bit before you start speeding again? Multiple bogey feature is cool, but is it that beneficial? It's useful if you need to speed every minute you are driving.

  • @TheTeevo8 Most people do actually start speeding again right after they get passed the cop. That is something I have noticed after 10years of driving with about 20k per year.

    I never sped in this town as the local police just wanted an excuse to pull over a non-local

  • Bottom line as with any business. If 2 people sell a product that is a toss up, then customer service should be the driving factor. The V1 customer service is no good. I ordered a V1 and it did not get to my home on time. I called and the lady at V! said I was causing her blood pressure to rise and continued to lecture me. I told her to cancel the order. At a time when people r not plunking down $400 for a toy, they had better learn to b a lot nicer. I am going with the Passport 9500.

  • @BoysBigToyz Yeah the lady at V1 is the worst possible person you can speak to. They need to fire her but oh wait she is Mike V's wife! I got her once and I immediately asked to speak to someone else as her reputation precedes her. It is well known by radar detector enthusiasts that the women at V1 is the last person you want to talk to. Enjoy your 9500!

  • @robm425 Thanks but after further research, I found that for the distances that I drive, the Escort Redline was my best choice and I ordered it. I also have the Cheetah C50 and I am in the process of buying a Blinder Extreme. From what I have read thus far is the V1 only has a rear advantage but, the Redline is superior in forward detection. I will be running the V1 and the Redline driving more than a thousand miles in a few days.

  • @BoysBigToyz You can't gp wrong either way with a Redline or V1... I find the V1 is better at instant-on radar than the Redline.

    Running the detectors together hurts both of their performance. If you choose to do that make sure they are spread out on different corners of the windshield!

  • @BoysBigToyz hah i love the 9500i i can see in this vid he has a false LOL cant lock them out!

  • @a4Audi2153 Yeah but the problem I saw with the 9500i or xi was it was locking out real police radar which I am not a fan of. I'd rather mute the alerts that I don't want than have the detector mute the real alerts

  • @robm425 ohh really? wow well i know you cant lock Ka band which always cops never false alerts but k band it only locks out that frequency at that location and i find that funny how you locked out police radar lmaoo wow! btw you can unlock marked places if you find yourself locking out police radar...

  • @a4Audi2153 Yeah its been proven with all their automatic lock out detectors, but something people deal with. I guess its just something I am not willing to deal with

  • hows the range on the v1?

  • @whitecracker21 Its one of the best you can get. Its hard to give a definite number as range varies according to terrain.

  • @whitecracker21 Very true it does vary drastically, however I've had many occasions where on long flat roads my V1 will pick them up about 8 miles away. And in town its picked up cops about a mile and a quarter away sometimes on a perpendicular road too. But theres never been a time where I wasn't informed with at least 3-4 sec to react, plenty of time. An amazing work of engineering I say. Over the past 3 years of a lead but cautious foot and my V1 looking over me I've avoided tons of tickets.

  • How much is it

  • @LtorryCeltics $400... Been the same price since i bought mine in 2006. It has paid for itself with in the first year I love this detector

  • i love the v1... i have one too. i love this video btw. i used to have cop vids too but i think i took them down. btw "just like u taught them" lol they watched ur vids? albany PD and some upstate troopers on the thruway saw my vids and learned IO too... so i took them down hahaha.

  • where can i get the v1 at

  • @mwd92 Valentine1 d0t c.o.m. is their website

  • I can't knock the V1 but I have a Bel Sti Driver and I love it, police in VA cant detect it either.

  • what is bogey?

  • "that is why the V1 rocks, in my personal FUKIN opinion"

  • what are the other modes ?

    they said big L little l and A

  • what is A mode ?

  • @HowsTheHonda All bogey's mode...meaning there is no false alert filtering active. Similar to highway mode on other radar detectors. Its when the detector is most sensitive

  • @robm425 why wouldn't they just have that mode on at all times?......

  • 71 in a 35 was my first ticket at 16, radar detector and 1 year later, only that one ticket with over 15 saves :)

  • I'm interested in buying a Cobra XRS, a V1, an Escort 9500ix, or an Escort RedLine. What do you think? Please help me out. :) And try not to be bias towards the V1 just 'cause you have one. Check the others out.

  • @BL00D4NG31 Cobra is a Piece of Sh*t...So that is off the list. If you do a lot of in town driving and you are more in the city than you are on the open highway I would get the 9500ix. If you do alot of open highway driving and drive in rural area's I would go with either the RedLine or V1. Personally I like my V1 and I have had offer to get a RedLine at a discounted price but I kept my V1

  • @robm425

    Why the 9500ix in the city, and V1 on open highway? I do mostly city/freeway driving, but protection on that long trip to Vegas would be great too!

