V1 rocks, saved me $$$$ I cant even explain how many times its saved me. BMW 7 series windshields and the Benz and other tinted/factory coated glass the V1 doent work with.

 

OK, coming from a 23 year old, I would say this, you either don't know what you are doing, or you don't know what you are talking about. I have installed of 100 of them and at least 70 of the calibres, I have had 1 that was "iffy" and I replaced it at the time of installation. So surely I will hoist the BS flag on you. Maybe my experience is just that, more of it! Plus I have seen 100 installed K-40's by punk shops that "think" they know what they are doing... not 1 would I state my reputation on.

I have yet to hear a complaint from one of my clients that i installed it on, stating that their K-40 sucks doesn't work, or that the V1 is better... get real!

Also i want to state that I further call BS, because if you knew about K-40 the only difference in highway/city mode is not the strength but the filtering of X band Radar.... yawn....

 

oh for the record I will state C... neither you have a clue about

 

interesting.

 

seems like v1 is the vote: anyone recommend a place to get one? thx!

 

they only sell direct from their website.

 

Im running a Valntine as well as a Passport...Both are about the same I feel

 

As a person who is a radar detector and laser jammer tester I can tell you for a fact that the K40 defuser DOES NOT work...The technology this jammer uses is ancient and only works with 1st generation Lidar guns we are currently on 3rd generation guns. 1st gen. laser guns can be jammed by headlight highbeams but 1st gen guns aren't in use any more.

This video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fwJCRDk2Ik shows a K40 defuser not working....There use to be a video of a gallardo with two K40 defusers up front and they didn't work at all....

K40 finally is updating their laser jammer and recently sent a pre-production unit to SML or Speed Measurement Labs for testing. It did so much better than the old defuser but it was no where near the newer top level jammers like the Laser Pro Park(LPP) or Laser Interceptor(LI). There are plenty of videos on youtube of laser jammers like the Escort ZR3, Blinder Xtreme, and LPP.

As for the K40 Radar Detector's they have a great package of concealed units but the detection ability is nothing compared to detectors like the Escort SR7/SRX, 8500 X50, BEL STi, BEL RX65, and Valentine 1. The most recent test i saw of the K40 Calibre it had the performance eqaul to a $100 Cobra ...

I am personally a big V1 fan but I have used all the top level Escorts and BELs...I just fell in love with the Valentine one features

This is a video I filmed of a V1 save I had!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy2oAbVxgzw

I also use a CB radio and here is a video of it's effectiveness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2T1nK02S8E

Here is a video where I demo/explain instant tickets and show you a demo of my Blinder M20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoCO_TrSz1g

 

LMAO Please show me this test that K40 performs like a $100 Cobra. Please produce it also for all of us to read, and also make sure that it is from SML, since you referenced them as to your test that you just seen...

 

I don't have the results in front of me because it had to be taken off line as to prevent a law suit from K40 for slandering an independent testing group who came after them with a full legal team.

I have driven with people with K40's in car cruises and I have always braked first by a long shot. When I talked to the driver he said K40 would at least pay for his ticket's...Funny how this guy wouldn't get off my *** to the next 3 stops on the cruise...Didn't trust his K40?

I have tested a K40 Laser Defsuer front and rear on a Audi Allroad and it would jam my Laser Atlanta SpeedLaser II even when i aimed directly at jammer head

Here is a product review of the K40 defuser and some other jammers http://radartest.com/article.asp?articleID=8502

Here is the link to the new improved K40 defuser http://k40.com/images/pdf/reviews/20...EF_EX_Test.pdf
Why are they changing their Laser defuser if the first one still worked?
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EDIT: Spending so much on your K40 is a great reason why you will die to justifying it. That is a huge thing people do when they spend the money for that unit. Honestly if you like the K40 radar detector good for you but being someone who constantly test laser jammers and radar detectors I have never had a good experience with K40s...Also the set-up of the K40 radar reciever is extremely dated in the technology. this is coming from a guy that has been heavily involved in the radar detector/laser jammer industry for about 4 years now.

 

i am no scientist and have done no scientific testing, BUT, when i had my 997 it came with a k40 already installed. i routinely compared it to my v1 and the difference was night and day. even the GF would comment multiple times on how much earlier the v1 would alert. just my two pennies and like i said, i have no scientific way of proving this, just providing my opinion...



now what interests me is the new test results from above saying that the BEL STi Driver is the best...

 

Oh come on, how come it is every time that i hear about these test you get some BS story about how I don't have it in front of me, or i was threatened by K-40. Here is the deal, once you buy a product, you own it and can do whatever you want with it, it is yours, the manufacturer can say nothing but just complain... So don't tell me the lawyers were chasing you around either that is BS. Now when you go have some moron that has a stake in selling radar detectors and advertises that the only radar detector he can't sell is useless and does a BS test... sure you are going to get sued, especially when a qualified independent lab does the test and they rate it high.

And please don't even go there where the V1's going off way ahead of the K-40, I owned a V1, it goes off at everything... how the hell can you drive inter city or suburb with the thing going off every minute and 99% of the warnings are just BS.

the other thing is your test on the laser defuser, where is your independent test of the ex2, the new one? ohthat is right SML already did the test... can't talk shiet about it can you.

 

Being a tester in the industry I know not to trust SML in their results I was even told not to trust them when I suggested them by a Laser Jammer Company chairman who said they lied about the results of one of his jammers saying it jammed a certain laser gun he didn't even own. Sure enough when he bought this gun that SML told him his jammer would jam, it didn't and he had to put in some work to crack the gun.

I will never believe the results of a pre-production jammer test. Why you ask? Every Prototype/pre-production jammer I have seen and tested the prototype's performance is so much better than when I test the Retail. This happened with the Anti-Laser prototype which tested as the best jammer around by a long shot but when I tested the retail version it was much worse in comparison. This also happen at SML retail Blinder M45 versus the Guys Of Lidar tested prototype Blinder M45. I had 2 personal friends who were invited to the SML and helped out with the testing by installing the jammers and driving the cars as well as some informal testing said the retail Blinder M45 was a pos and didn't compare to the prototype.

Honestly i don't really care if you believe me or not cause I am not out to make a profit just help guide consumers to make the best possible choice. I am gald you like your K40 for the price you paid for it I hope it works for you but unfortunately I need a bit more detection range which the V1 gives me. The story isn't BS call up K40 and ask about their Calibre having the same performance of a cheap cobra in August of 2003...See if they have a story to give you cause they do

 

and welcome to 2008... I love how SML is now the dirty bastard... come on...when is it going to stop? Seriously! i think i have heard about 10,000 different opinions, though when it comes to protection out of the 100 customers i have dealt with (almost 100) I have yet to hear anything derogatory from them. and let me guess, these Porsche and Benz owners don't know how to make it to the forums.

And 4 years doesn't make you the most knowledgeable person in the industry or even an authority that you think you are, i have been trying to master my profession for over 10 years and can run rings around so called professionals, but I am no authority. I will be here to counter any BS I see, so don't take offense when I hoist the flag over a test from 4 years ago... this is the era of info NOW! not 4 years ago!

i am just amazed... just amazed

 

The K40 is a piece of crap like I have told your dumb *** in the past. Please take a video of a current K40 jamming any lidar gun and post it up to get everybody to shut up. I wonder why this $2000 K40 has no independent videos of it in action. Hmmmm, because it is a piece of crap just like every word coming out of your mouth.

YOUR VIDEO OR SHUT IT!!