radar

[ImPrOvIsE]

Does anyone know if the bel 985 radar detector is easy to install or does it need to be installed professionally. If it does need to be installed profe. then any idea on costs.

Looking at buying one from US as can get them heaps cheaper there by the look if it

[Nizmo]

my folks have a Bel radar detector dont know what model but it just plugs into the cigerette lighter and away u go

[Sneeza]

If you are buying in the US - don't forget to take into consideration postage and handling and the crappo exchange rate

[Guest crackity]

i grabbed a nicely priced uniden off Ebay. Try there.

it was about $100 Aus plus $60 postage.

not bad in comparison to the prices over here.

[ImPrOvIsE]

Originally posted by Sneeza

If you are buying in the US - don't forget to take into consideration postage and handling and the crappo exchange rate

What? its the best exchange rate AUS/US its been in ages. From the prices Ive seen locally to imporitng one yourself its much cheaper to import

[Guest crackity]

yeah for sure.

mine was a brand new UNIDEN 937. Cost me $80 US exactly ($130.20 AUD) including shipping.

sounds alright to me

Once it arrives and I have gone past a few speed traps i will post my thoughts on the quality of this product

[dan_the_man]

I have a Bel Vector XR850. Picks up Multinovas about 400 metres away. Picks up Petrol Stations to...

[Nizmo]

yeah and the sensors on the shopping centre doors make it go off I guess a little warning is better than none - but they arent 100% foolproof thats for sure!! Good for finding unmarked cop cars tho

[APA]

can u hard wire radar detectors in?

i dun like the tackiness of having wires plugged into my cigarette lighter

adrian

[Hawke]

Yeah you can have them hardwired. I have a Bel detector and I had mine hardwired by Alberts when they installed my stereo system.

[FIL]

the bel xr850 even comes with 2 sets of wires, one coiled and one straight, so you can hardwire one of them in, and use the other with the cigarette lighter plug if you have a couple of cars....

(mine moves between 3 cars... and spends it's life on the end of the cig lighter plug and coiled wire..)

[raasclaat]

just got my uniden 7xxwhatever, just waiting for a multanova now....

$80 US on ebay, brand new and delivered. I think this worked out to about $130 aus?

[ImPrOvIsE]

Ended up with a XR400 and it works really well. Goes of its 'nanas when near a multinova or a cop car with a radar gun.

Yesterday I came round a corner and the detector went crazy. A cop car up ahead and had already pulled someone over ('bout 100m away). What I was impressed with was the fact that when I had passed this cop car and travelled down the road another 250-300 meteres,it was still picking up a stronf signal until I went around the corner.

Also warns you of automatic doors which is a bonus because those things can be lethal!!

Procom do a good deal with this model (although still expensive) and is much less than anyone else (' bout $150 cheaper)

[dan_the_man]

yeah had a nasty incident with those automatic doors once. Bought a Radar Detector and never looked back