Scamera detectors

[meeja]

Chatting to a mate of mine last night, who does some serious mileage with his work...... He is thinking of treating himself to a Christmas Present of one of these laser detector things (Road Angel etc)

Any recommendations?

[cptsideways]

No point buying a detector, if you detect something it's already too late. They have a 0.03 second nab time.

Buy a Blinder, LRC100, K40, or other properly tested Jammer system. Don't go buying the crappy Rocky Mountain Radar systems you see advertised on Ebay & elsewhere.

I think you'll find www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk helpfull.

[meeja]

I ones he was talking about use GPS as well to advise up upcoming "accident blackspots"?

[forever_driving]

Road Angel is extremley effective against everything out there apart from those little white vans.

Road Angel + Laser Jammer = almsot bullet proof license

[Davel]

Agree entirely.

Bought b2 which just confirmed that the laser had me - too late to do anything about it.

[Mr E]

Have an Origin B2, and after some teething troubles it's working very well now.

Has an input for a laser blinder which is bloody expensive.....

[sidekick]

Always seem to be a few LRC100's for sale on ebay at around £280ish

[woof]

Hi

Road Angel (use the laser alert on the rear windscreen).

Blinder M20 Extreme (new model)

And the Bell 996

That's a good as it get's - though you could go for a rear facing blinder as well !



>> Edited by woof on Friday 19th December 17:34

[ledfoot]

I find my Road Angel very effective.

I delete all the Blackspot warnings though, as they are annoying.

[llamekcuf]

Use roadpilot. Always well up to date and accurate, havent had a problem as yet. Would recommend

>> Edited by llamekcuf on Friday 19th December 18:40

[mustdriveslower]

I have used the origon blue-i for a year or so and although it has been great the unit itself has proved to be less than reliable. Origon have been good about it though, which is good! I also run a snooper 815 and it has "saved the bacon" on more than a couple of occassions. The lazer difusser works wonderfully but just let a policeman find it! A friend of mine was recently stopped and although he had a b2 and snooper it was the LRC unit that made the bike cop see red. He actually ripped off the grill mounted unit there and then! We await the outcome (only stopped this week).

[NugentS]

woof said:

Hi Road Angel (use the laser alert on the rear windscreen). Blinder M20 Extreme (new model) And the Bell 996 That's a good as it get's - though you could go for a rear facing blinder as well ! >> Edited by woof on Friday 19th December 17:34

Sorry - please ignore

>> Edited by NugentS on Friday 19th December 21:33

[NugentS]

mustdriveslower said:

I have used the origon blue-i for a year or so and although it has been great the unit itself has proved to be less than reliable. Origon have been good about it though, which is good! I also run a snooper 815 and it has "saved the bacon" on more than a couple of occassions. The lazer difusser works wonderfully but just let a policeman find it! A friend of mine was recently stopped and although he had a b2 and snooper it was the LRC unit that made the bike cop see red. He actually ripped off the grill mounted unit there and then! We await the outcome (only stopped this week).

On your blue-i did you keep getting a screen failure where the screen (or quarters of it) just go black, and stay black. The unit actually still works you just can't read the screen.

I think I had that three times - it was caused by heat in the unit causing the screen controller to fail. All caused by a slightly dodgy batch of screens (a large batch I believe). Origin changed the unit (or screen) every time - no problems, and even extended the warrenty past the year date.

[wgn]

mustdriveslower said:

it was the LRC unit that made the bike cop see red. He actually ripped off the grill mounted unit there and then! We await the outcome (only stopped this week).

Why did he say he was ripping it off? Is there a problem? They are not illegal? What right does he have to do so?

[buckshee]

mustdriveslower said:

I have used the origon blue-i for a year or so and although it has been great the unit itself has proved to be less than reliable. Origon have been good about it though, which is good! I also run a snooper 815 and it has "saved the bacon" on more than a couple of occassions. The lazer difusser works wonderfully but just let a policeman find it! A friend of mine was recently stopped and although he had a b2 and snooper it was the LRC unit that made the bike cop see red. He actually ripped off the grill mounted unit there and then! We await the outcome (only stopped this week).

That's criminal damage by the plod! Outrageous.
If plod thinks the equipment was illegal, he should make the owner disconnect it, rather than do a hamfisted job himself. Let the plod bring the issue to court and then let's see what the courts have to say on laser scramblers. The Welsh plod wouldn't go to court earlier this summer on this issue.