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BTST Radar / Laser Detector
This simple unit priced at £150 is hard to
beat for value. I have been using it now for 5 weeks and its worked
very well. In the box is the BTST unit, Power Cable, Windscreen Mount and Instructions. Its simple to set up, fix it to the screen power it up and away you go. The technical spec of the unit is as follows.
5 Band Radar Detection & Laser Detection In use the warnings are clear but can be missed if you are in a noisy environment because the limited volume, the display is basic but to the point giving you details of what band its detecting and its signal strength. So what tests did we do?The most important one is the Gatso
Test. We have a section of road that we use for all Gatso tests,
it has one of the lowest radar scatter fields making it more of
a challenge to Radar Detectors it also allows us to do the national
speed limit if we want to. All the Radar detectors are tested
in the same vehicles and in the same position on the windscreen.
The BTST was subjected to three passes using a stopwatch to time
the unit from the first beep to the point of passing the Gatso
to establish an average warning time . Speed was 60mph. Please
note warning times can vary subject to conditions.
Times for the Gatso Test. Roadside FIP
Times for the Gatso Test. M25 Gantry Gatso.Important Note: The Gatso
Used was a solo Gantry Gatso on the M25 Motorway. Speed was
80mph
Laser Gun Test. The Laser gun was used in two ways, the first test was directly at the car with the detector in it, although the detector worked and was instant on alarm, if the officer used the first reading you were in trouble. However they often take a few readings so you may have a chance to slow. The second test was to have two cars in front and the operator target the first car and see if there was enough scatter for the third car to get an alarm, it was not a problem for the BTST we had an alarm in all three runs. In our opinion you could get a warning or you could get nicked when it come to the Laser alert mode. False Alarm Test. False alarms exist on this unit but are quite low. You still get the problems of automatic door openers and some mobile phone masts but then every other radar detector has the same problem
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Review April 2005