Radar Detector Battle: Redline 360c vs Valentine V1 Gen2

[SportyJames]

V1G2 is still my baby, but since this thread I ditched the Blendmount for this. If there’s a sleeker combo I haven’t seen it. View attachment 87274

That's how mine is mounted, directly to W/S. What type of glue did you use?

 

[OnTheReel]

That's how mine is mounted, directly to W/S. What type of glue did you use?

This plastic Velcro type stuff.

 

[SportyJames]

I have tried the velcro before. 3M doulbe sided tape and windshield glue seems to be working.

 

[JBTRXNJ]

I'm hoping for another update soon but like I said, that's unlikely. I love the detector otherwise and worst case, hopefully they give us an option to roll back an update. The new update is pretty good outside of the fact that the K band is almost TOO sensitive now...

Any word on updated firmware? Have been holding off…

 

[Kratos]

I follow the forum below and haven't seen any updates to the latest 1.10 firmware yet. If you buy the redline 360c new it doesn't come with the latest firmware preinstalled. That was my experience at least. As soon as I got it i went into the settings and disabled the firmware update option over wifi and only enabled database updates. I am still running the old firmware and I must say it's been working great and the sensitivity is just right.

Anyone noticing KA Falses with the new 1.10 RL360c Update?

You would not want to switch to another Escort RD right now as all three Blackfin based RD's (RL360c, M360c MK2 and MaxCam) have issues with alerting to Decatur Genesis. Escort has known this for about 4 months and claims they are working on a fix but alot of people are waiting to see what...

www.rdforum.org

 

[JBTRXNJ]

I follow the forum below and haven't seen any updates to the latest 1.10 firmware yet. If you buy the redline 360c new it doesn't come with the latest firmware preinstalled. That was my experience at least. As soon as I got it i went into the settings and disabled the firmware update option over wifi and only enabled database updates. I am still running the old firmware and I must say it's been working great and the sensitivity is just right.

Anyone noticing KA Falses with the new 1.10 RL360c Update?

You would not want to switch to another Escort RD right now as all three Blackfin based RD's (RL360c, M360c MK2 and MaxCam) have issues with alerting to Decatur Genesis. Escort has known this for about 4 months and claims they are working on a fix but alot of people are waiting to see what...

www.rdforum.org

Great tip!!!

 

[saturnfire]

Is there a specific Blendmount that works in Our trucks with the Uniden R8? Cannot tell from their site. Also what wiretap would you guys recommend

 

[Saleen556]

Is there a specific Blendmount that works in Our trucks with the Uniden R8? Cannot tell from their site. Also what wiretap would you guys recommend

Yes it’s truck specific.

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[That Guy]

I originally posted redline360 on this post and I'm here to tell you uniden R7 or R8 is so much better........I have had them all for what it's worth

 

[TC247]

I originally posted redline360 on this post and I'm here to tell you uniden R7 or R8 is so much better........I have had them all for what it's worth

Agreed , R8 works great !

 

[That Guy]

Agreed , R8 works great !

IMO so much easier to see and the I have mine set up for cameras,lazer and Ka band everything else is blocked which stops all the bs

 

[quikag]

I have 5 V1's, including an OG 1994 model (yes, bought one of the first ones in high school) and 1 V2. V2 is very nice, but my other ones work great too. The older ones do false, but I just turned off K band as every department in DFW uses Ka or Laser, so no biggie. I run the V2 in the daily TRX and the other ones in my other vehicles.

I may buy another V2 as I'm having to rotate one V1 as I have 1 more car than V1.

As another poster mentioned, I would have been in jail several times were it not for V1 saving my butt for almost 30 years now.

 

[RobnadoTRX22]

Keep going back and forth on what detector to get. Redline is out of stock everywhere and almost double the price of the Gen2 but what do you all prefer? Wait for the Redline to come back in stock or just get the Valentine?

Also looking for the cleanest set up too. Send pics of your set up if you run these to help give me ideas! Mirror taps, ect.

Thanks!

I have 2 Escort 360C MAX Radars one with M1 that I use in Trackhawk and other in rental cars without DashCam. TRX has Escort Redline with M2 DashCam. All been great.