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Old 05-08-2019, 07:34 PM   #52
Allez

 
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Originally Posted by GrabTheWheel View Post
My old Escort 8500 with 15 year old tech picks up KA band from 2 plus miles away. Can someone enlighten me about what is so much better about the latest and greatest radar detectors? I would think if they are overly sensitive and pick up radar from 5 miles away that would be slightly annoying. Are the newest ones somehow better with Lidar? I'm guessing no.
Filtering is much better now. I used to have the original Redline - with all of the false alerts it was practically useless.
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