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Silver Member Username: D_singhPost Number: 120 Registered: Sep-05 | If you have an Escort 8500, do not, I repeat, DO NOT purchase this detector. Sure, it's wireless. Sure, it runs on batteries. Sure, the display is off until a warning sounds. But the damn thing eats up batteries like fat kid on twinkies. I ran through 2 sets of decent Duracell AA's in TWO days!! Even after powering it off manually after each trip! What a joke! Stick with a wired detector. The S2 has a plug-in jack on the side, and if you really want the S2, wire it up. Also, there's no difference when it comes to sensitivity between the S2 and the 8500. Two other gripes: 1. During the day time the LCD display gets somewhat hard to read. Night-time reading is very good, however. 2. Unlike the 8500, the display faces directly forward and not angled toward the driver. It seems a little nit-picky, but it's a nice feature that I like on the 8500. I ended up returning the S2 and wasting $50 on a restocking fee, so to save all of you $50, I'm telling all of you now, the 8500 is your best bet. |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3312 Registered: Apr-05 | The S2 and 8500 are completely different units. And I beg to differ. The S2 is an EXCELLENT unit. Yes, the batteries are annoying, but you CAN wire it to the car permanently, and you know it, so why whine about it? It's an excellent detector-beats the heck out of the Valentine any pretty much anything else. The display is somewhat hard to read? That's a gripe? Okaay...and it's not angled? I prefer that, actually. I'm telling everyone now that the S2 is the better unit. |
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Gold Member Username: Touche6784USA Post Number: 1047 Registered: Nov-04 | S2 is crap compared to 8500 and BEL RX65. takea look here and see for yourself why they are better. http://www.radarbusters.com/support/product-tests/2.asp |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3334 Registered: Apr-05 | That comes nothing close to what would be considered 'crap' it still did very well. lol And who's to trust 'Radar Roy' a retired cop and 'certified traffic radar instructor' (of which is never mentioned anywhere in the site but the title-this suggests false information). The website is for selling radars rather than testing them. In addition, his information is biased because all testing was done on a straight five mile road. How many of those are around? And how do we know how many times he tested the detectors? It might have been so hot, he only tested the detectors one or two times-you just don't know. We also have no idea what his results mean. 3.5 out of five...what? miles? seconds? And how did he base his 1-10 scales?
That's it? He trained people to use radar equipment? I could teach people how to use a keyboard and I would be a computer expert by those standards.
Wow, I keep seeing that. He's trying to sell radars, not test them. Why would a cop offer the best radar detector anyway? lol sorry man, I'm just into buying statistics like that. |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3335 Registered: Apr-05 | *just not into lol |
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Gold Member Username: Touche6784USA Post Number: 1060 Registered: Nov-04 | if you go to radardetector.net you will see that his knowledge is valued by all members. you dont have to be too upset that the S2 is not all that. maybe my word choice wasnt the best, but its still not the best for the money. |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3338 Registered: Apr-05 | Yeah, I agree it isn't the best for the money for sure, but it's still a sweet detector. |
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Silver Member Username: D_singhPost Number: 124 Registered: Sep-05 | Yeah, I'll concede to you, Jexx, and say that the S2 is a good detector in what it does. It just doesn't live up to it's marketing agenda what with it being cordless and all. They are different units, but honestly, the 8500 is still a very good detector as well, so the differences in sensitivity between the two are almost insignificant. like I said, if you really want a corded detector, the 8500 is a good bet for the money. |
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Gold Member Username: IlluminatorUSA Post Number: 3479 Registered: Apr-05 | Yeah, I have to admit, I have an S2 myself so I probably should have waited a bit longer before my initial posting lol |