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This is my 4th radar detector in 15 years. I've had Uniden and Whistler units before, but this one performs the best. In fact I had originally performed was the ESD6200 and decided to upgrade to the ESD6700. The 6700 does an excellent job at filtering out false signals in both city and highway modes. The only minus is that the voice is not as loud and distinctive as it is on the 6200 model. Otherwise the $40 extra is well worth it...

This is one of the best radar detectors I've ever owned. The city filtering mode works great, with little false alarms. It's easy to understand and operate, and best of all it does a great job of letting you know of any threats. Personally, the voice alert is so annoying I just leave if off, because when it detects something and it cuts off and detects it again, the voice alert message repeats over and over again! I love testing it out on the speed traps around town(little do the cops know)!

When I decided to purchase this detector after seeing it in stores, I went to Cobra's web site. I read about it, and found the price on this product to be $5 more than the store. I decided to check this site and a variety of others to see if they had this product. WOW, The price on the cobra site much more than the price here. This is my 5th detector purchase. I also have purchased and still own Bell's, Cobras, Valentine one, and unadins. Although I have found this detector to be second best to my Valentine one, This detector is 120 dollars as opposed to the four hundred range. As with any detector except the V1, this detector really detects about 180 degrees. It does not have seperate rear detectors. However rear detecton is verry rarely necessary unless you are going below the min. speed limit. I found this detector to be on par or better than any other detectors I own. It's sound needs to be louder, but it's actual detectoin is supurb. This detector preforms like a detector more than twice it's price. If you are looking for 250 detecton at a 100 dollar price, this is your best shot.

I have owned many radar detectors, and the ESD 6700 is by far the worst. I am not just saying this. It has the absolute worst sensitivity and only quietly beeps (at its loudest volume) when a police car is about 50 feet in front of your vehicle. I always see the cop before the detector begins to beep. Ka band sensitivity is even worse! With this band, it beeps only once as you are passing the cop, and not before. This is no joke. I took my first ESD 6700 back to the store because I thought that it was defective, but the second one was just as bad. As the signal gets stronger, the beep frequency does not increase, it only beeps about three times for about three seconds very slowly until you pass the threat. I am fixing to throw it away, it is trash!

The 6700 has been the best radar detector to weed out false signals that I have found. Use and mounting were very easy. I ran a cord from my fuse box (to the ignition) so that the unit turns on and off with the power of the car.