Good Evening All.

I am abit stumped when it comes to radar scanners, So far I have been looking at the different types of snoopers and also the Road Angel Series but cannot decide on which to go for.

I have read very good comments about the two.

Basically what im trying to say is what radar scanner do you recommend and why?

 

Many thanks

rob

Good Evening All.

I am abit stumped when it comes to radar scanners, So far I have been looking at the different types of snoopers and also the Road Angel Series but cannot decide on which to go for.

I have read very good comments about the two.

Basically what im trying to say is what radar scanner do you recommend and why?

 

Many thanks

rob

 

Origin B2 are the best on the market! I have it and is brilliant! It has won many awards!

 

http://www.originb2.com/

 

It covers:

approaching safety cameras

mobile/hand-held laser speed cameras

accident blackspots

schools

congestion charging zones

 

Either that or get a Tom Tom GPS system for about £300 for the basic version. For about £20 a year I think from Tom Tom's website you can download the camera locations and it will notify you when you approach a camera!

That way you will get home without getting lost and wont have any unexpected speed tickets ;)

 

Do bare in mind with Origin B2 and Road Angel you must pay subscription charges of £50 a year so Tom Tom GPS is cheaper option! I have both but the camera download wasnt available when I first bought it - damn!

Yep, you r correct, Tom Tom does download at regular intervals the location of speed cameras etc., in addition it also tells you the location of petrol stations on your route and cash points. I've got the 500 and wouldn't go anywhere different without it.

Depends exactly what you want...

 

Navigation?

Fixed camera location by GPS?

Lazer detection?

I think radar's only used by Mini Gatso now and only two police forces use them.

 

Speak to Legrath - I think he's pretty hot on that stuff.

 

I'd go with Road Angel II / Road Angel Plus unless you want navigation as well.

Good Evening All.

I am abit stumped when it comes to radar scanners, So far I have been looking at the different types of snoopers and also the Road Angel Series but cannot decide on which to go for.

I have read very good comments about the two.

Basically what im trying to say is what radar scanner do you recommend and why?

 

Many thanks

rob

I run a snooper and tomtom with the GPS world speed camera database, the tomtom is far more accurate than the snooper, anything seems to set that off from garages to house alarms to kids with laser pointers :headvswal

 

Of the two I'd say get a road angel 2 with laser detector, best person on here to ask is Dave/Legrath :dance:

I run a snooper and tomtom with the GPS world speed camera database, the tomtom is far more accurate than the snooper, anything seems to set that off from garages to house alarms to kids with laser pointers :headvswal

 

I assume your Snooper is the old radar design, which do give off many false alarms as I used to have one. I believe the old radar detectors are now illegal! The GPS camera detectors are legal and are very accurate.

radar detectors are still legal

i have an old cobra radar detector and has saved me a few times from mobile laser sights and police with guns.doesnt detect gatso until to late but you can see warning sighns b4 you get to gatsos in most cases

I assume your Snooper is the old radar design, which do give off many false alarms as I used to have one. I believe the old radar detectors are now illegal! The GPS camera detectors are legal and are very accurate.

 

 

Satnav is fine for fixed cameras but doesn't pick up any radar.

 

i use snooper sr6r (and tomtom sat nav).

 

the laser detecter has saved me several times most recently in France.(since found that they're illegal there!). Got an on the spot fine for 15kph over limit. when laser went off was doing a lot more :x:

 

Would definately recommend it

 

HTH

I use a road angle 2 compact. 80 quid of fleebay Mainly wanted it for realtime speedo but it has served me very well. Great for driving in areas your not used to, picks up every camera with loads of warning and goes all red and flashes, tells you the speed limit through the camera and your currect speed etc. Says if its average or safety Shows the correct time from outer space as well! I always look at the big digital speed readout not the speedo as the converted speedo is well out. It can also be set to do schools, conjestion and even gives alerts in tiff nedell's voice if you dont have it muted like i do.

I also have the laser add on which has gone off about twice when driving past vans etc. It dont half shreek at you when it picks up a laser!

I assume your Snooper is the old radar design, which do give off many false alarms as I used to have one. I believe the old radar detectors are now illegal!

It's probably the old one as it's been in the car for a couple of years!

 

I thought that the outlawing of them wasn't passed yet as they couldn't get the semantics of the bill to fit the overall policy?

Ok guys thanks for the advice. Still unsure as there is quite afew people using both the radars and having good experiences with them.. Il just do abit more serching and drop Legrath a PM ;)

 

Rob

like many things what people have they reckon is best

depends how serious you are about beating EVERYTHING out there?

if so not ONE single unit will cover you against everything

in my car i have the road angel navigator

the micro road pilot and a laser jammer, and i still don't consider myself fireproof, thats where the common sense bit come in

no radar/gps or laser protection will give you enough warning against a hand held zapper, (hence the laser jammer)

hence i said depends how much £££s you want to spend?

no good reading the makers websites, they aint exactly going to tell you

they lack in certain departments, loads of independent reviews out there

like this one

 

http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/ranav.htm

 

btw no radar detector/gps etc is illegal yet

like many things what people have they reckon is best

depends how serious you are about beating EVERYTHING out there?

if so not ONE single unit will cover you against everything

in my car i have the road angel navigator

the micro road pilot and a laser jammer, and i still don't consider myself fireproof, thats where the common sense bit come in

no radar/gps or laser protection will give you enough warning against a hand held zapper, (hence the laser jammer)

hence i said depends how much £££s you want to spend?

no good reading the makers websites, they aint exactly going to tell you

they lack in certain departments, loads of independent reviews out there

like this one

 

http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/ranav.htm

 

btw no radar detector/gps etc is illegal yet

 

But the Jammer is :)

 

Cs

But the Jammer is :)

 

Cs

 

yep, but rather be done for the jammer than the speed they WOULD have clocked me at;)

 

(IF they find it lol)

like many things what people have they reckon is best

depends how serious you are about beating EVERYTHING out there?

if so not ONE single unit will cover you against everything

in my car i have the road angel navigator

the micro road pilot and a laser jammer, and i still don't consider myself fireproof, thats where the common sense bit come in

no radar/gps or laser protection will give you enough warning against a hand held zapper, (hence the laser jammer)

hence i said depends how much £££s you want to spend?

no good reading the makers websites, they aint exactly going to tell you

they lack in certain departments, loads of independent reviews out there

like this one

 

http://www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk/ranav.htm

 

btw no radar detector/gps etc is illegal yet

 

Ok mate some fair points their. Im not after a heavy duty one(if there is such a thing) as there are not many fixed cameras around here, where as there is more mobile camera vehicles hiding behind corners and trees etc, So one that will warn me of mobile vans and the the other common laser guns, gatso cameras etc. Something thats easy to use and no complicated buttons or functions(IE: fancy screens etc). I wana look around spending £100 - £200 ish.

 

Regards

Rob

best to read the link i gave you m8

'cos as i said none of them will properly protect you against handhelds/lasers

apart from picking up scatter, but if they pinpoint YOU from a 1/4 mile by the time your warnings go off to late:(

for a decent one to give you half a chance, your gonna have to be spending OVER £200

 

I THINK people are getting confused when they read MOBILE camera

this 99% of the time means the ones that are set up in temp' road works on the motorway etc, not those in the back of a van/handheld

 

this is the info for those

Laser is not an always on signal, only being generated when the police pull the trigger, but if the cars infront are having their speed checked then this should give you some warning.

 

(but as i said if specifically pinpointing you then chances are your nicked)

New Road Angel from blackspot with the mobile camera detector has saved me from getting at least 12 points.I drove around with nine points for two years and it saved me from getting banned.

But the Jammer is :)

 

Cs

Hi guys,the Radar jammer isnt strictly illegal unless proved to interfere with police equipment which would mean it would of had to activate at the moment of detection but the device is meant and sold as a garage door opening system and as long as you can prove you have a receiver in your garage you should be ok!! :tongue:

I run a micro road pilot with two laser detectors add-ons one buried in the front bumper and one in the rear just above the reg place. The I chose the Micropilot cause it is GPS driven updated on-line in seconds and great for fixed camera's PLUS it don't look your driving with a fookin PSP in the window.

Is it only me or do those TOM TOM's look so naff hanging off the windscreen.

 

Anyways rant over I do a lot of driving >30k per year and one of these is necessary to protect my livelihood.

 

Of course the laser / radar detectors were ahem fitted in japan your honour. They are fully integrated and flash up on the unit which hangs off my steering column and is the size of a 50p piece nice and discrete and you can slide the head unit off and literally put it in your wallet. It has saved my ass enough times for me to know I would never have a car without them. Now just suppose my neighbour was a copper and he was kind enough to let me test the set-up.............It works and works good.

allegedlly etc...........

 

http://www.roadpilot.com

Road Pilot Micro or their Micro Go. Micro is hard wired and discreet and comes with a laser detector - which will be outlawed in the UK soon to match Europe. Both are priced at about £200. If you want to spend less than £100 Inforad have just launched their new V3 - it's a really neat design, comes in a choice of colours and is dead simple to use. It's GPS so it's legal - and it uses Road Pilot's database, which is just about to be upgraded to include registered mobile camera locations.

 

How do I know this - I've done their websites - new Inforad going live tomorrow (fingers crossed).

 

Of note, Inforad charge a lot less per year for access to the database, but because it dosn't use an LCD screen it delivers less info - but hey, at speed, you don't want to be reading info on a small screen.

 

Good luck.

 

Watch out for gpsinforad.co.uk - should be up tomorrow...