I've had the Blinders for 6 years, they've gone off a total of 3x, don't know if it's worth it, a good radar/laser detector (V1, which I also have) probably would do just as well.
I had 6 jammers on my car, 4 laser blinders, and 2 radar jammers.
They all worked great, here are a few pics.
The passport SRX is a much better deal then the ZR3. It has both radar and Laser protection.
I have a unit that will locate a police car EVEN if the radar or laser unit is not activated. It picks up the signal from the transducer in the trunk of the patrol car. The unit was only made for a couple of years and then outlawed. It has sat in my garage for sometime now because I don't want to use it. I can tell you that it does work though.
Most of my friend's use the Lidatek laser jammer. Hawaii uses Laser exclusively. They all have had it go off and jam a number of times and so far none of them have gotten a ticket.
I read about this device once in R&T. If I remember correctly it works like this:
1. The LEO has a portable radio on his body
2. This radio actually sends and receives signals(talks) to/from his car
3. The car then sends and recieves signal to/from central dispatch. The car also sends a 'heartbeat' signal to central dispatch
Because of 3. the vehicle is pretty much always broadcasting a signal. All you then need is a device which listens for the signal.
The downside was: different states used different hardware which resulted in different frequencies of signals.
All that being said, I could never remember the manufacturer of the device...but now that I found someone who has one, will you devulge what make and model it is?
I just found it in the garage. It is a Beartracker BC-10. It works exactly as you describe except you can set it by state to pick up the signals for which ever state you are in.
Figured I'd wake up this thread and get some update as I just got a ticket - 1st one in 1-1/2 years but I am still unhappy and have driven without even a detector for years now so I think it's time to get a detector (V1) and a laser jammer.
Anyone using the new blinder m47x?
Any other brands?