I went with the Cheetah C100 dash mount and I am pretty happy with it. Works great as a speedometer (mine is broken) and sits right on my steering column. I leave it mounted permanently (with velcro) and just cover it up with a piece of black cloth when I'm out of the truck. I don't have red light cameras in my area, so I haven't gotten an alert yet. But early next year I'll be driving through Albuquerque and they have them there. Updates have been excellent and timely and the updates have included fixes for complaints people have voiced. One of them was the 24 hour clock. This didn't really bother me much, but it was switched over to a 12 hour clock. The clock appears when you are going under 9 MPH. Unfortunately, the conversion wasn't 100% successful. At noon and midnight the clock reads 0.00. So it goes into 24 hour mode at those times. Cheetah reps have promised that the next update will fix that.
The other problem is even less important...the Cheetah emblem on top of the C100 is peeling off. Evidently Cheetah used some really crappy glue to hold it on, and heat is having a negative effect on it. No big deal. I'll just use auto trim cement when it finally peels off.
The C100 becomes even more effective when you hook a radar detector into it. You can adjust it so that it disables any alerts at whatever speed you choose. So if you are in town and there are tons of door openers or alarm systems, and you are driving at or under the speed setting you put on the C100, you don't get the detections that everyone gripes about. So all those "lockout detectors" are unnecessary with a C100. Makes even the V1 bearable around town.
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