Product Reviews

13th October 2006

jdg_32uk

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"Mobile LASER Vans"

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I wanted to know where those mobile laser vans sit as I have points but no prizes on the old license,I read up on all of these gadgets & the one that stood out was the TR30 Lite www.tds-tr.com so I bought it, it has sav...

10th October 2006

azure elise

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"worked for awhile, then an utter failure."

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I have had two of these. They have spent more time being "repaired" than they have on the dashboard. Origin's customer service is completely useless, they were unable to fix either unit for more than a matter of days. With the advent of so many portable n...

25th September 2006

Akers

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"The Best out there, IMHO"

Had a b2 Solo for a year now, has probably saved from 3 point on several occations, easy to use, has all the right info.

26th August 2006

Rich_W

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"Surely the competitors cant be like this?"

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Got a B2 off the back of the excellent ukspeedtraps.co.uk website. I figured it would do everything I wanted to do with the system. Including a Radar add on promised for last summer and able to connect a "Garage door opener" ;-)

I'll try and ...

13th August 2006

Strangely Brown

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"If you don't want integrated navigation then this is the best."

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It just works!

Have been using one for 3 years now and it I have only ever come across one (newly installed) camera that was not in the database. One quick press of the camera button and voila! it was there next time I went through.
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8th August 2006

dickyf

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"licence saver"

spotted a hand held radar on return journey from le mans this year from over a mile away. hidden in sidings, saved us and car behind from a seriously large fine.

1st June 2006

ands8

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"Origin B******S2"

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I had one of these installed in a BMW Z8 & I wasn't impressed.

1/ It keeps jumping out of its cradle & then takes ages to synch up with the satellites. This happens all the time. You spend all your time trying to keep the thing connected to t...

26th May 2006

PeterMayhew

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"Accurate and Simple"

Gives good warnings for fixed "safety" cameras including SPECS.
Needs to be updated regularly by connecting to Internet.

Can now get warrnings from Satnav Systems like Tom Tom but lots of false alarms and no verbal information normally.

19th November 2005

allaway

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"B2 SOLO Vs Road Angel Classic"

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Just upgraded from RA to B2 Solo. Can't tell you how much better the solo is. Approaching fixed cameras it tells you the type of camera- Start braking earlier if its says truvelo. Also tells you the speed limit for the road as well as the road no. ie A4 ...

18th July 2005

bad company

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"Does The Job But Flawed"

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I have 2 of these units, one on a Jaguar the other on a TVR.

They work very well but there is a problem with them coming off of the cradle. This is a particular problem in the Tiv where I have resorted to using an elastic band to hold the un...

8th July 2005

FatPorker

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"it works!"

easy to use, easy to customise, clear display, easy to update.

24th November 2004

pdr479

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"I think its going to save me my licence and money"

Great bit of kit that does everything it says on the box, my moan is that as others have stated it does pop out of the cradle in my subaru, nothing i cant fix with an elastic band though!!!!

19th November 2004

chillidog

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"Good features but needs to try harder on build quality"

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I had to send the B2 back as the sound didn't work.

It also tended to jump out of the cradle over rough roads, even in my "soft sprung" A6.

After returning the unit, Origin Technologies fixed the sound problem and supplied extra ma...

14th November 2004

fbrs

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"Superb"

Bought mine on ebay, didnt work very well so sent to origin expecting the worst. They replaced it with a brand new unit. Fantastic bit of kit too...

28th October 2004

loose cannon

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"compact and easy to use works well"

easy to update and gives plenty of warning for cammeras

26th October 2004

Phoenix Viper

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"Origin B2 Solo"

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The Best.
I have owned both the B1 and B2 solo and I have to say that the majority of the niggles that I had with the B1 have been addresed by the B2.
At last a company that listens to there customers.
The B2 solo unit is compact and can be...

18th October 2004

Wigs Of Ham

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"There is nothing better on the market"

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Read antera309's review, for a more indepth analysis. I spent a considerable amount of time reading the every unbiased review i could find of all the GPS based detectors on the market, and the Origin B2 stood out as being the best.

As I recall,...

18th July 2004

ramasys

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"Excellent all round features, compact and v effective."

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The Origin B2 unit is one of the best purchases I ever made. I have mine hard-wired to my car. The features are extensive, easy to use and the screen display is sport on. Only downside is that the unit is expensive and doesn't have a radar dectector (yet ...

7th May 2004

antera309

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"Some build quality problems, otherwise second to none"

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I bought the complete B2/LRC100 package 6 months ago, after joing the "9 Points Club". Cost was a significant �740. Fitting was extra, but I decided to forgo that and fit the unit myself, as I wanted to do a nice flush dash install.

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3rd May 2004

helfinger

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"Best Speed detector around"

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i have just up graded from my Road Angel which i have had for 1.5 years and just bought a origin B2. its excellent in every way, so easy an neat to install in my car. I love all the aditional features it has over the others on the market. had such good ad...

9th December 2003

ste weston

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"the dogs doodars"

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i baught my b2 about 2 weeks ago to replace a snooper s6 neo. {utter crap}i have covered about 4000 miles with the b2 unit so far. i had a slight problem with the wireing on the cradle, but one call to the guys at origin and a new one was emeadiatly dispa...

25th November 2003

456mgt

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"Room for improvement, but a vital car accessory all the same"

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Decision to buy this was brought on by the sudden profusion of camera vans in my area. That's in addition to all the fixed sites.

It has a (passive) GPS based system and a laser detector. Both bits work; the fixed camera detector gives some co...

22nd October 2003

safeashouses

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"Feature and performance wise, this is superb"

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Got this on the strength of the Autocar Magazine test. They tested all of these devices together and this Origin b2 won. I can see why as its got loads of features and works without false alarms (like many do).

Its also the only one to have hols...