Which is better,sun visor or windsheld mount

[etap]

I am going on trip,so which would be the very best location.Not too concern about laser.THX ALOT

[speed demon]

the best as Mike Valentine said, high on the windshield...

[RadarReviews_Net]

Originally Posted by etap

I am going on trip,so which would be the very best location.Not too concern about laser.THX ALOT

on the visor mount....do you have a tint shade running on the top of your windshield?? The radar view in front of it should be the un-tinted window on your vehicle. Also with a visor mount you are mounting it more or less more to one side if you know what I mean....

If you mount it on the windshield up high (if not worried about laser) mount it close to your rear view mirror centered on your windshield...gives both sides a more equal chance and also have a good plain view to the back windshield for rear radar as well so your rear sensor can see out the back window as well

[Nighthawk243]

Windshield mount definately. Visor mount prevents you from using the visor in bad sunlight.

['09 Milan]

Originally Posted by etap

I am going on trip,so which would be the very best location.

This is car dependent as some cars have added lead higher up in the windshield. Generally speaking though standard radar works best mounted higher up. Ours is mounted directly under the mirror. Also in some states it is illegal to mount on the windshield/dash. New York has one such law and I believe Ohio has a similar law to this effect. This is because you cannot obstruct view of the road. Windshield mounted units have a higher theft rate too. Lots of people lose their GPS units this way. The thieves look for the dirty 'rings' that the suction cups leave behind, and they know that you most likely have a prize waiting for them in your glovebox

[CJR238]

Windshield mounting is always best.

[alpinestars_2002795]

It all depends on your needs and equipment in your arsenal.


If you have lidar jammers i suggest mounting as high as possible. Visor clip if possible to MAX out your Radar Performence, although if your like me and just want to still receive every alert possible Midwindsheild is the place for you, as there you have the best of both worlds, and will pick up 85 percent of lidar shots and even 30 percent of the time on a high end unit scatter.


Now after personal testing i somewhat disagree with some other peoples findings on radar reception and mounting high high as in the Visor clip to some extent, I have seen miniscual gains in reception on Ka band. I am led to beleive this is do to the Narrowness of the "NEW" Ka band radars on the market today. It seems that when i mount midwindsheild I do get more range on Ka band Although on X and K band's mounting Higher increases range as the beam Divergences are alot wider than these newer 35.5 ghz ka radars.

I think part of this problem is due to maybe officer's improperly mounting radar antenna's towards the ground which I have now witnessed more than once. Next time you see your local Leo's check this out, and tell me your results.

My results have been.

Midwindsheild Advanced Laser Scatter warnings/ More warning time on Ka bands.

Visor Clip, typicaly gives better range on X, and K band Radar.

I have also found some, "NEWER" Cars such as the chevy colorado's have glass that is serated in nature i layers, which make it so that Laser/Lidar reception is Drastically Reduced to 1 percent, or Completely eliminated.
So be forewarned.

Fighting the good fight.





AlPiNe~