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Price Paid:
$85.00
from INTERNET Year / Model Reviewed:
K40 RD850 Summary:
I BOUGHT THIS K40 OFF THE INTERNET. YOU CAN GO PAY RETAIL AT A RETAIL STORE IF YOU WANT TO, BUT YOU WILL NEVER FIND ME PAYING RETAIL UNLESS THEY DO NOT SELL IT ONLINE.
BEFORE I BOUGHT MY K40 RD850, I OF COURSE DID MY INTERNET RESEARCH ON DETECTORS TO FIND THE BEST DEAL(QUALITY/PRICE) MY LOCAL MOBILE ONE AUDIO STORE(SOUND SHOP) SELLS THESE AND NORMALLY THEY DON'T SELL CRAP. SO I STARTED RESEARCHING THESE K40'S. BEING THAT I FOUND K40 HAS A GOOD NAME IN THE RADAR/LASER DETECTOR MARKET, I WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT ONE. I LOOKED AND LOOKED AND LOOKED FOR THE BEST DEAL I COULD FIND ON THE INTERNET.
HERE'S ONE LITTLE EXPERIENCE TO SHARE:
THE FIANCE AND I WENT VISIT MY MOM.SHE LIVES IN A NEW SUBDIVISION THEY JUST BUILT IN THE MIDDLE ON NO WHERE.WELL WE DECIDED TO TAKE A RIDE TO THE LOCAL STORE. I HAD JUST ASKED HEAR IF COPS PATROL THIS STREET WE WERE ON. SHE SAID SHE ONLY SEEN ONCE OR TWICE. NO BULL SH&*, ABOUT A MINUTE LATER, THE K40 GOT A LITTLE WEAK HIT THEN CUT OFF. I TOLD MY MOM THAT WEIRD, MAYBE IT PICKED UP A SIGNAL FROM SOMEWHERE. WELL WE KEPT DRIVING AND IT DID IT AGAIN. WITH THIS SECOND HIT, I AM NOW SCANNING THE AREA AHEAD AND BEHIND FOR A COP. AHEAD WAS 2 COPS STANDING BESIDES ONE'S COP BIKE RADARING PEOPLE AND PULLING THEM OVER. NEEDLESS TO SAY I ADJUSTED MY SPEED AND DROVE STAIGHT PASS THEM. LOL - THEY WERE MAD AT ME - THEY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK MY WAY. WHICH I GOT A TICKLING KICK OUT OF.
I AM SO HAPPY WITH MY K40 AND BELIEVE IN IT SO MUCH, THAT I FOULD MY MOM A USED ONE FOR A TOTAL OF $46.00. ACTUALLY I BOUGHT THE DETECTOR FOR $26.00, $10.00 S/H, AND HAD TO ORDER A WINDSHIELD MOUNTING BRACKET. I FOUND A HIGH-SCHOOL FRIEND THAT WORKED AT A SHOP THAT DEALS WITH K40'S. HE HAD A DOA K40 IN THE BACK SO HE YANKED OUT THE WINDSHIELD BRACKET OUT THE BOX AND SOLD IT TO ME FOR $10.00.
$46.00 FOR EVERYTHING - NOT A BAD DEAL IF YOU ASK ME!!! Strengths:
HAVEN'T HAD ANY LASER HITS BY A STATE COP YET, BUT I HAVE RADAR ALARMS ALL THE TIME DRIVING. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE THE COP IS, THE K40 WILL DETECT HIM IF HES RADAR GUN IS POWERED UP/ON. THIS DETECTOR STAIGHT UP DOES WHAT ITS SUPPOSE TO DO. NO TICKETS YET WITH MY K40 OF ABOUT 6 MONTHS. Weaknesses:
PEOPLE SAY THIS DETECTOR HAS LOW FALSING??? WHEN I AM IN THE CITY, I HAVE TO SOMETIMES UNPLUG THE DETECTOR SO IT WILL SHUT UP, ESPECIALLY IN A COMMERCIAL/GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT WITH THE ELECTRONIC DOOR. BUT THIS IS ALWAYS TO BE EXPECTED. GOES TO SHOW YOU THE DETECTOR IS DOING ITS JOB. OTHER THAN THESE FALSE ALARMS, I LOVE THIS DETECTOR. Similar Products Used:
I WAS USING A UNIDEN BEFORE THIS K40? IS THE UNIDEN A CHEAP DETECTOR? I DON'T KNOW. IT DID GO OFF WHEN A COP WAS NEAR? SO MAYBE MAYBE NOT. MAYBE I SHOULD PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE AND TEST THEM, HUH? I THINK I WILL!
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