Comments on: radar x50 Directory

By: Utke

Utke — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:48:06 +0000

After my second speeding ticket I knew I had to get one of these. After purchase and quick installation I was set and ready to go.

For the first 3 months it worked perfectly. Always told me when cops were near and pinging me, which just let me know to get off the gas and slow down until I pass them.

However, lately this Escort has been giving me more than enough false alarms, enough to the point where I don't pay as much attention whenever it goes off. Oh, and I also noticed that when it's cold outside, the Escort goes crazy and gives me nearly every kind of full alarm blast, even if I'm just sitting in my car in my garage at 5am warming to car up before work.

Overall I *was* pleased with the product, but as of late my trust in it's accuracy is severely waning.

By: Pinkerton

Pinkerton — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:55:57 +0000

I’ve been using the Escort 8500 x50 detector with the blue display for about 6 months. It has some features that are really quite good: really good range, alert sound dims after the first few beeps, easy programing (if you want to, although it’s ready to use out of the box), great rejection of false signals. The one negative is the window suction mount that comes with the unit… its flimsy, and tends to fall off the windshield, especially with temperature changes. What I did is purchase a much better radar detector mount through Amazon ([...]) sold by The Mount Guys for #12.95 + shipping, This mount is much better than the one that comes with the radar detector plus it can be used as a windshield mount or a dash mount (all the hardware needed to mount it on the windshield or dash is included). I chose to mount it on my dashboard (as in the photo on the amazon page). Radar Detector Car Dash and Windshield Mount

By: Vaughn

Vaughn — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:19:27 +0000

I have purchased 5 of these units in the past 6 years. The first 3 stopped working after one year and even though I had extended warranty, it was a pain to have it replaced. The last 2 that I purchased a couple of years ago have been working fine. One is the blue LED and the other one is the red LED. When I purchased my recent autombobile which has Blue Tooth as one of the standard features, things began to go down hill. Evidently Escort tunes up their devices to such sensitive levels that the detector goes off constantly and randomly and it stay on until I unplug the unit. Because of this, it has damaged both of my units to where not they do the same thing in one of my other vehiclse WITHOUT Blue Tooth. When I contacted the factory, they told me that I have to send them $120 and ship both units at my expens so they can check it out and maybe retune it. I'm upset because I don't think they should charge anything since I'm not asking for any repairs to be done but rather for them to check the units and maybe retune them? They have rejected all of my requests and have insisted that they will not do anything without my $120. I would rather buy new units from another manufacturer than to spend another dime with them. Will never buy them.

By: Nilson

Nilson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:21:54 +0000

I was disappointed initially that the battery option did not work. That was reason I bought it so I would not have a cable hanging from windshield. I ended up mounting it on dashboard (actually more unobtrusive that even a wireless mountinbg on windshield)and it works pretty well. Detects every type of radar currently out there so I kept it rather than returning.

By: Evans

Evans — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:06:12 +0000

I like this, it saved me from getting quite a few tickets. Works very well, I recommend it.