Last weekend I had a chance to go out and compare all the top remote radar detectors from Escort, Stinger, Radenso, and Net Radar. They’re all really capable and long range detectors and personally I think the most important differences have to do with things like BSM filtering, how the lockouts work, the interface, price, …
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If you need a stealthy and undetectable radar detector, a custom installed and hidden remote mount radar detector is often the way to go. There’s nothing on your windshield for police officers to spot and the top remotes feature special stealth technology to make them undetectable to radar detector detectors. How undetectable are they? Let’s …
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Update: Please see my updated laser jammer comparison guide. Things have changed since this article was first written. Are you wondering what’s the best laser jammer? If you’re looking to protect yourself from costly speeding tickets, radar detectors are excellent against radar, but they’re almost useless against laser. In practice radar detectors are little more …
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This weekend I met up with @meismyname to test out some of the newest RD’s and firmware updates, specifically including the Uniden R3 fw 1.30, Redline EX, and Radenso RC. I ran them against most all of the other top contenders as well, both windshield mounts and remotes. Let’s see how they did.
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Here’s a look at how all the components of the Stinger VIP radar detector and laser jammer system wire together. You can see the schematic for how everything is laid out here: For more detailed information, I recommend checking out the Stinger VIP Installation Manual. You can also check out the full user manual as well. To …
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Are you looking for the very best speeding ticket protection available today? Update July 2018: This article is now out of date and the Stinger is no longer the best choice. See my updated guide to the Best Radar Detectors. There’s a lot of great choices out there for radar detectors and laser jammers, each with …
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So I received a Stinger VIP again today for testing purposes. I’ve been curious just how small the heads are compared to the AntiLaser Priority’s heads and since I’ve played around with the radar bit before, I spent the past few hours comparing the head sizes with my ALP and shooting some photos and I …
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Escort Redline Review The Escort Redline is the longest range windshield mount radar detector you can get. It’s the standard that other detectors are measured against when it comes to long distance range. It’s for this reason that it’s very popular among driving enthusiasts, especially people who drive on the highway. The filtering is dated …
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The Stinger VIP is a top of the line radar detector. It offers long range performance, is excellent at filtering out those annoying blind spot falses, plus it adds GPS to filter out stationary false alerts from speed signs and grocery stores. So you get both longe range and many ways of filtering out false alerts, …
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This video shows you the Stinger VIP interface and walks you through the Stinger VIP menu options and settings. If you’d like to read over the list of menu options and what everything does, read the discussion on RDF. You can purchase a Stinger VIP at StingerRadarUSA.com and save 10% with the coupon code “VortexRadar.”
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Escort Redline 360c
($799)
Best for Set-It-and-Forget-It Drivers
Uniden R8 ($699)
Best Performing Radar Detector
Valentine 1 Gen2 ($599)
Best for Radar Detector Enthusiasts
Uniden R7 ($499)
Best bang for the buck with arrows
Uniden R4
($379)
Best non-arrow detector
Uniden R3 ($299)
Best performance under $300
Uniden DFR7 ($199)
Best under $200
AntiLaser Priority ($1069 Dual, $1699 Triple TX BT HiFi)
The best performing and top laser jammer on the market
Stinger Fibers ($1825 Dual, $2525 Triple)
Tiny heads for stealthy installs, great for exotic cars, expensive, poor track record of updates
Adaptiv TPX ($949 Triple)
Best affordable laser jammer (Save 10% with coupon “Vortex”)
Uniden R9 ($3,999, radar and laser)
High performance radar detector & laser jammer combo
Radenso RC M ($2099, radar only)
Can integrate with ALP, integrated controller/display
Net Radar DSP ($689, $1179 w/ arrows)
Affordable custom installed radar detector, integrates with AntiLaser Priority
