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07-29-21 | 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BianchisOnly

Or by button on the unit itself, but you're right - they are NOT motion activated. They ARE motion sensitive and flash faster/brighter as a car approaches. But really, unless you use the radar with the head unit they are gross overkill.

They’re not gross overkill, they don’t do anything I was looking for at all, so that’s gross under-kill! Automatic function means I don’t have to manually start them— not by pushing a button on the lights, not by pushing a button on a head unit.

For another application the Varia might be cool, but it just doesn’t meet any of the needs I have for the application I started the thread about.

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