Radar / GPS Dectectors...?

[dub singh]

Anyone here use any sort of laser detectors? Road Angel, Snooper, Pogo Alert?

Any reviews as to which ones are good? bad? worth buying?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

www.NovusGPS.co.uk - go for the Novus Alpha - about 150 beer tokens, but lifetime free updates.

Don't bother with Radar detectors - unless you want alerting to every petrol station forcourt or automatic shop doors.    Oh, and get caught with one of these in France, and you'll be 1500 euros lighter off - ON THE SPOT, or they take your car off you. 

Laser detectors are utterly pointless - if it warns you, they already have you nicked.

GPS detectors are completely legal too. 

[Tamiyoman]

I used to use Tom Tom one Sat Nav with Speed cam alerts function, used to update it about once per month for latest cams, about £100 i think.

[Frodo-anni]

Im pretty sure either red robin or 182_blue posted in there build threads about something they were using that i liked the look off. Cant remember the name though 

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I think RedRobin uses a Pogo - or something???  Can't for the life remember if that is correct! 

[Frodo-anni]

I think RedRobin uses a Pogo - or something???  Can't for the life remember if that is correct!  

That sounds very famililar. I liked the look of the unit as it was a small square and central dash mounted, also to be used as an accurate gps speedo. My car is at 70 is only doing 64 gps on tom tom

Quick google

http://www.pogo-gps.co.uk/pogoalert.php

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I think RedRobin uses a Pogo - or something???  Can't for the life remember if that is correct!  

That sounds very famililar. I liked the look of the unit as it was a small square and central dash mounted, also to be used as an accurate gps speedo. My car is at 70 is only doing 64 gps on tom tom

Quick google

http://www.pogo-gps.co.uk/pogoalert.php

The Novus Alpha is also a large digit GPS speedo, and displays the current speed limit for the road you are on.  It also has limited data loging, trip computer, journey alert timer, switchable customisable alerts (red light cams, fixed speed cams, SPECS average speed cams, mobile speed cams, 'dangerous bends' - and probably a few more I can't remember).  And it uses a credit-card sized remote control.

I'd looked at a lot of the Snoopers, and others, but this Novus Alpha is a cracking little device - and like I said, free lifetime updates.  Stealth had a good look at mine last year sometime (or was it the year before?  )

[stealthwolf]

Almost two years mate. Around Sept/Oct 2010! 

I think the issue I had with it was keeping it hidden. Can it be detached/reattached easily, without leaving any evidence behind?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Almost two years mate. Around Sept/Oct 2010! 

I've slept since then!      Where was that, BTW, fooked if I can remember what we were doing! 

I think the issue I had with it was keeping it hidden. Can it be detached/reattached easily, without leaving any evidence behind?

Why do you want to hide it?  These things are perfectly legal - I was pulled a while back by a really obnoxious copper, he didn't bat an eyelid when he saw it on my dash.

Anyway, it can be removed easily, just has one jack-plug connection for power, and is easily stashed in the glovebox or underseat drawers.  As for leaving evidence - well you can either use some gripmat (not really ideal on a GTI) or I use self adhesive velcro - which obviously gets left on the dash.  But more often than not, I just leave it on display when parking - by doing that, it is pretty obvious that it isn't some flashy sat nav - and I've never yet <finds wood to touch> had any probs. 

[Trekmeister]

I think RedRobin uses a Pogo - or something???  Can't for the life remember if that is correct! 

That sounds very famililar. I liked the look of the unit as it was a small square and central dash mounted, also to be used as an accurate gps speedo. My car is at 70 is only doing 64 gps on tom tom

Quick google

http://www.pogo-gps.co.uk/pogoalert.php

The Novus Alpha is also a large digit GPS speedo, and displays the current speed limit for the road you are on.  It also has limited data loging, trip computer, journey alert timer, switchable customisable alerts (red light cams, fixed speed cams, SPECS average speed cams, mobile speed cams, 'dangerous bends' - and probably a few more I can't remember).  And it uses a credit-card sized remote control.

I'd looked at a lot of the Snoopers, and others, but this Novus Alpha is a cracking little device - and like I said, free lifetime updates.  Stealth had a good look at mine last year sometime (or was it the year before?  )

Any issues with downloading updates etc?

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[stealthwolf]

That was at a forum meet at Santa Pod when you decided to have a play around woth the clutch bleed nipple and my clutch broke! well it was already broken but there were issues with the pedal. Turned out to be the master cylinder which was replaced under warranty.

By evidence, I mean ensuring there's nothing on display for thieves. Round here, leaving something like that on the dash will mean a smash-and-grab. Even leaving a holder or something to indicate that something sits there might lead to inquisitive hands!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

That was at a forum meet at Santa Pod when you decided to have a play around woth the clutch bleed nipple and my clutch broke!

<gulp>

well it was already broken but there were issues with the pedal.

<phew>
Yess . . . I remember now.  My god, that was a chavvy waste of space at the Pod (can't see the attraction at all!)

I think I turned up in the RS ?????

Turned out to be the master cylinder which was replaced under warranty.

Ahhh . . . that's a relief!  Got a linky on here to a thread?

By evidence, I mean ensuring there's nothing on display for thieves. Round here, leaving something like that on the dash will mean a smash-and-grab. Even leaving a holder or something to indicate that something sits there might lead to inquisitive hands!

Oh, I see - so even suction based sat navs are a no-no?

TBH, I sometimes leave my cars late at night in some dodgy looking areas (when I'm signing up new members for my www.LatvianEscorts.com - no, no, not that again!  ) - and have not had any issues.  On the Golf, it powers off completely from the ignition - but on the RS, it stays live all the time (unless you manually switch it off) - and it then goes into a 'screen saver' mode with a clock display bouncing slowly.

[stealthwolf]

Here's the link: http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17410.0.html

Clutch has been fine since.

Yup got to sit in your RS4 and am still jealous. 

Suction-based would be acceptable but I'd have to clear the screen frequently. A while back, there were a spate of satnav thefts and all involved thieves spotting the tell-tale marks (esp when the windows were fogged) of suction mounts for the GPS units.