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Originally Posted by agentrnge
Seriously considering an R7/8. My cousin has the R7. He seems to like it. I have a 15 year old OG V1 thats still working. Really a fan of the directional arrows. Still weighing plug and play R7/8 vs app dependencies/features with the V1G2. Will pull trigger in spring for the next driving season.
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I can chime in here on this.
I've had more RD's than I can count, and I've tried most high end brands.
I recently purchased both a R7 and a V1G2. The R7 stays in my daily, and the V1G2 stays in my M3 (summer weekend car). The R7 is QUIET. It's got great range, and is an overall excellent RD. It has built in GPS and no bluetooth. The V1G2 works great by itself, but is more chatty and no GPS. You can connect your phone to the V1G2 and use an app called JBV1. It makes the RD be able to compete with the other high end GPS units. JBV1 is fantastic, but i don't always want my phone connected to my RD, which is why I like the R7. It has everything I need built in. The V1 has better KA detection, but the R7 is still fantastic.
Escort has just gone down the drain, so don't even bother. At the end of the day it depends on what you want and need from a RD. If you're going to use one daily, R7 all day. If you're going to use it in a weekend car and have a phone mount, the V1G2 paired with the JBV1.
Only other thing to note is the V1G2 is immune to radar detector detectors, and the R7 is hit or miss on that. The V1G2 is magnesium cased and the R7 is in plastic.