UPDATED: 10 MAY 07 Last week my wife and I were returning home from a night on the town; I treated Lisa to a nice birthday dinner at Fogo de Chão in downtown Philadelphia. If you are interested in an interesting dining experience, I recommend this venue, just watch the L’Esprit at $685 a glass…and …
Category: Valentine Research Radar Detectors
Apr 23
How to quiet-down your Valentine One without giving up performance
Yesterday (Sunday), I drove my usual Northeasterly route – which takes me through parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey that go by some heavily populated areas and heavily traveled highways. Oftentimes, it is in these kinds of areas, where the Valentine One’s extreme sensitivity can become…well…tiring…to put it nicely. Sure the V1 alerts with high …
Mar 29
Escort Passport 9500i AutoSensitivity Mode Beats a Tylenol
It’s just what the doctor ordered. No, I am not talking about an aspirin, I am talking about Escort’s innovative new speed-sensitive sensitivity mode that has premiered with the Passport 9500i. Maybe, its just me – perhaps, in my later years, I am going soft. I find myself driving automatics more than I am driving …
Mar 28
Don’t stop using the ‘radar detector’ between your ears
As part of continuing series of road adventures with the latest and greatest radar detectors, we are currently doing a driving circuit in the state of Florida to examine the performance of the top performing radar detectors when pitted against the hands of Florida traffic enforcement. Unlike Pennsylvania, Ka-band seems to be the preferred form …
May 08
A New Reason to Mount the Valentine 1 Low
I was drving on the PA NorthEast extension and Interstate 80 on a two and half hour drive tonight and during the drive devised a new (and I believe) better way to drive with my trusted friend, the V1. I mounted the radar detector low-midway on the windshield left of center and in clear view …
Feb 11
Notes from the Road: Valentine One v3.826
I recently sent one of my Valentine’s in for a flash update from v3.825 to their current version v3.826 and its appears to have improved the “J” filtering capability as promised by VR. On one test drive cycle I travelled from I-78 east to I-287 south and ultimately to the NJTP and I-295 in New …
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