# Good Radar Detector

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [July 19, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-radar-detector/245540 "2009-07-19T13:22:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-radar-detector/245540/55 "2009-07-20T11:09:07Z")

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> [@\*\*Official DEER Hunting Thread.\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-deer-hunting-thread/17549/38):
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> I had it mounted properly (mid windshield). I was talking about my tint. **Would my tint have affected my ‘experience’ with the V1 regarding false alarms.** It didn’t seem like my metallic tint hindered it in anyway.
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> The trip was a few months ago, but if I recall, I got a lot of K and X together, and a bunch of Ka alone. I got 2 lasers I believe on the entire trip.

No it shouldn’t, only if the detector is directly behind it.

X is useless, I disabled x-band detection on my 8500. K is probably road signs. Ka were cops probably. Laser could be cops or false.

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