i have been looking into buying a valentine one so i went onto their website and they say it doesn't work well wih tint. i have 20 percent tint and am afraid to spend 400 and not have it work well because of my tint. i always hear stories of people avoiding tickets because of it but has anyone gotten a ticket with a valentine one? also does it work well when it is clipped onto the visor?

 

tint will impead laser for sure and radar effectiveness will be affected too.

 

i've heard nothing but great stuff about valentine one radar detectors. I don't think tint affects the performance of the detector in any way. My friend has one with a full limo tint, and works just as good as anyone else's valentine one. I could be wrong, but it should work. Catch is that it is one hell of a costly little shit.

 

ya my friend has one also. badass little bugger. hopefully i will be buyin his.

 

my friend just got one too .. i have the K40 . it works great .. and i also have tints . and i dont seem to see a problem . i mean most of the time it detects the cop when the cops infront of u so .. unless u got the windshield tinted it should me ok

 

cool but does anyone use the visor clip or does everyone put it on their windshield?

 

I mount it to the windshield. Again, tint does have an affect on the performance and the tint at the top of the windshield will reduce it's performance. I mount mine right below the review mirror in the center of the windshield so that the rear antenna has a clear view between the front seats and out the back.

Others state differently, so to each their own, but fact is any tint on the glass you point a radar detector through affects the detector's range. This is mainly an issue on units that feature rear and side detection like the V1. Metallicized tints are worse than dyed tints.

Same with Sat. Radios...tinted windows and you'll need to use an external attenna as tint hurts the reception there too.

 

windshield

 

I have TWO V-1s!

To explain, when they last updated the V-1 detectors I decided to buy the new one and keep the old one for my wife's car and my hobby car. (They offer "upgrades" from time to time.) No, I have never gotten a ticket while using a Valentine-1. The V-1 + luck. Don't underestimate luck.

I need to point out that on LIDAR (laser) there is nothing much that can save you, even the detector, just pull over as soon as the detector goes off. Fortunately, they don't use LIDAR awfully much in my state. They DO use VASCAR which is impossible to detect, that I counter that by driving an innocuous-looking car in an innocuous color. They'll ALWAYS go after the purple Civic with the Audi HID headlights and the bumblebee muffler.

I use a Valentine "remote display" and have my main unit located in the pocket of a black fabric "visor organizer' with a hole cut in the front for the laser detector. (It's about $5, from Target Stores.)(You NEVER get clocked with laser from behind.) The front and rear radar antennas aren't affected by the thin fabric of the visor organizer. Then I ran the cable down the "A" pillar, under the glovebox and into the console, where I have the remote display tucked. It's virtually invisible from outside of the car, and mostly invisible even inside the car. (To give credit where credit is due, this idea came from the BMW board.)

I don't know why a non-metallic tint would affect RADAR reception. (Metallic tint would definitely affect radar.) With LIDAR you're usually cooked anyway so it doesn't matter. Much. Why not call Valentine and ask? Sometimes Mike Valentine even answers the phone!

 

Don't say that in Central Ohio. Cops make it a practice to wait on the entrance ramps and nail you from behind with chase cars up ahead. Sometimes they will be on the bridge above clocking traffic from behind. Works both ways as they can nail drivers going in either direction. Some get hit from the front, some from the back.