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Originally Posted by deltactu24  I just bought an Escort 9500i red for $430 with the Smart Cord Direct Wire and I am extremely disappointed by it. I had a X50 red before and it worked great, I relied on it completely and it got the job done until someone smashed my window and stole it out of my glove box. However, it never seemed to pick up New Jersey State Troopers, but around my town, LEO use X, K, and KA bands so I can easily test out its sensitivity. Now, I understand that LEOs don't always keep their radars on, but today I drove around North Jersey and Central Jersey and my 9500i did not go off ONCE. It has failed to detect anything and I have driven past at least 15-16 LEO's today. I went into a town where they ALWAYS keep radar on and they use X band. I got nothing. The GPS is ok when I mark the location but why does it give me the distance away from the Speed Trap after I crossed it? What is the point of that? On Rt. 287 I marked every speed trap and the thing reminds me every 2 seconds. It gets pretty annoying. The TrueLock has done a pretty good job of locking out false alerts. But I hear there are issues it locks out actually police bands. Now, am I doing something wrong with the settings and thats why its not detecting anything? I blew by a state trooper standing outside his car and hitting people with the radar gun. |
congradulations! the 9500I is an awsome RD but takes time to get to know it.
The 9500I is impressively quiet but will give you real good detection range of real threats. Give it some more time, i just drove from CT to Atlantic city and my 9500I only went off in the city and 1 time to a laser save on the way home (yes thats right no falses for 3 hours). I didn't encounter 1 LEO ruining any radar in NJ (i did see them, about 4).
I get anywhere from 1/4mi to 3mi detection range depending if its a fairly striate highway or a windy road. Sensitivity on the 9500I is pretty impressive once you get use to how quiet it is.
The mark location isn't really the best for more traveled routs, its really for those ones you forget about because its on your trip to upstate NY.
If you have not yet you must read my thread below, and read it at least 2-3 times. I have tested and use 3 different 9500I's.