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R33GTRKid

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well it has been 2 weeks since I went to TCG and swapped my Bel Vector 985 for a new Whistler Pro 78 for a free, no questions asked, 7 day trial.

The deal was if I was not happy with the pro78 I could take it back and get my old Bel back no questions asked and if I was happy, there was nothing else to pay other than the Bel I had traded in.

Well I will NOT be going back and have just had it hard wired into my car.

The Whistler consistently gives me much longer warning for multinova's, I have gone past 3 since I have had it installed and it has given me no less than 150 metres and on the last occasion about 270 metres warning over a crest before I could even see the camera. The Bel used to average less than 100 metres and on most occasions I would see the camera well before the Bel went off.

I have also noticed that the Whistler falses less, I mean a LOT less however it seems that sensitivity to genuine radar threats is not reduced.

I have gone through one hand held and it seems that the whistler detected the laser when it was aimed at the car in front of me because I could not even see the cop when it went off the first time, then I could see the cop after the car in front changed lanes and then the whistler went off again.

All in all, this 78 Pro seems to be much better that the Bel Vector 985 (I cannot comment on other Bel's) however I have noticed that I have not had any SWS messages yet which I find a little unusual as with the Bel I nearly always got some warning around the intersection of Beaufort Street and Walcott as well as at Vincent and Oxford, so I am not sure if this works although the instructions leaflet says it definitely does.

Cheers

Simon

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