I'm not au fait with the various models on the market but for a
GPS+laser+radar unit that seems very cheap indeed.

And I don't doubt that you'll get the usual "holier than thou" crowd but I
once borrowed one of the original Geodessy GPS thingies and boy was I more
relaxed while driving. I don't tend to speed (having a 1.0 micra helps) but
at the time I had a 2.0 turbo car and it was very easy to drive a bit too
fast on a clear road, so it was great having it.

Hello,

I wouldn't buy a SNOOPER, I used one and it didn't detect Lasers very well
unless the beam was pointed right into the unit.  The radar paert of it went
off at every set of traffic lights, every crossing, every shop doorway,
mobile phone site etc etc.  By the time the Laser or RADAR beam from a trap
has hit the unit and triggered it - your photograph is already being printed
out.  It does that far faster than you will have time to slow down.  (Then
there is the menace of unmarked video cars.)
They do work to some extent, but you shouldn't rely on it as you will be
fined and/or banned in no time.
The vans do sit some distance from the traffic they are going for, and know
where to position themselves.

I really wouldn't waste your money.  Radar and Laser detectors are nothing
more than an expensive toy.  The GPS based ones show speed and traffic light
cameras, but do not detect them.  The same way as you can load up a database
into a TomTom navigator to show them all.  Then you get a navigation system
too.

I can't see why we have a 70mph limit on a motorway when a lot of cars are
capable of handling at speeds well above that.  It's ONLY inappropriate
speed that kills anyway.  90+ on a clear motorway seems fair enough.  Most
would use common sense anyway.

Have you seen all this rubbish about hangind CDs from the mirror inside the
car - all the stupid boy racers are copying each other thinking it makes
them immune from speed traps.  In a similar way that a big exhaust makes the
car have another 50BHP !  Some idiots on motorbikes do it too.  Look out for
that one, it doesn't work by the way!

It's a Snooper. It's bound to be sh.t on a stick.

Buying a cheap detector is a complete waste of money, they are w.nk.

That said, there is one detector at the lower end of the price-scale
that has a decent rep; the Cheetah (which fits over your mirror). It's
the only item that is any good this side of £300.

It's £200 in the shops (gadget shop seem to like them, which is strange
because it's not a steaming pile of useless shite, so doesn't really fit
in with the rest of their stock...), but they go on eBay for £120 fairly
often.