18 responses so far ↓

• 1 Hayward

  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!

• 2 Orr

  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!

• 3 Pratt

  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.

• 4 Jessup

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

• 5 Irvin

  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.

• 6 Slonaker

  I live in a college town and communte downtown past two areas constantly monitored by speed trap motorcycle cops.

  Our city (Eugene OR) has one detective for property crime but evidently has enough officers to overpatrol a few lucrative areas . Documents dated back to 1981 correctly label one of these (Jefferson bridge) a speed trap, and recommended against continuing the city’s speed limit exemption due to potential abuse. These recommendations were overriden for no discernable reason by a police chief unconnected to the Speed Review panel.

  I had a safe record until 2 years ago, when, within the space of a month I got tagged for two tickets. One was for 7 miles above the speed limit while driving a rental car.

  The second was 4th of July weekend during a massive speed trap on the abovementioned area, with seven motorcycle cops being radioed by a single officer hitting cars at a rate of one per 5 minutes!

  That’s when I got the Blinder. I had it installed because the angle of the front mounted sensors is very important. Plus they did a great job of integrating the buttons into the console so they’re inconspicuous. Since it’s legal in this state it’s not a problem.

  The light will not get you but the sound will! I had the Blinder on for a few weeks before it got triggered. Although the unit gives a brief ‘peep’ when it’s armed, hearing that thing go off continuously will definitely get your attention!

  I am not going to get into specifics, but it works as advertised. If you’re over the speed limit and you get hit, hit the kill switch and slow down. The next time you get tagged you’ll be fine. Evidently it takes a few seconds for the unit and the Lidar to re-arm.

  I feel a twinge of guilt using this because I believe in the law. Yet the purpose of speeding laws are subverted when police unfairly use them as a cash register. This is only made worse by a Kangaroo Speeding court that presumes everyone’s guilt before innocence.

• 7 Skiles

  These things have most certainly paid for themselves in the time I’ve had them on my car. They do a great job at scaring the hell out of me while I’m driving along blasting my stereo. All of the sudden the music stops and a loud BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP alerts you to slow down. I know I’ve been hit speeding, but I quickly slow down, turn off the jammer and let them tag me doing the speed limit and all has turned out well.

  The only thing that I don’t like, which is why I gave it 4 stars, is that it’s a pain to install and mount correctly (probably depends on the car.)

• 8 Shoffner

  I haven’t had the opportunity to know that it is effectively jamming police LIDAR. However the unit was received in a timely manor. The package included all the needed hardware to install.

• 9 Cunningham

  I will preface this review by stating that I do not currently own this particular model, I own the M20 Blinder (prev gen) and it is so good that I am on this site today to purchase the latest model (M25), knowing it can only be better. I am upgrading because the M20 has known punch through at around 100M whereas the M25 advertises no punch through all the way to the gun.

  Based on my M20 experiences they are worth their weight in gold. I used to live in Atlanta GA and all they used were laser guns. Due to the 9 lane highways radar just wouldn’t work. I have always had my Valentine 1 radar detector but after moving to Atlanta and getting my first laser ticket I realized I had to do something.

  About two weeks of research later I settled upon the M20 kit. Installation is a bit of a pain, esp if you have a car without a proper grill, but I managed. In the 3yrs I lived in Atlanta it had 0 false alerts and blocked 4 laser attempts.

  One of the attempts was truly incredible to me, in Atlanta they have a bad habit of lining cops down the downramps to the highway and a single cop standing in the middle of the overpass with a laser gun tagging everyone that passes beneath. I saw the cop and the laser gun and thought there was no way the M20 would be able to return fire at such a steep up angle, especially since due to my car’s design I had to mount the emitters near the bottom by the fog lights. I wouldn’t even have blamed the M20 if it didn’t manage to block the laser.

  To my amazement, it actually worked, managed to block the laser almost straight up, and saved me from what I will only describe as a ticket that could have resulted in jail time. I still have the M20 kit, but will purchse the M25 without hesitation because peace of mind is priceless.

