Radar Detector Reviews
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The Beltronics Pro GX65 combines the benefits of the Escort Passport 9500i and the Escort Passport 9500ix. The Escort Passport 9500i featured GPS technology and manual-marking of locations, used especially for the marking of false locations and VASCAR speed traps. |
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The Beltronics Vector 995 has been through tests by both official radar detector testing agencies and the general public. The overall opinion of the Vector 995 Radar Detector is positive. |
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The Cobra ESD-7000 Radar Detector is a basic, yet functionally competent design. Though recently discontinued and replaced by 9110 as the base model detector by Cobra, the 7000 remains a strong seller in the used and new-for-sale market segments. Consumer reviews indicate the 7000 gives “90% of the value of the 9110 for 60% of the price.” |
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A few weeks ago, my old radar detector stopped working, so I needed to find a replacement unit. My old Whistler radar detector gave quite a few false alarms anyway, so despite its good service, I was interested in upgrading to a newer, more advanced model. I found a great deal on a refurbished Cobra XRS 9430 radar detector for $60, and I purchased it right away. |
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An update to older 8000-series detectors, the Cobra XRS-9685 was billed as a tour-de-force of technology when it was released in 2005. Its ‘Superheterodyne Technology’ was designed to give it more range than all past Cobra models, and all consumer reports bear that out. The 9685’s only real flaw lies in that of all five-year-old technology: the arms-race of progress. |
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Though not the top of the 9000 model range of Cobra Radar Detectors, the 9940 does come with an impressive list of money and potentially life-saving features. Using the same ‘Superheterodyne Technology’ that increased the 8000 series detection range two-fold over the 7K’s, the 9940 boasts a detection range near the top of its class. |
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Our world is filled with technological sounds that we've learned not to hear but that the detector will. At least the XRS9950 did. It sometimes gets 20 false positives for every real radar pick-up. Of course, the X and Ka bands are pretty busy these days with all those technological devices being used, and they don't call it "superhetrodyne technology" for nothing! |
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Cobra Radar Detectors are known as the budget-priced Radar Detector Company. Their products have received mixed reviews over the years, with some of their offerings having obviously fallen victim to the beancounter’s axe. Though a good-looking and functional item, the 9985 seems no exception. |
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The Valentine One Radar Detector is considered by some to be heavy and ungainly, but others value its heft and realize that speaks of it being a well-constructed device. Actually, it's true that while others may look sleeker, in reality they can be heavier than the Valentine One, which looks like it's made out of steel but is actually made of magnesium. |
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The Whistler XTR-550 Radar Detector is $40. Anyone who has spent any time cross-shopping radar detectors lately is well aware of what ‘$40 Radar Detector’ usually means, and for better or worse the 550 is no exception to that rule. |
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The Whistler XTR-695 provides something known as Ka Radar signal, also known as Ka RSID. After identifying the verified police radar (which is done over the expansive Ka band) numerically, it displays the operating frequency of that radar only if it is within a certain distance of the manufacturer. |