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Originally Posted by RedBarchetta
jwd, true dat.
I'd like to know if anyone has BOTH (or has tried BOTH) and cares to share their preference, and why?
-Dean
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Borrowed a friend's V1 and took it with me on a business trip in the Vette with my Passport along for the ride. Hooking them both up at the same time won't work (they both leak enough to set the other one off sitting right next to it), but I traded off every gas stop.
The Passport surpassed the V1 for earliest detection and had the fewest false alarms when I had it on the highway setting. When left on automatic...they were on par for false alarms. the Passport was alot better for small hills and wide open bends.
While I can imagine folks getting used to looking at the direction arrows quickly, for the life of me it just seems to be a distraction. I just want to slow down first when I hear the K-band alarm go off...I don't want to be looking around. I also like the Passport's smart cord so I can leave the unit dark at nite. Not worried about cops seeing it...just too much of a distraction in the middle of the windshield with lights going off. Already have the Vette's headsup display for a lightshow anyway.
Besides, the V1 is just phuking ugly. The engineer may have left Escort to start his own company, but he should've hired away a designer with him. Way too bulky for my tastes.
I use the battery operated model for the Cobra or when I'm traveling...nowhere as sensitive (about on par with the Unidens), but convenient and it does work better when you plug in the smart corD.
Funny thing, my horn sets off the laser alarm.
