My GF has the Escort 8500 and I have a V1, the V1 is way better any day of the week. I use the V1 not only in my car, but in my work truck too. I drive all over the state of OK on every kinda of road (about 5,000 miles a month). I don't trust the Escort like I do the V1... As a matter of fact my V1 is due for an upgrade but I don't want to send it in because I don't trust the Escort as much. I'm going to have to do it sooner or later.
Don't get me wrong, the Escort is good, so are many other detectors out there (I used to run Walmart Uniden specials and they worked well for being cheap!) but once you have the best its hard to go back. I saved up and splurged one day and got me one, great investment thats helped keep my record clean. Plus upgrades are cheap...
