I would get the 8500 or 9500i. I’m going to look into the 9500i.
I drove with a V1 to VA (removed it when I hit VA obviously) and it does beep for EVERY stupid thing. I found myself ‘muting’ it (push the button and it cuts the volume by 90%) quite a bit.
The STi is designed for people in VA and DC since it’s undetectable. The V1 is a lot like the iPhone to me when it comes to radars. People are just ‘fans’ because it’s popular with everyone else. It’s not a bad radar, but it’s not the best. If anything, the top 3 are pretty equal. Each offer their own pro’s and con’s and balance each other out.
It beeps for everything because it has the longest range of any detector on the market. The new ones dont false as much. The V1 is the best plug and play detector on the market.