Which is the best radar detector?

Question

I purchased an Escort Passport 9500ix, which is the top of the line that Escort made. I have it for 2 weeks but not really happy with the result, never get any warning of being scanned at least twice by local officers (luckily I was at 75mph or less, so), I only received warning of X-band as I pass the big rigs and a few certain places and the built-in gps recognized and filtered them out by itself (nice!!!). During the trip to Monterrey in the Labor holiday, I received 2 real speed trap warnings, other than that NONE in my city. I contacted Escort tech support but they couldn't help so I am going to return the unit. They recommended the Shifter (laser jammer), which is illegal in CA, so I am not looking into that.

Anyone use and have good experience with your radar detector? I am not a speeder or a rag racer, but with my car, I get way over limit and didn't realize that. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Try Valentine one. This one REALLY works; there are results on YouTube that shows "V1 saves". It's quite expensive; however, it's worth the money and seeing that you had a Escort, the V1 should be in your price range.

Answer 2

NONE of them work. There's actually a website made by someone that'll give a payout to anyone that has a device that actually works.

Answer 3

cruise control.    

there is so much interference in most areas that none are completely accurate.  and guess what, if there's enough interference, the cops know there the background 'noise' is too.  they set up in it to 'hide' from you.

Answer 4

I had a cheap one I bought a few years back but it was cheap because it was discontinued.

It worked nice. It had its flaws. I still have it somewhere but it worked out good so there is proof based on my own personal experience that they do work.

Ive heard good things about valentinte one... never used it.

The big thing you have to understand about radar detectors is that they are set off by A LOT of signals. Shopping centers are h**l for them I stopped using mine years ago so I dont know about GPS but I can imagine.

I stopped using mine because Mi state police started using Lasers and a laser detector can only detect a laser if your being hit.

At that point its just too late, your already busted. I wasnt going to spend 200 bucks on a device that is going to tell me Im about to get pulled over 3 minutes before I get pulled over.

to be completely honest, even though my radar detector DID work I havent been pulled over since I stopped using the thing.

I think they are just a bad omen and if you pay attention to what your doing and the traffic around you then you should be fine.