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• 1 Penny

  This detector is awesome. It has saved me hundreds of dollars in tickets, hardly ever false alarms, and always gives me more than enough warning, of upcoming radar. And the portability is pricelesss.

• 2 Nitinthorn

  I’ve been a loyal customer of Escort back when it was Cincinnati Microwave and they know their radar detectors. It’s hard to compare it to other brands because I simply haven’t owned one…but seeing friends’ radar detectors and the dangling cords and constant chirping that sounded the same, I feel like my detector was of better quality.

  The Solo has changed a little, but it still offers accurate detection of photo-radar units (well in advance, too) and the Ka bands are dead-on. Frankly, I haven’t ever picked up a laser detection signal and I don’t know how much they’re in use anymore…photo-radar is all the rage in my locality. The X bands will pick up false alerts from security alarms (usually from automatic doors at stores), but I’d rather have a few false alarms that quiet down automatically than to miss the one time Smokey has his gun trained on my car.

  I like the ability to easily mute the sound and dim the signal lights, so as to be extra stealth in the dark. But let’s face it…most cops know if you have a radar detector if you get pulled over. However, with this little Solo cordless, I’ve positioned it at the top of my window and someone standing outside the driver’s side window cannot see it (SUV’s might be different, but it depends on the thickness of your car’s siding around the window.) And dangling cords are a dead giveaway and can easily be seen from behind–I’ll take AA batteries any day. The unit is easy to mount and detach, too.

  Personally, I have not experienced any problems with the suction-cup bracket that attaches the unit to the window–hasn’t slipped or moved once and the angle is easily adjustable. But all things the same, I’d prefer a bracket that clips on the visor (like the one Solo used to have.) However it’s attached, I know for a fact that this thing has saved me from some well-disguised speed traps and every photo-radar operation I’ve passed. If anyone has a laser experience with this unit, I’m interested in reading about it. Overall, a great investment if you have a heavy right foot, so long as you understand that no radar detector is 100% perfect. And, of course, you don’t speed…which I never do.

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