Category: radar detector

Whistler Pro-78, Whistler XTR-690 Radar Detector Update II

I NEED COUNSELING. I know this because, I’ve been obviously addicted to testing radar detectors every spare moment I have, lately. While putting on another 350 miles today on a variation of my usual Northeast route, I couldn’t help but feel a connection to another product tester of “similar sorts” (yeah right)— retired Brigadier General …

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Cobra XRS R7/R9G Review

This has been an extremely busy weekend, indeed. I am pleased to report that I was able to put on the finishing touches on our real-world review of the innovative Cobra XRS R7/R9G radar detector. We’ve had this radar detector in our possession and have been driving with it for about a month now and …

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750 miles put on a production Escort Passport 9500i in one weekend.

I’ve been so anxious to drive with the latest production version of Escort Passport 9500i, that when I received one this past Friday, I couldn’t wait to start putting some serious miles on it so I took my wife (aka Veil Gal) on a two day driving circuit that included PA, NJ, and DE. All …

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Production Escort Passport 9500i Received

We are please to report that we have received a current production model of the newest and high-tech radar detector from Escort. The Passport 9500i arrived today and after a brief spin around town, it appears that the early X and K-band reception/ramp-up idiosyncrasies have not been excised. We will be taking our new 9500i …

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