Update: The winners have all been selected and emailed on Jan 1st. Take a look through the list of winners and if you see your name, be sure to check your email inbox. Thank you to everyone who participated, congratulations to all the winners, and welcome everyone to 2019! Uniden R3’s: Rocky S., Brandon J., Jeremy …
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday are here which means that there’s lots of great deals on radar detectors and dash cameras. As new deals show up / expire, I’ll keep this article updated to keep you guys in the loop on the best deals on new countermeasures and dashcams for your vehicle. Be sure to …
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Last night I grabbed my new Escort M1 dashcam (SEMA announcement info here) and mounted it onto a Max360c and took it for a spin. Here are my initial impressions of the new dashcam. You can read my full Escort M1 review here.
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This week at SEMA, Escort has announced their new M1 dashcam. It’s a 1080p dashcam that’s designed to attach right on to the side of most windshield mount Escort radar detectors, giving you an integrated radar detector / dashcam package. The dashcam retails for $199 and is available now.
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BuyDig emailed me this week and said that they need help clearing out their remaining inventory of DFR6’s and DFR7’s since they’re being discontinued and replaced by the DFR8 and DFR9. So if you want one, you can now get a DFR6 for $144.99. The DFR7 is available for just $188.99. To get the deal, …
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I had a chance to meet up with the new management at Escort / Cedar at SEMA this week and hear about the future of the company and what the new team envisions for Escort’s future. Here’s the complete interview.
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Radenso just released firmware US 12 for the RC M. This new firmware update improves the interface and user experience of the detector, making what’s already one of my favorite remote mount radar detectors even better. Download the latest firmware here.
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The Radenso Pro M, one of my favorite windshield mount radar detectors thanks to its excellent false alert filtering, compact size, and continual updates based on customer feedback, just received a new firmware update. Firmware US 13 is now available and it addresses some of my biggest annoyances with the detector, making it an even …
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Uniden has just released firmware 1.46 for the R1 and the R3. You can download firmware 1.46 here. 1.46 brings a bunch of changes and improvements to the detectors that we enthusiasts have been asking for. There’s been many revisions to get here. Let’s take a look at all the new features we’re getting with …
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Did you know the Uniden R3 is now available in three different colors? The original black & chrome, matte black, and silver.
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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