  One thing I do strongly recommend to everyone else is you must combine this kit with a quality radar detector, for me my V1 is second to none; when I put the two together cops do not stand a chance, typical detection distances are over 5 miles.

• 10 Allinsmith

  I can completely confirm what others have posted here. The M25 works. You MUST mount the heads correctly – i have them no more than 18″ away from either my front plate or my headlights. Fortunately, my car offers close to ideal mounting positions in the front grill. On the flip side, my car has a boatload of shiny chrome up front. I thought that so much reflectivity would push this thing to its limits. If it wasn’t recommended by Alex Roy I never would have thought the M25 could actually work.

  Alex is also correct about the Valentine 1, which for more than 10 years I’ve come to rely upon totally. Once the laser warning goes of though – you might as well start reaching for your license, ins, and registration.

  I love a good road trip, and the left front seat of my VW is my favorite place in the world. Since I’ve installed the M25 it has stomped every single attempt to laser me (approx a dozen times) from one side of this country to the other. I am not kidding. I have nothing to do with the company except for being one of their most completely satisfied customers. I had professional installers do all the work except for me showing them exactly where I wanted to have the emitter heads installed. All told, i think the whole bill was around $600. The M25 has paid for itself 3 or 4 times over in saved ticket costs and insurance rate hikes.

  For me, this thing is so good I hesitate to promote it because I don’t want the revenue officers to adapt.

  No one should ever drive recklessly. Ever. Drive like a jerk and I hope the cops catch you as soon as possible. However, if you’re sick of getting tix for 85 in a 65 by Roscoe and his laser gun then I think you know what your next move is. The M25 is the Real Deal.

• 11 Donohoe

  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…

• 12 Ou

  This is a much better product than the RMR-C475, because the voice is nice, not grating as the 475. We did have a problem with this unit (no sound) but fortunately the vendor replaced the unit without any hassel (except my paying the shipping).

• 13 Umland

  Repeatable tests show that all of this companies products are an outright scam. Just take a look at all of the consumer reports and Better Business Bureau complaints lodged against the company. They even got in trouble with the FCC!

  They do however have an excellent PR machine, and it is sad to say but the vast majority of these positive reviews are from Rocky Mountain Radar paid representatives. I am a member of several enthusiast forums and RMR even pays their shills to infiltrate the forums and spread false positive reviews about the product.

  A quick google will confirm everything I am saying. Google for “Raday Roy and Rocky Mountain Radar”.

• 14 Rensch

  Beware. I bought four of these units everyone had defective suction cups
  one of the units fell from the window as I was going around a trun and flew out the window. they will not stick to the window no longer than 15 min and the wil fall off. The company got my money and gave me a big run around. Telling me to clean the windows with cleaners and ect. Bottom line to bad sorry about your luck solong. I rate them poor and morally bankrupt

• 15 Leon

  Do you honestly think this product can scramble police laser and radar? Its a SCAM. Don’t take my word, just research the manufacturer. Save your money, save your license….do not buy! If you want an effective radar detector, checkout Valentine 1, Escort/Cel and Whistler.

• 16 Silverton

  Be aware that the manufacturer is known for false claims on their products. Do not expect this product to have any effect on police laser. DO NOT RISK YOUR LICENSE BY USING THIS PRODUCT. Research the company, products, the claims and the investigations against them. If you want a radar detector, look at Valentine 1, Escort/Bel or Whistler.

• 17 LaBrie

  I have had this radar detector for about a month now. When product arrived it had a diffrent name on box. Not the name as seen on description. I kept it anyway. I am not sure if it scrambles radar but it sure does its job. I have used it on the highway and it warns you at least a mile in advance of any traps up ahead. Not too many false signals only when near automatic doors at stores. Over all product works well and price is not bad either.

• 18 Uccello

  very nice unit. be sure to turn on scrambler. nice product and piece of mind. well worth the money

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