That radartest.com article is just re-vomiting the same old (and invalid) mis-truths about the V1's ergonomics. They really do seem to prefer tiny buttons rather than a volume knob, and they obviously don't like the V1's intuitive user-interface. Their ergonomic summary at the bottom fails to include a dozen or more V1-only features that are way better than what the other detectors offer, and also does not weight the importance of specific features. The V1's arrows alone are worth more in use than all of the other features. And, yes, the V1 *does* have auto-muting, and selective band-disables, contrary to the reviewer's myths.

As for performance, hard to say. The V1 has always been WAY better than good enough. But there may be some concerns with the new POP radars. But the V1 is not a 1992 design -- the stuff inside is a 2002 redesign, not something from the (first) Bush era.

I cannot use one here anymore because of the Spectre RDD --> bloody aussies! Any compentent EE can design a great RDD, but until now they've practiced amazingly good self-restraint. Oh well.

Cheers