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Old 03-21-2018, 10:16 PM   #15
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Thank you for the great info. Watched several videos on YouTube and ordered an R3 from Amazon today.
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Old 03-22-2018, 07:04 AM   #16
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Thank you for the great info. Watched several videos on YouTube and ordered an R3 from Amazon today.
Hey, one small negative with the R3 are the suction cups - they were OK, but..... I ended up getting a couple of these for my Canyon and Camaro:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Permanent-W...tZsyY~&vxp=mtr

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Old 03-22-2018, 12:41 PM   #17
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https://www.vortexradar.com/2017/12/...cort-max-360c/

This review sums it all up for me. The Uniden R3 performs better in regards to all-out range of detection. The Max 360C (the current model) has more features that make living with the detector easier and give you more situational awareness (knowing where the radar is can be helpful and being able to draw on other user's findings is EXTREMELY helpful).

MY pick is still the Escort...anyone who goes with the Uniden or V1 is likely happy with their choice too. If Uniden started building in the features that Escort has, it might become a winner for me but right now the slightly less detection sensitivity is fine for me given all the other functions more than making up for it (in my driving situation).
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Old 03-22-2018, 01:15 PM   #18
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I have a Valentine 1 with V1Driver app on my phone, which adds GPS marking and silencing.
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Old 03-22-2018, 02:55 PM   #19
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https://www.vortexradar.com/2017/12/...cort-max-360c/

MY pick is still the Escort...anyone who goes with the Uniden or V1 is likely happy with their choice too. If Uniden started building in the features that Escort has, it might become a winner for me but right now the slightly less detection sensitivity is fine for me given all the other functions more than making up for it (in my driving situation).
I kept going back and forth with the decision since I already had an older Escort. I liked the 360C with the built in WiFi. The additional $300 and fewer firmware updates were the things that convinced me. To each his own.

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Old 03-22-2018, 03:41 PM   #20
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I love my escort. I've had it for years. I used to get tickets all the time until I bought that.
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Old 03-22-2018, 04:04 PM   #21
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So I guess cobras and whistlers radar detectors are out of the question. Depending on your daily highway routine. However they are one of the earliest models in the competition for radar detectors. I'm talking everyone had one back in the day, like year 2000-2006. Probably find one on amazon for $30 bucks now and days . Sorry for being late to the party on this one but I had get my 2 cents in. Granted valentine's are top of line, and top dollar quality.
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Old 03-22-2018, 04:21 PM   #22
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Nowadays filtering is just as important as sensitivity. Without adequate filtering a radar detector will constantly alert because of all of the blind spot monitoring out there - that can lead you to (1) go crazy, and (2) start to ignore your alerts.

I used to have an Escort Redline - it was excellent until BSM became more common - I had to get rid of it.
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Old 03-22-2018, 06:12 PM   #23
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Nowadays filtering is just as important as sensitivity. Without adequate filtering a radar detector will constantly alert because of all of the blind spot monitoring out there - that can lead you to (1) go crazy, and (2) start to ignore your alerts.

I used to have an Escort Redline - it was excellent until BSM became more common - I had to get rid of it.
Amen - I retired my Escort 7500 which I got about 2001. It's pretty much useless with all the BSM, and it''s only going to get worse.

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Old 03-23-2018, 10:57 AM   #24
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bump for a great thread .
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Old 03-23-2018, 05:07 PM   #25
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Picking up my Camaro tomorrow. I’ve been driving a VW Jetta TDI for the past ten years and perfectly clean driving record for the past ten years and want to keep it that way. That being said any suggestions on radar detectors. Looking at a Valentine or Escort iX. Most driving in town and occasionally go to CO or TN.
I have a escort 360 in my Camaro and it works great. Hardly any false alerts. Wife’s XT5 has the Valentine with the latest software and its chirping all the time. Sometimes showing up to 3 vehicles which none are cops. She has finally turned off the sound. Though not perfect the 360 out preforms the Valentine hands down. I’d stay away from the 360C as there seems to be problems with it connecting to the net to update.
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Old 03-24-2018, 07:44 AM   #26
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Old 03-24-2018, 08:58 AM   #27
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I have a V1 and don't get much in terms of interference like described above, however, I sent mine in for the current model upgrade in 2017. That upgrade did make a huge difference in cutting out false alarms. I've used a V1 for almost 20 years now and haven't had a single ticket. I don't think you can go wrong with either the V1 or 360 though...

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Old 03-24-2018, 09:11 AM   #28
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I have an Escort 9500 from 2008, and get fals alarms up the wazzoo with all the blind spot and radar cruise out there now. I called Escort and spoke to an engineer and he sais when all the radar monitoring first came out the mfgs promised them they would use different frequencies than the bandwith used for police radar. Well, they didn't, and there is no way to upgrade sigtware on older radar detectors to filter out the radar used on modern cars. He said as of now only the Max 360 can filter because its the first ine they made with all new software and filtering. None of their other detectors can filter yet, not until they trickle down their new software design to the cheaper detectors.
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