  • @darkhorse000 The 9500ix is slightly less sensitive and with the GPS filtering it keeps the false alerts to door openers to a minimum

    V1 is hyper sensitive which can be alot for some people to handle if they drive in cities even with all the filtering modes turned on.

    I am more of a person I would rather myself dismiss false alerts than have a detector do it for me so I don't mind the V1

  • In the beginning I didn't hear squat of what you said. Turn the subtitle function on and you'll understand just how much I understood. Not very articulate.

  • @Gorgmeister Turn the volume up on your computer cause my voice is plenty loud

  • just got the same one how do you like it

  • @mrdannyization A great deal depends on the size and shape of your vehicle. The military term is radar cross section A pickup truck has large flat vertical surfaces which will releflect a great deal more signal back to the radar reciever than a smaller car with a more curved and swept body style.

    In general police radar is a type of microwave signal that uses the doppler shift phenomenom to calculate your speed. Laser gets your speed by determining your range twice over a fixed period of time.

  • What exactly does "instant" mean? you said that a couple times, id presume its a setting but exactly what for..

  • Is that remote in your wheel included in with the radar? or did you get that separately??

  • @1761341 Got it separately mounted. Watch my video "Mounting the V1 Radar Detector"

  • God damned pigs-

  • where did you get it

  • @mrdannyization It all depends if the radar is constantly on, or instant-on, the terrain, the type of the radar gun the cop is doing. There are alot of variable but the V1 is one of the best

  • sounds like quagmire

  • I can't count how many times the V1 has saved me.

  • And they tell us we are "under policed" in this country. Shit. If they had anymore cops they would put one under your bed.

  • is it always that loud? or can you turn the volume down?

  • @sunnie618 The volume is adjustable there is a volume knob on the front of it

  • I hate it when the bastards do that .

  • LOL 2 bogeys on your 6 i love the V1 act :P

  • how do you have the v1 mounted there wouldn't that mess with he antenna

  • @vzuno Watch my video "Mounting V1 Radar detector" That will explain it for you

  • do you drive a benz?

  • @czbaby12 Well my first car was a 1990 190e 2.6 liter benz. But the car in this video is a 2000 Volvo S70

  • @robm425 looks a lot like my 2000 55amg nice vid, i think im gonna upgrade my bletronics i need the good ass instant on mode it has and the arrows cuz ive been fucked by instant on before even with my rd

  • @robm425 ahh yes i could tell it was a volvo by the dash!

  • how much can u buy a V1 now for?

  • @NYballer11725 $400 And has been that price for years at least 6 now.

  • Does V1 sell the remote/stealth indicator arrows on their website or did you buy it separate

  • @Thegarmendia They sell the remote display at their online store yes.

  • you need anti radiation missiles

  • I'm looking at a Cobra ESD 7100 is this thing crap or is it passable? I know its not top of the line.

  • @xxxthebxxx nope waste of money. Look at Whistler or cheaper Beltronics

  • @robm425 Alright thanks I'll pass.

  • @robm425 How about the XTR-140. Reviews already seem way better.

  • volvo...nice

  • saved you ass but not the seat...

  • The 8500 X50 is just as good.... There is no point in arrows. What does it matter where it is coming from are you going to adjust your speed any differently if it is coming from the left side? lol, you paid way too much for that when you could have an X50 for 100 dollars cheaper.

  • I truly dislike videos like this , an 18 year old bragging about his V1 is perfect senator fuel to go try to pass a law against radar detectors , really , what are you trying to prove with this video ? are you getting paid by Mike Valentine to advertise ?

    Plus this video unrealistically portraits the V1 as 100 % safe ,. when in reality it is just a tool that if added to being alert and checking your mirrors and scanning the road ahead of you can help prevent speed traps and accidents

  • @venom400 Not paid by anyone just a user. There are plenty like me on Youtube feel free to search them out.

    The average person has a false sense of security with detectors and with the advance ment in radar technology with instant-on and use of Laser guns radar detectors are useless and not a licence to speed like you cop buddy told we users think they are.

    Thanks for your comments but if you dislike my videos don't watch!

  • @robm425 but that is my point Rob , it is videos like this that make it to the senate to try to outlaw radar detectors , I'm a detector user , and if you see my channel you see I did a pop test on the V1 , but I don't broadcast a live speed trap bragging about "omg if it wasn't for the V1 I would had been toast !" next thing you know you get in a car accident ,. kill someone and then this video is the "proof" that you could had been stopped on time if it wasn't for the V1.

