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All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: gillm on October 28, 2009, 10:57:51 pm

Title: speed camera detectors
Post by: gillm on October 28, 2009, 10:57:51 pm: hi guys i currently have a origin b2 but as i have 3 cars and a company car i want something that i can move around and covers me for everything . can anyone suggest something for this ?
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: Lean on October 28, 2009, 11:47:24 pm: Road Angel Connected no question (imo) the best thing out there.
not cheap but depends how much you value your license and I don't mean for getting away with raking it about all over the place I mean doing 34 in a 30 and getting points and a fine

It's around Â£399 and Â£4.99 a month

Updates every 2 minutes via a built in sim card (orange network)

The only unit (that I know of) that has 'live' camera warnings - it works by users adding live vans as they pass them and I believe that road angel group add them as they are released on police websites too?

I was near Warwick earier this year doing about 75 on the dual carriageway and the 'live' warning went off - about 10 seconds later I saw the mobile camera van up on the bridge.

Priceless for me!!

I had a snooper back in the day then moved to Road Angel a fair number of years ago - although I never really liked how they looked the database is well known to be among the best. The latest one can't be touched with the unique 'live' feature. :happy2:
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: gillm on October 29, 2009, 08:21:04 am: cool i will take a look at that 1 . i have have found snooper 3zero which seems to do the same . and its only 150 quid
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: Lean on October 29, 2009, 02:00:23 pm: I couldn't find the Zero one you mention, but saw their new Lynx one..

LYNX Airtime Contract

To provide you with up to the second, realtime, wireless updates Snooper LYNX requires an airtime contract.

There are 3 easy ways to pay using a credit or direct debit card.

Monthly Â£9.99 inc vat
Quartely Â£27.99 inc vat
Annual Â£99.99 inc vat

Pretty expensive monthly contract me thinks
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: NEWEY on October 29, 2009, 02:56:32 pm: another road angel connected user :driver: fantastic bit of kit
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: JPC on October 29, 2009, 03:00:41 pm: that road angel does sound great, how easy is it for the user to report a mobile camera?

i guess the ease of reporting is what the success of the system is based upon
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: NEWEY on October 29, 2009, 04:45:24 pm: Quote from: JPC on October 29, 2009, 03:00:41 pm
that road angel does sound great, how easy is it for the user to report a mobile camera?

i guess the ease of reporting is what the success of the system is based upon

you get a remote Jay and when you pass a live site you just press the button on the remote and it live updates to all the other users. very simple to use
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: JPC on October 29, 2009, 06:08:09 pm: ah ok, i guess you can get blacklisted if your pressing it willy nilly? theres bound to be one idiot doing that
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: NEWEY on October 29, 2009, 06:59:29 pm: Quote from: JPC on October 29, 2009, 06:08:09 pm
ah ok, i guess you can get blacklisted if your pressing it willy nilly? theres bound to be one idiot doing that

im not sure to be honest mate. i think they check on there database before making it live to see if there is a van there
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: john_o on October 29, 2009, 07:54:24 pm: sounds brilliant but 400 notes + 5/month is a lot for what it is!
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: gillm on October 29, 2009, 09:12:23 pm: http://www.snoopers.co.uk/snooper_3zero.asp?source=GS3Zero&gclid=CNK3rsmV450CFYsz3godRx81MQ
Title: Re: speed camera detectors
Post by: SteveP on October 30, 2009, 08:54:31 pm: Road Connected FTW :pomppomp:

This is my forth road angel, and I have had this one since it's was launched and it awesome, wouldn't be without it and the Â£4.99 a month is well worth it for the live updates :happy2: