The Uniden R3 is the best performing radar detector on the market and the new Escort Max 360c is the most feature-packed radar detector on the market. Which radar detector is a better choice for you? You can read my Uniden R3 review and my Escort Max 360c review, but let’s take a look at a …
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Uniden R3 vs. Escort Max 360c: Best Top-of-the-line Radar Detector?
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December 18, 2017
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December 18, 2017
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Are Laser Jammers Illegal or Legal in the USA? Laser Jammer Laws
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November 7, 2017
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November 7, 2017
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Laser jammers are designed to prevent a police officer from acquiring your speed when he’s targeting you with his laser gun. It gives you time to quickly slow down as needed, disable your jammers, and let him get a reading off of your car doing the speed limit. Are laser jammers illegal or are they …
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Best Radar Detectors of 2016 for any Budget
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September 30, 2016
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September 30, 2016
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What are the best radar detectors of 2016? How do you figure out which radar detector is best? There’s lots of great options that would work well on your windshield so you could read lots of reviews to figure it all out, try out a bunch of detectors yourself, or check out my comprehensive radar detector …
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Top 10 Questions about Radar Detectors
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February 14, 2016
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February 14, 2016
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Radar detectors are very useful tools to help drivers avoid speeding tickets. To help explain how they work and clear up some of the most common sources of confusion, let’s go over the top 10 most frequently asked questions people have about radar detectors. Top 10 Questions about Radar Detectors 1) Do radar detectors really …
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The Ultimate Speeding Ticket Countermeasure System: The Best Radar Detector and Laser Jammer
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February 10, 2016
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February 10, 2016
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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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ThreatLink: Escort Live crossed with Waze
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January 15, 2016
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January 15, 2016
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There’s a new radar detector app available for Escort and Beltronics detectors called ThreatLink. It’s basically a cross between Escort Live and Waze and it can now take Waze alerts and display them onto your detector just like Live would do. Awesome. 🙂 Note: The app was eventually taken down because it used the Waze …
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Best Radar Detectors
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
Best Laser Jammers
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”)
Best Custom Installed Radar Detectors
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
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