  • @venom400 Honestly There is no need for police to try and ban radar detectors cause when radar guns are operated by smart police officers who selectively use instant-on you would be toast. Police know about radar detectors and they aren't phased about radar detectors at all.... The real problem is laser jammers which I will never show a video of any of my encounters. If detectors become illegal I'll be getting a BEL STi again like I had in canada where detectors are illegal

  • Nice video robm425. I've been debating the V1, the Redline, and the 9500i. Once the patent runs out for the arrows, Passport will be all over that. Until then, I think the V1 is the better choice after watching your run

  • is it legal in British Columbia?

  • Nice dude!!!!

  • how do these radars work? how much do they cost?

  • I bought a cheap one called xtr-150. From what I know radar detectors only beep when a cop has there radar going and watching cars do by right? Cause I've past plenty of cop cars and mine does nothing. Any out there that beep when a cop is just around you not doing anything? lol someone clear this up.

  • Great video makes me think of getting one i always thought you had to be right beside the cop car for it to work and magazines say they are all trash so you cant believe everything they print thanks man

  • Yeah I got clocked at 102 in a 70.

  • @T67GS300 102 in a 72 that was smart to do keep going like this u loose ur license soon

  • @Marianmichael100 I have very good connections I will not be loosing my license anytime soon.

  • @Marianmichael100 I've already had 2 suspensions on mine. I got it when I was 16 im almost 22 now.

  • @T67GS300 my first ticket was for 98 in a 55 in my ol cougar . I learned my lesson though . GET A RADAR DETECTOR . And that is just what I did , along with a scanner :) .

  • @bockydo I didnt learn mine though, the first day I got my C63 i did 144 in a 70 lol on I-95 at like 3 am and this cop was hiding behind a overpass, 2 weeks later a ticket came in the mail. I have a V1 now lol

  • I got caught even with it. Not by radar but by pace. lol 96 in a 65 and 80 in a 55.

  • So you weren't checking your mirrors or were you alert to your surroundings....Smart

  • @robm425 I was so used to driving fast when there is no alerts. He was behind me. He came up fast. The next pull over I was on express on the New Jersey Parkway and he was on local with his head lights off at night.

  • i recently got nabbed for 89 in a 70 with instant-on... =/. my v1 was on but i had the sound turned off and didn't slow down in time.

  • @ValentineOneV1 Well that was stupid!!! You need to be aware when you turn your stuff on and off.

    One suggestion if you don't want the sound turn it completely off. That why you will notice that its not lit up and it will force you to turn it on and raise the volume

  • @robm425 dude i am gettin one bro i fuckin got pulled couple weeks ago and i had a cheap cobra one now after i get my tax refund im ago a cop one, i cant get pulled again or its my ass seein this video and ya its worth 200 plus bucks right, is it tru that if you buy one and you get a ticket the v1 company will pay for it?

  • hey i had my radar V1 since 1999 had one upgraded back 4 years ago,the best radar for your money...it eats cops for breakfast..especially when im going to florida from maryland.,love the arrows.

  • Why does driving have to be a fcuking disguise mission?...they should make a new law: "The Right To SPEED"

  • God i love my radar detector

  • wtf is that shit

  • i got mine mouted in the same place little futher away from the mirrow beacuse i have an over size mirrow

    mine looks through windowtint i get warnings from 1 mile away

  • Watch my video 'Mounting V1 Radar Detector and you will see where its mounted. Its not obstructed from the front or the back what you see in the video is my concealed display

  • were do you got your V1 mounted at

    if you look at my video 8500x50 red got replaced with the V1

  • where do you got your V1 mounted at

    i didnt see it  i gto mine on the windowtint so you cant see it from the outside look at my video 8500x50 red escort

  • our are smounted high  the conceald display is for night driving so people like you cant see hit from the back lol

    loot at my video 8500x50 red

  • Lucky!!!!

  • you sound like spiderman

  • @agcompton spiderman would never encourage driving over the speed limit! He doesn't even need to drive!.

  • thanks

  • THERE VOLUME CONTRO, RIGHT?

  • Yes there is a knob on it for the volume of both the main alerts and muted alerts

  • yeah man I was just about to ask if you knew what the auto mute setting is lol. great detector by the way Im cheap so i went and got a 60 dollar cobra. its good to have an extra pair of eyes.

