Speed Camera Detectors

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 11:42

Which brand are generally regarded as offering decent ones? I've had a look at some of the snooper detectors; more specifically the S6, and they seem to be had for quite reasonable brices "brand new" on ebay.

I'm a little confused about the subscription service though, which is used to update the database of fixed camera locations. From what I've read you can pay per month or over a longer fixed period, but is it really necessary to update every month (maybe it is)? Can't you just pay when you want to update the directory, or is this not possible?

Lastly does the S6 model have a cumbersome power lead which plugs into the cigarette lighter or can it run off battery. If possible I prefer not to have power leads running everywhere.

Cheers.

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 12:44

Are you saying that stand alone detectors aren't worth it? In their advertising speil they mostly all claim to pick up pretty much all types of camera.

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 13:33

Oh right, I though the S6 was a combination model as they come with a laser detector as well. Are these any good or would it be better getting a Road Angel or other make. The ones mentioned earlier in the post seem very expensive.

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 13:45

Are the Road Angel models GPS based then?

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 13:52

Sorry for all the questions, but do the Road Angels have good laser detection as well then for mobile cameras which wouldn't be on a database?

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 13:55

[TW]Fox said:
Personally, I use TomTom5 on my PDA with the PocketGPS speed camera database. It's 2 quid a month and I have yet to come across a single camera it hasn't alerted me too in ample time.

Why go for the hassle and expense of a seperate device?

Surely, that's fine for fixed cameras, but not for mobile ones? It would also mean going to the expense of buying a GPS device which I do not have at the moment.

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:01

So in truth then it maybe better (as I was considering a GPS navigational device) getting just the one GPS device which in addition has a subscription based database of speed cameras.

Any reccomendations?

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:09

Ok, so on that basis, what are some reccomendations for GPS devices which you can pay for a subscription service with data of speed cameras?

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:16

Thats what i meant by a GPS device; perhaps I should have said Satnav. I was asking for reccomendations on that.

Perhaps the Tom Tom Go 510?

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:57

Rotty said:
I have a TT Go 510 and do not find it very good for camera detection , I use a Origin B2 as well

apparantly if you use the PocketGPSworld dtabase is better but I think it would still have problems that I wouldn't like ( lack of over speed warning , directional intelligence etc )

Do you subscribe to the Safety Cameras Plus thing?

John_V85 · 11 Jul 2006 at 15:27

I could quite do with the satnav as well, so I think it's going to have to be some sort of compromise.