FAQ: Which is the top radar detector?

In October 2013, Beltronics introduced the new STi Magnum radar Detector and the STi-R Plus, an installed radar detector. Escort Radar introduced the Passport Max 2. Which is the top radar detector? Speed Measurement Laboratories has tested all these radar detectors. The STi Magnum and Passport 9500ix are for customers who prefer a radar detector in the windshield. The STi-R Plus and Passport 9500ci are remote radar detectors installed around the vehicle to hide the radar laser from view. The STi-R Plus has a superb Ka frequency program that the Passport 9500ci does not have. The Passport 9500ci comes with a ShifterPro Dual, or an optional ShifterPro. A very informative and nice looking, Beltronics STi-R plus and Passport Max cockpit alert display is provided with programming capabilities is installed in the driver’s compartment. The Beltronics and Escort Radar products provide few false radar alerts and very fast response time, high Ka and K sensitivity, detection of the new sub K band photo radar, Ka radar. Voice alerts are also provided with WEB updates on certain radar detectors. The STi magnum, and Escort Redline are the two best windshield radar detectors with total electronic invisibility to all forms of police radar detector detectors. The Passport Max and Passport 9500ix are the two best GPS Photo radar detectors providing speed camera alerts, false alert learning capabilities, WEB downloads, etc. Valentine One is still a well known radar detector because of its directional radar alerts to the front, rear and side. Although the V1 is superb in detecting radar at distances as good as the best radar detectors, the downside of the Valentine 1 is that is has way too many false alerts. This is because the Valentine 1 does not have a false alert learning program using GPS capabilities. The other downside is that the Valentine One can be detected by Spectre III, Spectre IV, Spectre Plus, OPP Spectre, Stalcar RDD, but it is invisible to VG2 and VG4 radar detector detectors.