( 47 reviews )
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Posted: Jul 5 2009
I purchased 2 of the Bel V955's thinking I was getting an upgrade from an older Cobra model I had for several years. Unfortunately, in the Texas heat, these detectors do not work at all. One would not do anything unless I brought it in out of the car and put it into the house to cool off. The other detector would just beep erroneously, even parked in my driveway. Beltronics answer to this was not to put them in the car windshield when it is hot. Duh, I guess in Texas I can only use it 2 months out of the year. A total waste of money.
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Posted: Jun 15 2009
Everything it said it was and then some. Well worth the money. To bad Amazon does not include the hardware kit in with the free shipping promotion.
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Posted: Jun 11 2009
While I'll admit it's not a Valentine or Passport, at $155 (including shipping & handling) this Beltronics V955 is also less than 1/2 the price! Paying a lawyer to fight a speeding ticket last time cost me $250+. Pleading guilty as charged on a typical speeding ticket (with a 3 "license points" penalty) in NC can boost insurance premiums 65% for 3 years! In addition, a North Carolina speeding ticket in excess of 15mph over the speed limit can result in license suspension. Saying "I was moving with the flow of traffic" doesn't seem to help earn a just a "warning". Side note: driving a bright red BMW convertible just screams "pick me...pick me" to police seeing a group of cars all moving along together. Therefore, $155 is "a real bargain" to help increase awareness of driving speed and improve safety on the roads. I owned and used a similar Beltronics detector for 3 years and was not stopped even once for speeding during that time. My previous Beltronics detector (V940) did "get sick & died". However, I still liked it enough to replace it with another.
