I bought two of these, one for me, one for my fiance. These detectors work well for picking up VG2, traffic sensors on the highway, and at the grocery store. BUT, I’ve had at least 3 times when a cop has been pointing his radar gun right at me, and this detector did NOTHING. I even got a speeding ticket when the cop was viewable 1/4 mile away. His radar gun pointed right at me, and this detector did nothing.
The only thing it’s good for is picking up the static radar that the police use, to monitor the speed of oncoming traffic, while they are driving. That will also let you know if a cop is nearby. Other than that, its a big heavy worthless waste of money.
I don’t care about the lame screen, it’s the audio that will alert you to look at it and check your speed.
The frist couple times that the cops were standing outside their car with their radar/lydar gun and it didn’t go off, I figured that they were just trying to slow traffic, But no, this thing just doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do.
And it’s happened with both of the ones I bought. You get what you pay for. And a speeding ticket.
Whistler makes good products, but not this one. They did something different, and it cost me $182 for the ticket plus $300 for a trsffic lawyer. I could have avoided this if I wasn’t trying to be cheap.(and didn’t speed all the time)But why else would you buy a detector? cause your a speeder, like me.
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1 Ingels
I bought two of these, one for me, one for my fiance. These detectors work well for picking up VG2, traffic sensors on the highway, and at the grocery store. BUT, I’ve had at least 3 times when a cop has been pointing his radar gun right at me, and this detector did NOTHING. I even got a speeding ticket when the cop was viewable 1/4 mile away. His radar gun pointed right at me, and this detector did nothing.
The only thing it’s good for is picking up the static radar that the police use, to monitor the speed of oncoming traffic, while they are driving. That will also let you know if a cop is nearby. Other than that, its a big heavy worthless waste of money.
I don’t care about the lame screen, it’s the audio that will alert you to look at it and check your speed.
The frist couple times that the cops were standing outside their car with their radar/lydar gun and it didn’t go off, I figured that they were just trying to slow traffic, But no, this thing just doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do.
And it’s happened with both of the ones I bought. You get what you pay for. And a speeding ticket.
Whistler makes good products, but not this one. They did something different, and it cost me $182 for the ticket plus $300 for a trsffic lawyer. I could have avoided this if I wasn’t trying to be cheap.(and didn’t speed all the time)But why else would you buy a detector? cause your a speeder, like me.
2 Currie
The detection capabilities of this Radar detector are very good. It has not failed me thus far and it also filters pretty well. I give it a 3 though because I bought it specifically as I was after a cordless detector.
First issue, you need to charge the batteries first time round through the car lighter charger for 12 hrs (go figure that). Otherwise you would need to invest in a 12V switch power supply to charge outside of the car.
In any case, even after charging it, the battery life is very poor which renders this whole idea of cordless worthless.
So if you are not caught up on the cord vs cordless part, get the corded model and call it quits. You’ll be satisfied.
3 Latimer
i would never tell any one to buy this. i bought it as a gift and when they went to use it , you could not hear the sound at all it dose not go high at all. and half the time it would shout off for no reason. they had it charged for a day and it would still turn off. this is not a good buy at all
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