Hey, Speeders: Valentine One Finally Has a New Radar Detector
The new Valentine One radar detector has longer range, works quicker, and has Bluetooth connectivity.
By [url alt=""=https://www.caranddriver.com/author/223960/connor-hoffman/]Connor HoffmanPublished: Mar 10, 2020
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- Valentine One has released a successor to its classic V1 radar detector.
- Called the V1 Gen2, it has military-grade radar tech to find further away targets, it scans much faster, and it has built-in Bluetooth.
- It costs $499, and customers also have the option to upgrade their original V1 to the latest tech.
Valentine One has been selling the venerated V1 radar detector for almost 30 years, and now the Cincinnati-based company has released a new model, called the Generation 2, with longer range and built-in Bluetooth. They'll even upgrade your old V1 detector to the newest technology. You may say, "But I've got Waze now," and that app is indeed helpful, doing a lot of what radar detectors once did, but not always reliable. A detector is a smart way to back it up.
Valentine OneThe Gen2 is equipped with technology found in military chirp radars that helps find targets that are farther away. New LNA tech helps with longer range, too. It detects weaker signals and also traps local oscillator output, making the Gen2 nearly undetectable. It scans all around your car. There are three arrows on the screen to point out the direction of the fuzz, much like the older version. One's front facing, another shows side to side, and one shows what's coming from behind. But the V2 works quicker.