I think you had either A: a bad RD or B: your buddy hadn't turned off the X band and hence all the 50 million falses.

Reason I say that is because as I said in earlier posts, I have both and my 8500 falses LESS than the V1. I have the X band turned OFF on both units too. Only backwoods Barney Fife PD uses X band anymore, I don't think ANY in Georgia do. X band is where the majority of falses come from, therefore turning it off will greatly diminish the falses.

This is where the arrows and bogey counter make a difference. If you can visually see the arrow point forward, middle, and then rear as you are driving by and don't see anything and the signal is weak......you know it's a false alarm. In the 8500 you merely will get the hit and then it goes down in strength until it goes away. So the whole time it's going off you're slowing down because you're not sure if it's a false or not.

I don't understand how your friend's 8500 didn't warn you in time, because I've never had an issue (except with Laser) where my 8500 didn't warn me in time. :confused: