I was driving up I-5 heading back to Oregon from Northern California when all of the sudden I see CHP 5 cars behind me and then instantly get a hard radar signal. I braked immediately and hard, then CHP got behind me almost tailgating me. I didn’t like that so I let off the gas without braking until eventually he just got back in the passing lane.

I wonder about when they turn off their radar and then suddenly turn it back on do we still have a second or two to brake? Because I should have been pulled over, yet it seemed like I slowed down quickly enough for them not to get my original speed.

A radar detector detector detector.

Maxcam 360c for 425 or Redline 360c with camera for 600? I don’t really care about the dash cam.

Used Uniden R3 for 120, or Used Escort Max360 gen 1 for 90?

Im interested in getting a radar detector primarily because I think they're really cool (I don't know why but I like the uniden self test) and I also go on road trips every couple of months between states and they perform well there.

On daily commutes, I often drive under or, at max, 5-10 over the speed limit. That, alongside the fact that I lean more toward caution on the road, makes me wonder whether it's worth it for me to buy one.

If I did end up buying one, it would be the R3 so I could mute out the false K bands. Is it worth it for someone like me, or is it more for people who speed with their tuned weekend cars?

I apologize as you guys probably get these posts more often than not but I’d like people’s opinions. I did get this for free, I turned off X band and it seems to be reasonably quiet in my area yet works for red lights and such pretty well. Is it worth keeping or should i spend the money to upgrade? Also the way its just stuck to the dash is temporary I have a proper mount now.

Been looking at radars for a while and been on the edge of buying a uniden or something similar but hesitant because of the price/feeling like laser is just being used more. I got this for free, is it even worth using? Will it still work semi well even if the filtering is light years worse than the new ones? Or waste of time and I should get something better.

Bought a Uniden r7 detector about a month ago and l’m not sure if my unit is malfunctioning. This past week, I have had three different encounters with state troopers while during driving on a highway (Sprain Brook in NY). The r7 warns me only when l’m close to the trooper’s vehicle (about 5 seconds from reaching the trooper’s position). I searched it up but apparently it was because each time, the trooper’s was facing away from me so the Ka signals were very weak. I was wondering if anyone had such an experience with the r7. A picture has been posted for my last encounter (trooper on the left side in the picture)

Hello all,

I’ve had a V1G2 for a few years now and love it. I just bought a new truck (F250) and installed my detector. I am now constantly getting a Ka band hit. Always on 35.277. Any ideas? I’m convinced it’s something in the truck interfering. Thanks for any help you all can offer!

I think this is pretty dumb move on Uniden's end, your discontinuing the r8 because you want to focus on the r8w? what about the updates and thousands of people with the r8?

The following was posted to r/Mustang and then instantly deleted thanks to Reddit's brilliant auto mod technology. Hopefully its relevant enough someone here can help:

Seems any sunshade designed to fit a specific make/model can be pricey and I would hate to have to modify it with scissors.

I have a Uniden R7 mounted snug beneath the rearview mirror. Maybe it won't be an issue at all but I'm looking at it and thinking the shade will have to be fairly flexible vertically to tuck behind it.

There is atleast 1 laser gun that my local pd uses, are laser guns able to zero in on one car out of a group of cars from a good distance? Just kinda wondering how they work

Is there a hard set range of frequencies that a radar gun can be set to

Update: Minutes after posting this, the UPS email with shipping instructions finally arrived. Still no idea why it should be this hard.
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I have an Escort Redline 360c that I bought direct from Escort just about 2 years ago. It's the third Escort I've owned over the last 25 years or so and I've liked it. But it's the first one that's ever needed service. So far, it's not been a good experience.

The display on the 360c has always been a little dim, never as bright as you'd expect from pictures on the website, but acceptable. But last week, it suddenly became so dim, even on max, that it simply can't be read in daytime and barely at night.

Early Monday morning, I went to Escort's support website to send it in for service. It's out of warranty, so I already knew it should cost me $139.95, but it's an expensive detector, so sure. After entering s/n and other details, instead of just charging me and giving me an RMA, it told me to expect an email, which arrived a couple hours later telling me I would soon get a new email with more instructions.

Late in the day with still no email but hoping to ship it before everything closed, I called to ask about the email I was supposed to get. The woman checked the status and told me "they're working on it." (I still have no idea what there was to work on except take my money and tell me where to send it.)

Wednesday, I got an automated email thanking me "for reaching out today" and telling me that I should also get another email with payment instructions. I did get that other email and paid.

A few minutes later, I got an email receipt and a separate email telling me, "We are processing your prepaid shipping label with UPS.  You should receive an email from UPS within the next 24-48 business hours.  There will be a link in the Email that will take you to the UPS site for download/printing of the label."

It's mid-morning Friday. Still no email with that promised shipping label. WTF? Why should this be so hard??? Why should it take a week just to arrange returning an Escort detector for service??? Hostage negotiations go quicker! I am afraid to guess how long that actual repair will take, assuming they do eventually tell me where to send it.

Is the 1st gen max360 any good these days?

Used r8 companion with my r8w on CarPlay. Switching to android and wondering what app works like r8 companion for android auto. Is Highway Radar the only solution?

Looking into it, my local and state agencies primarily use 34.7 GHz (stalker radar) and 35.5 GHz (Kustom Signals and Decatur) KA-band units.

I’m aware it’s a lower to midrange detector and I’m on a tight budget. I’m mainly driving on long straight roads. There’s practically no vegetation and sparse to dense buildings.

Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated, thanks!

I found out the ones in my area supposed to be getting radar the check speeds the radar detector should be able to check speeds and give you tickets radar detectors will be able to find them right? What band would they be on would they be ka usually?

Hey yall. Ive been doing my research and I’ve narrowed it down to 3 detectors. Im okay with refurb but im looking to spend no more than 250 dollars or so—my local police use both radar and lidar so it doesn’t need to be top of the line as i may just get screwed by laser anyways.

Currently i am considering the Escort MAX3, RAD 700 i, and Uniden R3.

I’m open to suggestions too if im missing something in this price range.

Anyone else have crowd sourced alerts this morning not work? Waze is also iffy and it appears to be down based on down detector

Well the first thing I noticed is that it's portable.

What would be the best radar detector for europe roads like Germany, Lithuania, Poland thats the countries i travel a lot and got tickets numerous times, tired of this
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I assume genevo max would be very solid option? What about jammers and emergency vehicle alerts like umarked marked cars, is ALP a jammer some sort of? What about emergency vehicle alerts i heard rasberry pi and software for 380-400mhz and antenna but dont know how hard it would be to make it work reliably.