Yea its apples or oranges. Totaly the only thing is the beltronics VX series has laser blocker and jammer. I know one of the cops personaly from town and he said cars with lazer jammer are a pain because when they try to get you it says some obscure number like 0 or 278 mph or something so it makes it unaccurate. However that also give him a hint that you might have a lazer blocker which is illegal in some states. But hey.... $50 illegal equipment ticket is better than a 90 in a 45mph work zone

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But yea if you want the quick fix, i recommend a hgiher priced dash mount radar deff. Dont cheap out and get the $50 special at bestbuy. Get somehting with radar detect, VG-2 immunity and POP detection. AT MINIMUM.