  • oh you got a cobra door stop radar detector

  • cobra my door stoper lol

  • nice! this looks great for city stuff, I just got pinched for running a yellow...shoulda fucking stopped and the one time I do. I don't speed on the highway but I do a ton of traveling and that extra sense of being aware helps. GOOD SHIT MAN!!!!

  • if you haave the V1 mounted hig on th e cars windshield u get a longer range of of detection up to .5 miles to 1.0 miles

    any questions look at my video it is not the V1 but 8500X50 mounted in the same place hidden from luigi(cops) so they can see it

  • Okay, what is the EXACT name of this Radar Detector, and how much does it cost?? Please respond!!!

  • Valentine One

    $399

    Only can be purchased through:

    ValentineOne D0T c0m

  • Not the only place but it is the best to buy from

  • Yeah and the other places don't give you the factory warranty and either charge you more of the same price. Why not buy from the manufacture directly cause the recognize themselves as the only offical retailer

  • ive got a hardwired V1 in my 2010 mustang GT i set mine to super sensitive in A and not in A mode. I pickup on all of them even when they are hiding behind bushes and trees and other objects.

  • i fkn hate it when they hide behind shit

  • I have a whistler pro 78, do you think its totally worth spending 300 bucks for a v1.8?

  • yep. the extra performance you will get will pay off the detector in the long run

  • what version of the V1 do you have? is it V1.8?

    do you know if the V1.7 is still good?

  • I have a V1.8 w/ POP2. For the most part I would stay awy from v1.7's as there have been alot of valuable updates from the them to the v1.8

  • instant on is a killer man

  • you gotta be lucky all the time, they have to be lucky just once,,,

  • do u no of any other better radar detecters. cuz i got 26pys on my license man lol i think its time to get one... im pretty much cleared now but i think i need to invest in a good one

  • What the hell did you do haul ass and hit the cop

    nah im kidding

  • what if you were going faster...would you have enough time to stop??? you were going slow..

  • Well that depends...if the guy was using instant on radar like the cop at the end was using I might not have enough time to slow. But if the cop was just leaving his radar on I would have been able to slow down

  • thanks for honest answer!!!

  • OOOHHHHHHHHH I HAVE a valentine on 2nd edition i have a question whats it mean when it says J and blinks?>??

  • When you see 'J' and the radar signal is determined not to be a cop (You see know Cop) then it was filtering out a "junk detector" which leaks KA band. (some rd's leak radio waves similar to Ka, Cobra's are famous for it).

    HOWEVER if you get a J alert from a real police officer running KA its time to send your V1 in for a tune up

  • thank you so much. I currently have four of these and the v1s have sure saved me a bunch of money from the wv poilice who get you at all costs. any i put one in my chevy silvarodo ss and my volvo XC70 and my yukon and i speed like a demon and in 1998 when i first got mine they are the best Thanks a bunch

  • My friend got busted cause cops carry radar detector detectors now. Does the V1 work against that?

  • Unfortunately the V1 is not invisible to police radar detector detectors. RDs are illegal in some providences of Canada. And for people there I suggest a BEL STi or STi-R

  • how much did the v1 cost and where did you get it?

  • $399

  • where did you get it?

  • i really dont know nething bout radar detectors but im looking to get one and im looking to get a good one, can u send me a link to a website that has this one?

  • is that an informal commercial or did it really happen

    looks like the perfect scenario

  • Really happen. I do not work for any radar detector company.....

    I tried to submit my video to this company for use but due to my language they didn't want it

  • ur an idiot. these video are so pointless. that is WHY IN MY PERSONAL FCKING OPINION

  • Any suggestions on how I can improve or are you just spouting BS cause your jealous? That my Volvo can actually break the speed limit?

  • BRO I HAVE A 2000 S70. and let me tell u, we have one hell of a slow car. the s70 NA makes MAYBE 150 hp to the wheels. get ur head out ur ass, both our cars our tremendously slow. and unlike u i bet i know a shit ton more about cars and driving then ull ever know in ur life. here is a suggestion, edit ur videos, plan ur dialog, and film something relevant. my POS radar detector buzzes when im right next to cops too and u weren't speeding, so it didnt save u.

  • Haha the NA s70 is 167hp crank there is a average loss of HP of 20% manual 30% for auto so that means your wheel HP is closer to 126 (using 25% power reduction) if you are lucky. I got turbo with slight modifications. Why would I want to speed in front of the cops Sorry i don't have a need for a ticket

  • wow. stupid german cars. try getting a 2006 c6. then come back to me with your 150 mph to the wheels.

