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• 1 Ishikawa

  I bought this product a few months ago. Definetly saved my butt many times. Lots of great features and the fact that they pay your speeding tickets is a wonderful perk!!

• 2 Gunn

  I have tested their products and they do no work as advertised. They do provide low end radar and laser detection, but for the price you can buy much better units from reputable radar detector makers. They do not scramble laser or radar used by police to prevent you from getting a ticket. Be sure to Google Rocky Mountain Radar BEFORE you buy one of their products. If you still end up buying one of their products, I have some bridges I’d like to sell to you. Here is a video with a review showing how their products don’t work, and that fake documentation was given to the news network to say it works:
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  You have been warned…

• 3 Thomsen

  I like the volume, it is loud and clear. auto mute mode it is very good also.I can not tell if the screambler works or not, it is very difficult to prove that.
  but I am happy with this unit.

• 4 Tang

  head to k-mart or wal-mart or a truck stop and save a lot of money before you invest in this thing, i have been buying radar detectors for as long as i can remember and you can find a better unit for less dollars anywere. if you want a automatic dore opener detector this thing is for you, if not save your money and buy a cobra or send a friend ahead of you with a cell phone and let them call you with speed trap info. my broken cobra works better than this thing. thats $200.00 not so well spent. i cant believe amazon carries this product.

• 5 Chadwick

  Excellent product works like a charm. I have had it for two months and since I have a lead foot, it has saved me at least three tickets.

• 6 Kraemer

  You cannot beat this radar device for the money; it works well on every electronic signal well in advance of the sender. Excellent unit, blue light flashing is a real alert!

• 7 Ajamian

  I purchased this radar detector specifically for a long drive from San Diego to Redding, CA (about 13 hours each way). I knew that I’d have to be driving “expeditiously” to not go insane on such a long trip, but avoiding speeding tickets is a high priority.

  To be quite honest, I didn’t expect much from this radar detector considering the price. I’ve used Cobra brand detectors in the past with mixed results, and had been around Valentine One’s to know how awesome they are. This one didn’t look special really, but it looked “good enough”. So here’s the gist…

  POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS:
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  1. Works as advertised…it’ll tell you about radar signals
  2. The blue LED warnings lights definitely get your attention
  3. Acceptable level of control over functionality
  4. Its not bad looking
  5. Its LOUD and will get your attention when it needs to.
  6. I’m confident that it is very sensitive because its always going off

  NEGATIVE IMPRESSIONS:
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  1. The blue LED warning lights are too bright at night. The ability to turn them on/off or dim would be ideal.
  2. Volume adjustment is trivial. Even at its quietest volume setting (with quiet mode OFF), its LOUD.
  3. The mount is a bit wobbly, so the radar detector shakes as you drive (unless you wedge it against your rearview mirror as I did).
  4. Not the prettiest display ever, but not horrible. I didn’t read the manual and I was able to understand it.
  5. If city mode does anything, I can’t tell.

  OVERALL:
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  I definitely like this product and I would recommend it to a friend. I’ll always lust for the Valentine One, but this thing does its job and finds radar when its around.

  Just remember: this radar detector won’t protect you from highways that are patrolled by aircraft. I saw the CHP officer coming from a mile away, but it didn’t do me any good since the airplane had already nailed me. Woops!

• 8 Latt

  The price was too good to be true, I bought it just for fun and impressed with it’s services, compared to price I paid.

• 9 Tapia

  gives alerts appropriately most of the time, does have some false alerts, but not too many.

• 10 Faber

  Recently purchased this RD, and it works great. Saved my butt several times already. I have a more expensive older model, and it’s just as good.
  BTW, I had the speaker blow out on my older model, and I sent it to Whistler and they repaired it for a very minimal charge. Happy with the customer service.

• 11 Idle

  The Cobra XRS-9955 provides very decent K/Ka Detection, definitely notice an improvement from the Cobra 9950 that I owned. During a driving test with my friend, it seemed to performed about the same level (in term of sensibility and number of false reading) as his Beltronics Pro GX65, a detector that costs twice as much as the Cobra. However, we did noticed the XRS-9955 is a bit slow to react and alert to instant-on radar. The Whistler Pro and Valentine One performed noticeably better in this area, but again they cost much more. The Cobra 9955 is a good choice for the money.

• 12 Keystone

  The product worked normal for couple months and then a blue streak/line appeared in center from top to bottom of the display screen. The line does not go away even after turning device on/off several times. Left device off for few days, still the line appeared when I plugged and turned on the device. Previously had voice-alert Cobra radar and after few years, the speaker started to crackle everytime it announced the alerts. Was hoping for better performance and luck with this device, but faulty display makes Cobra products less appealing to me now. Past the product return window, so unfortunately cannot return product. Very disappointed in this product due to display problem.

• 13 Ridgeway

  The product is all it is supposed to be. Great price compared to other on-line offers. My only problem with it is the poor instructions. Needed to explain steps a little better and not concern themselves with saving on paper.

• 14 Thinnes

  my unit – after about a week – kept flashing a “spectre alert” – even though was parked in my own garage ! called help line apparently needs to be sent back to have sensitivity turned down !

• 15 Dewey

  So far so good sleak look, very adjustable, plenty of warning time,
  Hope the screen last longer than the last one Two years screen died.

• 16 Nolan

  I get about 3-4 False Ka Alert with PRO78SE everyday in commute..
  This false Ka Alert(without Freq ID Spec),About 2-3 seconds full Ka9 Alert and goes away..this is problem with all new Whistler SE RDs(I also have 690se,and it has same problem false Ka alert)..I run Filter 2,pop off,x off,Ka max ID…..I already sold it and got Escort 9500ix..

• 17 Barnett

  I had an older Whistler brand detector for a couple years, very similar to this one. The voice alerts are identical even, so it was a smooth transition. The menus are about the same, only with extra options. The casing on this unit is nice, looks great with no shiny “chrome” on the top to blind you with the sun. The blue text LED display is pretty sweet, top notch. Very handy that it comes with extra wire to just connect up to the fuse box. The mount is nice too, good suction cups, they have yet to fall off.

  The only issue I really have with it is that it is overly sensitive. I don’t mean a little bit, but a lot. I have everything turned down as far as it will go. As in, city 2, filter 2, etc. Which helps some, but this thing will drive you crazy if you don’t dial it in right away. Pretty much just went off 85% of the time, sometimes other cars would set it off. Or large box type trucks going by would trigger an alert. After getting most of the pulse and pop and Ka extra turned off (you know, all the selling points) it does a pretty decent job. It does pick up radar, it’s just unfortunate that it picks up so many other things too. So much so that it makes me sort of ignore it, so when it really does go off, I am slow to react.

  I tried to give it time, see if I could just get used to it, but honestly if I were not over my 30 days I would just exchange it for another model.

• 18 Ahlberg

  I bought this unit to replace an older Uniden detector. This thing is much more sensitive than my old detector, yet seems to provide very few false returns. So far it has given me 100% early warning from radars in LA and MS. The flashing blue lights on the periscope display do a good job of getting your attention when you have the sounds cranked up! This is by far the best radar detector I have owned!

• 19 Gallagher

  To many times…the product doesn’t live up to the advertising…this one does. My truck don’t like to operate with-in the set speed limits, and this detector saves me a lot of problems…I like it and want to recomend it to anyone that gets in a hurry once in a while…or stays in a hurry!

• 20 Peete

  I bought this 2 months ago, works great. Dependable range, strong alert, good options. Have recommended it to friends. A good unit in the middle price range. Thanks.

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