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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Escort Max360 Review: The Best Radar Detector if you want a Fully Loaded and Easy to use Radar Detector with Arrows
So the Max360 is Escort’s latest and greatest, newest radar detector with all the bells and whistles, including arrows! It takes their previous best selling radar detector, the Max2, and gives it a second antenna pointing backwards so that it can have arrows just like the V1, and now you have an automatic, plug-and-play, ease …
Best Radar Detectors
Uniden R7 ($499)
Best performing windshield radar detector, arrows, very popular
Escort Max 360c ($649)
All the bells and whistles, arrows, plug-and-play, easiest to use
Radenso Pro M ($449)
Long range, best BSM filtering, best MRCD/CT detection capabilities
Valentine One w/ JBV1 ($449)
Arrows, innovative third party apps
Uniden R3 ($299)
Best radar detector under $400
Best Custom Installed Radar Detectors
Escort Max Ci ($1999, $2399 w/ arrows)
Integrated, automated, and refined radar detector
Radenso RC M ($1599, $1849 w/ arrows)
Best future-proof remote RD, can integrate with ALP, best BSM filtering, MRCD support
Net Radar DSP ($649, $1149 w/ arrows)
Best inexpensive remote radar detector, integrates with AntiLaser Priority
Best Laser Jammers
AntiLaser Priority ($839 Dual, $1339 Quad)
The best performing and most recommended laser jammer on the market
Escort ZW5 ($849 Dual)
Wireless laser jammers that integrate with windshield mount Escort radar detectors
TMG Alpha-15 ($629 Dual, $819 Quad)
Inexpensive laser jammer (Save $70 with coupon “VortexRadar”)
Adaptiv TPX ($495 Dual, $675 Triple)
Designed for motorcycles (Save 10% with coupon “Vortex”)
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