  • ur existance amuses me so very VERY much as well as everyone i have shown these videos too. we have all had a good long laugh at ur expense. keep em coming

  • no offense to your volvo. i was talking to budekai lol

  • what are good places to put the v1 at?

  • check my other videos

  • that v1 is awsome it even picked the cops up and it wasnt even in the window . just awsome

  • It's awsome but not that awesome. He has a concealed display. It's an attachment that you can put anywhere and it shows you just the arrows and bogey counter. Good for if you want to mount V1 high on the windscreen or on the sun visor.

  • V1 or bust....nothing else comes close, if it dosent have arrows its worthless.

  • what kinda car you drivin?

  • Volvo s70.... Correct me if im wrong :P

  • why is is gay?

  • he was just stating that he is gay I think

  • AKPuma1 If you want a good laser jammer get the Blinder M40 X-Treme Laser Jammer you wont be displeased.

    nityjizzle its called a valentine one they around $400 new but well worth the price also if you get shot with instant-on Ka and your speeding you might as well just pull over cuz its that fast

  • hey i was reading your reply below dose that laser jammer work i know the detectors dose

  • Hey man cheers for the video, so whats the manufacturer of the V1 more details with the instant Ka and how much u rekon. I dont know too much about it dude, I live in Australia as well, let me know when u get this, cheers.

  • 16rs The cobra you said has thoses on it but they never work cuz its a pile of crap go with valintine the money you spend on it you more then make up and then some trust me

  • Hey Robm425, love this video. I have had my V1 for about 7 years. Best detector I have ever own and well worth the money. All I've had to replace was the power cord, still truckin. Someone mentioned lazer, no matter how good any detector is your only hope on a lazer is that it hits the car(s) ahead of you to give you reaction time. If it hits you thats it. Keep up the great vid's.

  • I agree - the V1 is unique and so much better than all others. The arrows are absolutely crucial! I don't know why so many people think they're useless.. they're by far THE most useful and important feature!! I also prefer the V1's INSTANT response over the Passports' "confirmed" signals because they're late. Often so late that you'd be screwed by the time it confirms.

    Valentine ftw. Far superior to Escort Passports.

  • hey, i have a video thats kinda similar to yours but im using a 9500i and there was a constant on Ka radar and an instant on K band radar. that saved me from a massive speeding ticket and it was a school zone too.

  • even if there are false alarms, its better to be safe tan sorry..

  • No get this detector the passport is good but you need the arrows. Every detector gives you false alarms. Thats a good thing but only valentine 1 has arrows and a counter to tell you how many you have. I know this i own one best thing i have ever bought. Saved my ass soooo many times.

  • so they are basically legal anywhere else in the U.S?

    i'd like to see this used on youtube while someone is speeding and see how that works lol.

    ps. I'm like a big speeder, and i'm thinking about getting one of these, and i hear this is like top of the line..

  • Sorry but I don't speed in my videos because thats illegal and cops have been known to monitor YouTube to ticket some drivers...I can assure you if you spend the money on a good detector like the V1 or Escort 9500i you will be set

  • lol i know, i was just sayin it would be cool if you did.

    but thanks alot for the info

  • Radar detectors do NOT jam radar it only detects radar. So if I was speeding it would register on his radar gun and that means I would get a ticket...Sorry I am not going to get a speeding ticket. If I did get a speeding ticket it would prove the detector sucks...I have been ticket free since i bought my radar detector and laser jammer

  • so it gives away the position of a cop car? every cop car gives out signals?

  • Unfortunately its not a COP detector and there is no such thing as a cop detector. But cops looking for speeders use radar and that is what I am detecting to tell where he is. The V1 has a two radar antenna's so that is how it tells front from rear

  • ok but have you ever heard of cops haveing lazar radars its a little lazer that gets your speed if you have a radar detectore you cant see if a cop has a lazar detectore is this v1 both of those things because the cobra is both

  • First off don't ever mention Cobra they are a complete piece of shit....I have laser jammer so cops laser gun can't get a speed reading on me

  • what about the Escort PASSPORT 8500 and why do you do all this for a volvo? its the safest car ever. i had one lol.

  • I think its an ok detection those the 8500 is much older detector

    Mininumly look for the the 8500 'X50'.

    I have all this stuff in my volvo because I am a gadget freak

  • ahhh cool i see. wish i had the money for those jammers. though if a cop sees you going fast they can make up a number and it not matter :/ i am saying that because i got a great deal on one and i'd rather have that than a cobra that i returned lol

  • Why are these illegal? I don't see the problem. Big deal if people want them.