Great Detector...but questionable duarability

I purchased my 940 bell about two years ago to replace my cheap ($40 wally world special) cobra. The range is good, I have a 1,200 mile round trip drive to get home and the 940 unit has not let me down yet. I have driven over 17,000 miles with this radar and I have yet to receive a ticket! This radar does have a high volume of false alarms but I don't mind that. My only complaint is that within the first month of buying it I had to take it back to the store and have it replaced (free of charge). Take note that I know how to handle a radar detector and I even take it out of my truck on extremely hot/cold days. There was no good reason for it to die and my truck is only a few years old with no electrical problems. But, this said the new 940 unit is still up and running so maybe it was just an isolated incident.

Cuts down significantly on false alerts

From 2003-2009 I used 2 different Cobras. While they served their purpose, they also had an immense amount of false alarms to the point where it was embarrassing to have others in the car as it would go off frequently and annoy my guests. I tried a Beltronics this year as the company has a reputation of excellence and my Beltronics V940 did not disappoint. It gave me clear and early warnings when radar was being used and false alarms were minimal. I just finished a 1750 mile road trip, and this product is partly the reason I received no tickets along the way.

Enough said..

Everyone has said it all, so I'll be brief. I've done my research and simply put, this is the BEST radar detector for under $150! I've had it for about a year now, purchased because of a run in with a friendly suburban police officer, and I can honestly say I have not had the pleasure of their presence since purchasing! =D Seriously. Well worth the money.

Very Pleased

Very pleased with this product. This is the second Beltronics I have purchased and like the first is a good value and I am happy with it. One thing you should be aware of is that it needs it's own power supply from the vehicle. Putting it on a splitter i.e. with another device (GPS, mp3 player, etc.) will cause it to give a service required warning. I learned this from Beltronics customer service department.

Best bang for the buck.

I had used Escort radar detectors exclusively for 15 years and thought they were the best detectors for the price. Earlier this year, however, I used an Escort 8500 X50 for a lengthy driving trip and found it just barely adequate.

I had a 5K mile driving trip to take a few weeks ago so I took a chance on this unit. I'm so glad I did. What a great product! The performance of this unit BLOWS the Escort 8500 X50 out of the water. I mean blows it right out of the water. I got warnings with this unit WAY before I needed them, whereas I got them just in time with the 8500. Perhaps more importantly, I got virtually no false warnings with this unit whereas I got them ALL THE TIME with the Escort unit. The Escort unit had me braking every 3 miles for what turned out to be nothing almost every time. Again when it counted--when it was real police--the Escort only warned me a split second or two before I would have been nabbed.

I am so seriously impressed with the advance warning range of this unit,  more

Great working radar detector at a great price!

This is the 2nd Bel 940 that I have owned in the past 5 years and this is a great radar detector. The last one was sold with the vehicle that I sold, and it still worked perfectly! I've also used Cobra's and I will attest that the Bel is much more sensitive to police radar than the Cobra, but it also filers out false signals much better than the Cobra. I definitely recommend this brand/ model!

First impression

First: the Amazon picture of the V940 is not correct. The unit that I received looks identical to the V955. This is why I'm reviewing so quickly.
Second: I thought that the mounting bracket was so small that a mistake had been made. But the mounting method is very clever, adjustable and easy to perform. It can be mounted in even a sweeping windshield. The suction cups have exceptional grip to them. Well done.
Third: Round trip on the LIE and zero false alarms.
Forth: The instructions recommend using in the highway mode, which I did. Therefore why would any of the more expensive and expansive Bels be necessary.
Fifth: The only negative so far. The top of the unit is gray. Black would have been preferable and less reflective. I found some cross-stitch material at Michael's, traced an outline of the gray area, cut out 5 holes, glued it onto the Bel, and now I have no more complaints.