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I got prompt shipment, however the product its self was not any good. I was told this was a brand new never out of the box radar detector, however I found out from Cobra that this product was defected. I don't know if this product was defected from the factory or if this product was a refurbish, but Cobra has sent me a replacement for this unit.

Cobra has you fooled with marketing fluff. There is no such thing as "11 Bands". There are only 3 radar bands and 1 laser band. That's it. They count the different brands of radar guns as different bands, they count the different brands of laser guns as different band, they count VG-2 as a band (it's not a band it's a type of gun). It's all marketing fluff to get you to spend more money.

As far as radar detectors being legal in the United States, that is not completely true either. They are illegal in Virginia and Washington D.C.

Don't waste your money it's all hype. The less expensive brands will give you more bang for your buck and they do the exact same thing.