New Discounted Escort Live Bundles

For a Limited Time we have Escort Live discounted bundles available on some of the Best Escort & Beltronics radar detectors.  Normally Escort Live sells for $99.95 but for a limited time you can get Escort Live for only $40 with the purchase of a compatable radar detector.

Beltronics PRO-300 w/Escort Live
Beltronics PRO-500 w/Escort Live
Beltronics Sti Magnum w/Escort Live
Escort 8500x50 Black w/Escort Live
Escort Redline w/Escort Live
Escort 9500ix w/Escort Live

The $40 bundle addition includes either the Escort Live Coiled Smartcord or the Escort Live Smart Direct Wire Kit.  Each comes with a 1 Year subscription to the Escort Live service.

Are radar detector still useful today?

We get customers asking us if radar detectors are still useful today as they were years ago and the answer is definately YES! Radar Detectors today are much smarter and can do so much more than detectors made just a few years ago.  While laser guns seems to be growing in popularity with the prices dropping on them radar is still preferred for most vehicles in motion.

Today's radar detectors also have GPS antenna's built in to some of the higher end radar detectors.  Not only do these detectors alert to radar and laser signals but now they can also warn the driver when they are coming up on intersections that have known speed traps, red light cameras and also fixed speed cameras.  Cameras are all public records and there are companies that compile all this camera data and you can simply download all these locations right into your radar detector.

New Products like Escort Live use Live data shared from other drivers using smart phone apps to inform drivers in the area of live speed traps. See photo below:

There are many really good radar detectors on the market today and there is not one that is the best for everything.  The best suggestion we can make is to contact a sales or customer service rep through www.bestradardetectors.net and we will help point you to the best radar detector for your specific needs based on your driving habits and the locations that you travel through.

Beltronics PRO-500 or Escort 9500ix

In summary both of these radar detectors are very good and similar in many ways.  Both share the same antenna platform (M4) and both have bubble convex lens (Helps Sensitivity) and both also have an integrated GPS for red light and fixed speed camera warnings.  There are some differences which we highlight in our writeup of the Beltronics PRO-500 vs. Escort 9500ix on our main site but you cant go wrong with either one of these great detectors.

SpeedZones Annual Radar Detector Test 2012-2013

Not sure why these folks take the time to perform useless distance tests when in the real world we don't all drive in the desert on straight roads with no interference.  To test a radar detector it needs to be tested in the real world with hills and curves and every day interference from nearby automatic door openers etc.  Based on these distance tests that speed zones did, one would think that a $200 Cobra radar detector would offer the same performance as a $500 Escort Redline since they both can detect at 9 miles away.

In the real world you will never see a 9+ miles alert and police don't always drive with their radar units constantly on.  They are sneaky and hide behind hills and curves and use instant on, more so than constant on.  I hope anyone reading their review realizes that there is more to a radar detector than picking up at a distance on a deserted straight road.

We stand by our 2013 Radar Detector Reviews and for 2013 none of the new units from Cobra or Whistler compare to the higher end units from Beltronics and  Escort.

RX65 or Beltronics PRO-300

Very common question lately is which one to choose between the Beltronics RX65 vs Beltronics PRO-300 and the answer is definately the PRO-300.  See the link above that will describe all the benefits that the new PRO-300 has over the older RX65. 

Blinder HP-905 Laser Jammer Testing

Thanks to the ECCTG at the Radar Detector Forum we had a great day of testing on the new Blinder HP-905 Laser Jammer.  Spend several hours meeting at 5:30AM to tell the HP-905 against 14 different laser jammers.  Overall the new Jammer from Blinder performed exceptionally well considering the new smaller sized heads.  While there were several punch through's but that is to be expected in real world testing.  Blinder has shown that they still can compete in the jammer market and the HP-905 is competitively priced and will do very well.

Differences of the new Beltronics PRO Series Radar Detectors

Well here you have it the new PRO Series Lineup.  Please note that only the Beltronics PRO 300 & Beltronics PRO 500 work with Escort Live.  All new Pro Model all come with a new rubberized black paint which give the detector a nice feel and look and also cuts back on sun glare.

Beltronics PRO 100 - Is the new entry level radar detector which replaces the older V940 radar detector.

Beltronics PRO 200 - Is the higher end entry level radar detector which replaces the older V955 and it has a nice sensitivity increase.  This unit will be an excellent detector to compete with the higher end Whistler radar detectors.

Beltronics PRO 300 - Is the high performance (Non GPS) radar detector which replaces the older RX65.  The major change is the new redesigned lens which makes it more sensitive than the older RX65 that is replaced.  This will be the new best performing radar detector under $300.

Beltronics PRO 500 - Has all the features of the PRO 300 but adds the internal GPS for red light and fixed speed camera protection as well as the ability to mark and ignore false alerts.  It does this by memorizing the GPS location and frequency of the false alerts and storing them into its internal memory.