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| BEL Vector 955 High Performance Radar Detector | 
 enlarge | Brand: Beltronics
Category: CE
List Price: $200.00
Buy New: $149.00
You Save: $51.00 (26%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 1830
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 10 x 10
MPN: V-955
Model: V-955
UPC: 065789259551
EAN: 0065789259551
ASIN: B0009SCMKY
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Honest review of BEL Vector 955 February 28, 2008
I have used the BEL Vector 955 detector everyday now for 1 month. It has successfully detected active police radar well in advance from both front and behind my vehicle.
I found the detector to be extremely user friendly. It does pick up a good amount of false alerts, however; after you grow accustomed to the sound of the alert during a false alert compared to actual police radar you will be able to tell the difference.
The detector picks up police radar well in advance to give you plenty of time to SLOW down. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a very good police radar under $200. Are there better detectors out there???? Absolutely. However; do you really want to pay over $200 for a detector that may or may not work better than the BEL Vector 955?
nice detector February 8, 2008
The Bel Vector 955 has been rated the best radar detector under $200 by several sources. So far I have found its performance excellent. If you order one of these you will not be disappointed. One warning though, the detector you receive in the mail will not look like the model in the photo on Amazon, instead it is the model shown on Beltronic's own website, just so you know exactly what you are getting.
Not bad January 28, 2008
Well It has gone off a few times right before police cars, and I very rarely get false alerts. Its just I don't think it does too well on LIDAR.
Very satisfied January 14, 2008
I am very pleased with this radar detector. It was a gift for my husband and he loves it! Delivered very quickly and it was easy to set up and use.
Seems like a good radar detector January 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this radar detector because in independent testing at www.radartest.com, they said that they found the Bel Vector 985 to be the best model under $200 that they've ever tested (Bel Vector says that the 955 and 985 models are the exact same product with the only difference being a plate on it, one's a radio shack model). So that's why I originally bought it. I know that amazon.com ratings may not be as good as expert ratings because experts usually compare many models together and so they know how they compare, while customer ratings usually compare a product to what they think the ideal product should be like. Customer ratings are also usually biased towards those who either had really bad or really good experiences, since most people who buy don't fill these reviews out.
I gave it a four star rating because I believe that it's more sensitive and has less false alerts than a lot of other radar detectors that I've seen while being a passenger in other peoples' cars. It still has false alerts and can be annoying when in the parking lots of certain motion detecting stores, but seems to be better than others I've seen in friends' cars. It seems to be sensitive towards real alerts. I have used it to avoid some radar ambushes by police officers. But then there's always room for improvement and a $500 radar detector is going to be a lot better.
Keep in mind that radar detectors aren't meant to be foolproof. They're meant to alert you to police officers radaring vehicles ahead of you. Police usually leave their radar off until they're ready to target someone, so if you're the only one on the road for miles I'd be careful. Radar detectors are only a tool that helps you lesson your chances of getting a ticket. Tickets are expensive after raised insurance rates and all, so detectors are worth the money. Don't expect more than what they were made for. Situational awareness is important too.
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