Scamera detector
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I'd like to get a GPS camera detector, and am looking for the best on the market, willing to pay for it (within reason) and whilst I will set aside a few hours surfing for answers, I'd appreciate some help from PH'ers.
Rather than posting the name of the unit you have, what would you buy if you had £500 to spend on a brand new model?
I dont know how "new" it is (or how good it is) but I found "the new road angel" and remember hearing the road angel name pop up a few times as being a good device. Would anyone recommend this as being the best choice of GPS detector available? www.radar-detector-shop.co.uk/products/new-road-angel.htm or is there something better which might suit me, if so why etc. Thanks in advance.
Rather than posting the name of the unit you have, what would you buy if you had £500 to spend on a brand new model?
I dont know how "new" it is (or how good it is) but I found "the new road angel" and remember hearing the road angel name pop up a few times as being a good device. Would anyone recommend this as being the best choice of GPS detector available? www.radar-detector-shop.co.uk/products/new-road-angel.htm or is there something better which might suit me, if so why etc. Thanks in advance.
Streetcop said:
Bob,
I've replied to your email mate.
Street
Cheers Gary
re: Jury Service, I've not been asked thank god, but would surely die a thousand deaths if forced to leave my business to attend. The Jury Service thread you posted in got me thinking.
Back to camera detectors. I definitely dont want a jammer, have searched the threads archives on PH, and all that seems to come up is people saying "I have this, I have that" etc... Im not being lazy - gonna spend time researching the various models (there are a lot, it seems!) - just after some feedback from people, if you had £400-£500 to spend on a brand new model, which would it be, and why?
I used the combined nav/camera location/tracker system from www.smartnav.com . The system is execellent.
Have origin b2 in the family cars - you can set to bleep at "overspeed", and they do bleep at scams, schools, congestion charge zones, etc. Also they flash up reminder of speed limit being enforced when they tell you of scam.
The RA (less fiddly to use) bleeps at scams and blackspots.
Both very useful gadgets - and pleasingly accurate in scam detection - provided you do the updates
The RA (less fiddly to use) bleeps at scams and blackspots.
Both very useful gadgets - and pleasingly accurate in scam detection - provided you do the updates
I use a snooper s4, which is good, but i believe the b2 has the edge on it. If you can put up with the noise consider a seperate radar detector.
I just did a run from portsmouth to tamworth and back. Went through several sets of roadworks that were down to 40 and had cameras, all live ones. The cameras had moved with the roadworks since my last update on the snooper (forgot to do an update before leaving, still kicking myself for that) and my V1 cheetah mirror detector came out on top for detecting them.
I borrowed a friend of mine's snooper radar head for my s4 once and i couldnt shut the thing up. According to it the entire a27 from portsmouth to worthing is a k band zone. I definatly wouldnt recommend getting the optional radar head.
The old cheetah is annoying in town but they have since introduced a new version with "city mute" i.e. auto mute when in city mode. Shame i bought mine on ebay instead of paying the extra and getting a new version 3 cheetah
I just did a run from portsmouth to tamworth and back. Went through several sets of roadworks that were down to 40 and had cameras, all live ones. The cameras had moved with the roadworks since my last update on the snooper (forgot to do an update before leaving, still kicking myself for that) and my V1 cheetah mirror detector came out on top for detecting them.
I borrowed a friend of mine's snooper radar head for my s4 once and i couldnt shut the thing up. According to it the entire a27 from portsmouth to worthing is a k band zone. I definatly wouldnt recommend getting the optional radar head.
The old cheetah is annoying in town but they have since introduced a new version with "city mute" i.e. auto mute when in city mode. Shame i bought mine on ebay instead of paying the extra and getting a new version 3 cheetah
Thanks all 
Im definitely keen on getting one of the two (Road angel or B2) but it seems the B2 gives much more interesting info than the RA2... I want to go for it now, but maybe I should wait a day till I've done more reading/got more replies. www.radar-detector-shop.co.uk/products/origin_b2.htm
Anyone have an opinion on which they'd prefer if, RA2 or B2 (not taking price into account, just features) Rob
Im definitely keen on getting one of the two (Road angel or B2) but it seems the B2 gives much more interesting info than the RA2... I want to go for it now, but maybe I should wait a day till I've done more reading/got more replies. www.radar-detector-shop.co.uk/products/origin_b2.htm Anyone have an opinion on which they'd prefer if, RA2 or B2 (not taking price into account, just features) Rob
I pretty much decided on the B2 as being the model with more features, but Id also need a sat nav system, can anyone recommend a combined all in one unit, or is it better to buy the best of each, and have 2 seperate units. Its for a TVR S series car, theres not much dash room, admitedly...
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