Right on. I've had a V1 for years and I loved it but those red light cameras suck. No defense for them short of obeying the law. Nothing worse than getting a pic of your dumb face in the mail 2 weeks later with a $70 ticket. Picked up a 9500ix three months ago and have been very happy. I miss the arrows and bogey counter of the V1 but the integrated GPS of the Escort is the way of the future.

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Three alerts at the same location? 9500ix locks them out - no more false alarms. I can also block out X-band radar since it is not used here in Colorado.

 

I think the 9500ci is $1500 WITH installation. The "ci" in 9500ci is for "custom installation".

 

If you know for a fact that X band isn't used then you might as well disable it. If you're unsure, Auto mode will modify the sensitivity based on your speed, and even then it's very unlikely that you'll get a false alert.

 

Good point. 9500xi has no need for a city mode or highway mode. The speed reading off the GPS solves that annoyance.

 

I have 9500ix for 4 months. Work good. Not many false alarm. But I really like arrow feature in V1.

 

v1 is good..but throws too many false signals..

 

I use the V1 on my 911 TT and on my Hayabusa and love the unit. Yes it throws false alarms but I love the arrow feature and to me when I compared it to my x50 there was no comparison.

 

I had a drive for an extended amount of time, including the infamous cop swamp area Redding, CA. When I was driving through, I had both 9500ix, and V1 (from my friend on). In many occasion, the 9500ix reports nothing where as the V1 gives me something to pay more attentions to. In other occassions, neither gives any detection about cops until it was too late. At one point, my eyes spotted the cop faster than the 9500ix had reported. So, I ended up not trust any of them. One thing 9500ix is good at is its ability to report speed traps. But it doesn't tell u the direction of its reporting, cop or other things, unlike the V1. So, I dont have a good experience with either detectors, i feel like neither really protects ur from anything really. Just drive smart by following someone is a much smarter choice