Speed camera detectors......

[waynedance]

Does anyone use a Snooper Lynx GT or similar?

Please no answers saying watch the speedo bla bla bla. I want one and can not decide which.

[Deanxm]

Im sure radar detectors were made ilegal a few years back?.
Anyway i had a snooper, wonderfull bit of kit, it had a traffic light system of lights and sounds to alert you to different types of Radar, the further to the red the more likely it was a speed camera, i found a green warning was traffic lights and automatic doors, and amber warning (for some reason was ambulances and motion sensors on security lighting and the red warning was the automated doors at tesco, sainsbury's and some costa shops at motorway services, it did do a full on flashing red warning on the A303 once while i was tanking along at, 60mph but to this day i have no idea why, there wasnt an automated door in sight just plain open fields and a few cattle.

One strange thing, i never, ever had it set off by an actual speed camera here on the island, got 5 of them over here and for the 3 years i used it it never once went off, it did on a few on the mainland though so all in all a rather annoying peice of equipement...............sorry

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[Northern_Mike]

Does anyone use a Snooper Lynx GT or similar?

Please no answers saying watch the speedo bla bla bla. I want one and can not decide which.

I had a snooper with laser detection and radar unit mounted in my car many years ago when I used to do a *lot* of motorway miles, often more than 800-1000 a week.

It wasn't that great, and TBH, my Tom-Tom with the speed camera database kept updated it much more useful and value for money.

The Snooper didn't always detect police on motorway bridges either and the radar detector thing got set off by all sorts of random street furniture and automatic doors in town.

[Xaccers]

The Snooper didn't always detect police on motorway bridges either and the radar detector thing got set off by all sorts of random street furniture and automatic doors in town.

Ah the old "BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!" letting you know you were outside Tescos.
I used mine more for finding out which cameras were actually active (back then between Staines and Hemel on the M25 there was only 1 active in each direction).

Most of the reviews for the Lynx say it's good but the Road Angel is better, however there appear to be plenty of people frustrated because they didn't RTFM, such as not being aware it can take up to 5 days to activate, and not knowing about the area in their windscreen that doesn't have the heat reflective treatment (normally near the rear view mirror).

[stu9]

I don't know if it's the same thing, but my satnav (Garmin Nuvi) detects them whether it be fixed, mobile, vans, or these ones about 30ft high that swivel....so I don't think I need a snooper or whatever they're called

[Xantidote]

my satnav (Garmin Nuvi) detects them

Just make sure the satnav regularly receives updates, otherwise you could still get caught out (and you still could be, by handheld or mobile speed cameras). Cheaper older Garmin's like mine only have the original camera's database, so are now way out of date.

I'd also question how long a camera is in position before that data is included in satnav updates