Do any of you have a RD that you lusted after at one point...but never did purchase? For me it was the Bel RX65. It's outdated these days, but at one point it was a top notch detector.
The one that got away...radar detector edition
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Congrats on the RX65! Which variant did you pick up? The M4 or S7?
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The pic was just to illustrate the detector that I always wanted but never got. At the time I settled for a Bel Pro 200. I've since sold that unit.
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Mine was the Stinger VIP. It was all the rage when released AND super expensive. I was very intrigued by the patch antennas, Individual LNAs for each band and powerful processors along with the large spectrum display. The price was just beyond (well beyond) what I could justify. In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't take the dive because it never achieved the performance to match it's price tag. In my opinion, there is not many remote detectors that ever have. Although I might have taken the dive on the Bel STi-R had Escort not released the RedLine and later added band seg / rdr. Back in 2009-2012 the STi-R had no peers.
Oh whoops sorry, I misunderstood.
haha you kind of dodged a bullet there. I fired the Stinger up recently and was flabbergasted at how many BSM falses it has compared to modern options.
Stinger, you coulda been a contender!
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For me it was always the Stinger.
I wanted the original Redline, back when most of the video saves seemed to be focused on it. There were some really long detections. I'm glad now I didn't get it, because it was about the time it started to lose its appeal due to BSMs becoming so bad. I ended up getting the detector that, at the time, was its closest competitor...the Radenso Pro SE. I still have it and it's still a great detector, though I run my R7 most of the time now. But, hey, it's a great backup.
Hard to say on this.... The only top unit that I never had my hands on, the Stinger for remote. I had the RX65, and lost it to a GF, but I had the Bel970LR that killed it on Ka and even my V1 before the BSM chaos. Digging up an old unit, what be that one.
My first detector was the original one made by Escort back in 1984. Soon after I bought it they came out with the Passport. I really wanted that one (especially due to its much smaller size) but couldn't afford it. By the time I was ready to get a new detector the Escort DSP came out. I was glad to have gotten that over the Passport but for me, the Passport is the one that got away.
I bought a Bel Vector 945 (S7 horn) brand new in the box, but never used it. I still have it.
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