Bel vs. Escort vs. Valentine
Bel vs. Escort vs. ValentineI receive countless e-mails and telephone calls each day asking, "Which is the best radar detector made today, Escort, Beltronics or Valentine"? One point you first need to consider, Escort and Beltronics are now owned and operated by the same company. Therefore many of their detectors have the same level of performance and sensitivity, as the only thing different is the name on the box. The Valentine 1 Radar DetectorThe Valentine does have the advantage of having dual antennas, allowing its directional arrows identify the direction that the radar is coming from. However, other reviewers and I have all agreed, that the filtering on the Valentine 1 is inferior. So much so that Autoweek magazine dubbed the Valentine 1 the "Chicken Little of radar detectors". Escort and Beltronics have a single antenna that is bi-directional. This allows you to receive radar from front and rear, at distances equal to or exceeding that of Valentine. Escort and Bel also have the best filtering on the market today. One of the best independent reviews we have ever seen concerning the comparisons between the Escort, Bel and Valentine radar detectors was performed by Bob (The Veil Guy) and his wife Lisa. It is titled The Ultimate Real-World Radar Detector Review and is posted on his website LaserVeil.com. Bob and Lisa examined the real-world performance of these top three radar detectors during a 2300-mile trip that covered five states, in which they encountered virtually every form of radar/laser speed enforcement currently in use today. Bob’s final conclusion from his comprehensive 25-page review was “If we had to only pick one radar detector to bring with us during this trip, it would had been the Beltronics." |
