Just was curious to see if anyone else has an STi-r yet and what their experience is.
After another week of comparing it to my regular Sti it seems the off axis and over the hill detection is better with the remote - both with K and Ka band. In those situations the remote alerts first. When the radar is more direct or straight on, the remote alerts first most of the time but the Sti is not usually far behind and sometimes they alert at the same time. I have had 4 or so other encounters where both detectors would alert to a K false and then the remote would pick up a Ka hit 4-5 seconds before the STi would. Going past a grocery store and then by a police station, with the cars parked about 75 degrees to the road.
Laser might also be a bit better on the remote as it falses as I go by the airport, same spot every day - but this is simply a guess. I would also suspect that the mounting location provides better chances for a direct hit detection but might or might not be well suited for picking up scatter. I suppose if you went with the theory that the laser scatter from under the car being targeted could be easier to detect from a lower vantage point, then the location could be better for scatter detection. I am not sure, but not concerned either, with the parking aids assisting with this task.
I have tried turning Ka superwide on and off, but without a stable Ka band source to test it against it is not possible at all to tell the difference.
I am thinking of buying a stalker gun from the auction if the price is decent.
Anyone else have good experiences so far with the STi-R? |