Which Radar detector?

[S Warren]

With so many speed camera’s and traps around these days I’m thinking about getting a radar detector and would appreciate any advice.

I’m considering the Snooper SR-5 or Road Angel. I know the Road Angel is the better model but I think the new attachment looks a little unsightly stuck to the screen and also I’m not sure I can bring myself to spend the £375+ on the thing (I know you get what you pay for etc.) and then pay a subscription. I know it comes with 1 years included anyway but after that is the subscription optional?

Is the SR-5 up to the job? Has it saved any of you?

Anyone got any experience with these models?

Any pics of them installed in the MINI?


Thanks.

S

[Tonyt3]

Quote:

Originally posted by S Warren
With so many speed camera’s and traps around these days I’m thinking about getting a radar detector and would appreciate any advice.

I’m considering the Snooper SR-5 or Road Angel. I know the Road Angel is the better model but I think the new attachment looks a little unsightly stuck to the screen and also I’m not sure I can bring myself to spend the £375+ on the thing (I know you get what you pay for etc.) and then pay a subscription. I know it comes with 1 years included anyway but after that is the subscription optional?

Is the SR-5 up to the job? Has it saved any of you?

Anyone got any experience with these models?

Any pics of them installed in the MINI?


Thanks.

S

In various road tests, the snooper range didn't fair too well.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product...y.php?id=30958

give this a look.

[RVW]

Quote:

Originally posted by S Warren
With so many speed camera’s and traps around these days I’m thinking about getting a radar detector and would appreciate any advice.

I’m considering the Snooper SR-5 or Road Angel. I know the Road Angel is the better model but I think the new attachment looks a little unsightly stuck to the screen and also I’m not sure I can bring myself to spend the £375+ on the thing (I know you get what you pay for etc.) and then pay a subscription. I know it comes with 1 years included anyway but after that is the subscription optional?

Is the SR-5 up to the job? Has it saved any of you?

Anyone got any experience with these models?

Any pics of them installed in the MINI?


Thanks.

S

I have the Road Angel and am more than pleased with it.
I think after the first year if you do not re subscribe the unit just maintains the last details that were downloaded.
Cannot comment on SR-5 no experience of it.
Had a S5 and it was always giving false alarms but then that was not a GPS based system.

[RVW]

[S Warren]

Thanks guys.

RVW, I thought it had to be attached to the dash? Does it work okay from down there? Have you got any additional wiring or anything?

S

[timlowden771]

I have got a Road Angel and I find is superb. It has never missed a camera of anykind, and unlike the radar dedectors it doesn't get any flase alarms. It does have to be mounted on the dash unless you have got an extra arieal which enables you to mount it like RVW's. You can buy this from Road ANgel. But overall I would recommend the Road Angel 100%

[RVW]

Quote:

Originally posted by S Warren
Thanks guys.

RVW, I thought it had to be attached to the dash? Does it work okay from down there? Have you got any additional wiring or anything?

S

As long as you can see it it can go virtually anywhere.
You will however as timlowden771 says have to have a
re-radiating ariel so the main unit can pick up the sats. It costs about £69 from the Road Angel people

[Jason S]

I have a morpheous geodesy (3 yrs old) and an S5R (2 months old).

The Geodesy is great, GPS systems are definitely the first thing to buy, but having said that, the S5R has saved me from 2 mobile "safety" vans, which has stopped me selling it on.

I'd strongly recommend buying a GPS based solution first (and keeping it updated), then a detector second, but it depends on where you drive a lot and what the risk is, fixed cameras or "safety van"

[dietcokeplease]

If you mainly drive in urban situations, I would avoid any radar detector. I have a Valentine 1 and in Central London it bleeps like mad and I can never identify whether a threat is real or false because of the need to concentrate on traffic.

I also have a Road Angel, and in an urban environment, it is far superior. The disadvantage of relying solely on GPS is that whilst there is a laser attachment, it does not provide any protection from mobile radar traps - but then I don't normally speed in urban areas.

The Road Angel has an Accident Blackspot feature which bleeps at just about every junction possible on a primary route - but I've muted this.

I've mounted my Road Angel right next to the A-Pillar and this has never caused GPS problems.

It is suprising using both systems to find just how many Gatsos are duds.

[Shamster]

Another happy RA user here. . I haven't wired up the laser detector bit yet, partly because I'm sceptical about the speed at which it works. Laser radar guns record speed in about 0.66 of a second - so by the time you've received the warning on the RA you will have been nabbed (although this feature will probably be more useful if you are not first in the queue of traffic).

If anyone has any independent reports on whether the laser detector attachment is any good I'd be keen to find out more.

[v8voodoo]

Hi S,

I think it'd be very worthwhile taking a good look over this site:
http://www.speed-trap.co.uk/

Nige.

[ALD0]

Quote:

Originally posted by S Warren
With so many speed camera’s and traps around these days I’m thinking about getting a radar detector and would appreciate any advice.

I’m considering the Snooper SR-5 or Road Angel. I know the Road Angel is the better model but I think the new attachment looks a little unsightly stuck to the screen and also I’m not sure I can bring myself to spend the £375+ on the thing (I know you get what you pay for etc.) and then pay a subscription. I know it comes with 1 years included anyway but after that is the subscription optional?

Is the SR-5 up to the job? Has it saved any of you?

Anyone got any experience with these models?

Any pics of them installed in the MINI?


Thanks.

S

Sorry, but isn't this your site...............

http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk

Copyright Steven J Warren.

[Bad Manners]

I'm very happy with my Road Angel too.

Also see M1 Roadworks - Speed Cameras thread and GPS Radar detectors thread for more comments on different devices.

[LMB]

Will the Road Angel warn you of LiveLink speed traps?

Mo

[Bad Manners]

Should do, LMB, since they'll be at fixed sites, and the Road Angel device works based on your position relative to a speedcam (GPS fix), rather than detecting a radar signal.

Road Angel picks up other non-radar fixed speedcam systems, like the SPECS based one on M20 (on the way to/from the car ferry in Dover) and M1 (all those roadworks).

I'd expect LiveLink speedcams to be added to the Road Angel central online database as they appear, so when you next synchronise your Road Angel on the internet, any new ones should be downloaded to the device.

Indeed, you can add your own speedcam locations to your own Road Angel, and when you sync, these get sent back to the Road Angel company (BlackSpot), so they can go check out a location before they add it to the main database.