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• 1 Cisneros

  As an engineer I have done some repeatable tests and every time I got same results, hence this unit is reliable in my opinion. I was able to pick all traffic photo enforcement areas and radars in different states. Display of GPS coordinate is a cool feature when you need to let others know where you are at. The “small USB” based GPS antenna should be reinforced a little bit for more mechanical ruggedness. I am not using the octopus grip clips that comes with the kit. Again…. design problem, The grip, length & angle of metallic piece, total weight of the detector do not match and fells from wind shield after a few road bumps. It is not major thing, you can buy different mount or stand.

  Over all I am pleased with the product.

• 2 Albertson

  1 Fantastic value 4 your money!
  3rd Cobra product in Auto Radar Detection
  Easy to set up and download updates
  Great LIFETIME UPDATES Service by Cobra owned company
  Ez to hide on dash and while you park your car
  Easy to program every function
  Caught every camera and “Danger” zone so far in 10 days of driving, 1200 miles.
  I drive 50-60k miles a year
  I raced cars in 8 states
  I drag race, drift & AutoX as well as street race
  I burn rubber daily & I CHIRP-POWER-CLUTCH BRAKE daily
  I’m a good landlord and rich, but I want to feel like a “child” daily.
  I’m a Litigation paralegal with 114 court cases of experience.
  I got 2 moving violations this year and am at 1 point on my drivers license.
  This has slowed me down and made me stop at yellows vs. “zoom through”.
  GREAT BEHAVIOR CONTROL INSTRUMENT FOR AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS!!!

• 3 Utke

  This is an outstanding product and best value for the buck of all radar detectors I have seen or heard about.
  The only con I saw so far is that it gets some false alarms. Nevertheless, better safe than sorry – all it does is respond to beams and frequencies. It does have a toggle button city/highway to mitigate significantly false alarms, yet when you are on the freeway, it better be on highway mode.
  Now to the good stuff: It has a sweet display, way better than even the high end detectors have!
  The GPS module is a genius idea. You’ll be surprised how many red-light cameras are out there that you are unaware of. AND EVEN if you are familiar with them, it turns out to be a great reminder and a wakeup call right and ahead of time.
  This toy has already saved me twice so it has already paid for itself!!! I’ve gotta tell you one very important thing readers, and I hope this will not be censored: Lately, if you’ve noticed, there is an increasing number of patrol officers PICKING ON PEOPLE TO GENERATE MORE REVENUE TO THE GOVERNMENT, WHO IS DEEP IN DEBT. So it’s not that I don’t drive safely – I DO. But it’s time we be ahead of the game here!
  It covers virtually every type of radar detection out there!
  It has a compass, it can show your car battery voltage power, it can display your speed and you can set a threshold speed after which you’ll get a warning. It can show you your GPS coordinates at all times. Beautiful easy to get interface to configure the device to your preferences. What more could you ask for?
  So you see, not only is it a fine radar detector – it is much more than that. No other radar detector even comes close feature-wise – and that’s where I see this product’s strength. I am extremely happy with this purchase.

• 4 Sheen

  I have found a couple of camera’s that this product did not show up. I plan on turning these in but how many more is out there that i don’t know about. I pass a THP one night and never got no signal warning but there is always that chance that he wasn’t running radar. More time will tell before i take off and se it on a trip.

• 5 Hurd

  The Cobra XRS is a blanket to the city/highway driver. The Cobra XRS 9960G let’s you once again enjoy driving.What a product. Thank you Cobra,keep it up.

• 6 Simmen

  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.

• 7 Habrat

  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 !

• 8 Fitchie

  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.

• 9 Echeverria

  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.

• 10 Medley

  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.

• 11 Hayashi

  This cobra has worked flawlessly. Great value for the money.
  The compass calibration is more effort than it is worth but the radar
  warns you long before the radar guns have you.

• 12 Leath

  Item arrived quickly but just after a few days I realized I had a defective detector. The sensitivity was way too low. Even approaching a radar sign I would see my speed long before the detector went off. Even sitting 5 feet in front of the sign the detector never went over one bar. I contacted Cobra customer service and they were very helpful. Even sent a prepaid UPS label to send it back. Waiting on the new detector to make my final call.

• 13 Calhoun

  Ok, let me start off by saying, ” for a hundred bucks, it aint too bad!” It doesn’t have the best range, but it does have a good deal of features to play with. It actually doesn’t false too much more than other detectors I own (bel 955, whistler pro 78). Definately has less range than those two, but at least it mutes itself without having to push a button like the bel! That to me is a big issue. Reaching up to the window to push a little button while driving can be a little hazerdous! HaHa. It does have nice tones to it’s alarms unlike the screeching bel and is fairly loud. It does have a nice coiled cord unlike the whistler which uses a straight one that flops around in front of my radio. The display can be tough to see in daylight at times. It seems to me, Cobra is just putting a product out there to make max profit! Where bel and whistler seem to put more emphasis on quality and performance. And the prices reflect it. That’s really the difference here! Like I said, it’s not bad for the price, and it really does detect radar albeit from less range than most. So if you’re budget doesn’t allow more expensive units, I’d say this isn’t a bad choice.

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