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I have had this over a year now and feel that a good review is necessary. is it the perfect radar,...no, but it does do the trick for the money. If people want directional notification in the first place, they should not have bought anything but a valentine one. In my oprinion, bel is the best, but I am not going to fork out $300+ on a detector that now in these days, the cops are using laser more frequently. What does this mean...you can spend all you want and if your detector picks up laser efficiently, it basically told you you just got a ticket. That's right, it doesnt matter how much you spend on a laser detector, they are too quick. The K band and Ka band is great and has saved me many times. For the money, this unit can not be beat. Also, dont mount the unit high as police dont aim their laser guns at your rear view, they aim it at the license plate or low windshield. If your unit is as low as possible, it will pick up the scatter more efficiently. I promise you if you are not going 120, this unit will save you. If you want the best, pay for it, its your money. Also, to shut off the X band that can go off a lot, switch it to city mode 2 and this turns off X band (most cops dont use 10%). Hope this helps.

I bought this last year for a trip from L.A to berkely. I did go off when I saw most of the cops, didnt give me much advanced warning, I usually was in the 70s, if I had been going any faster I would have a ticket. I also got a lot of false X band alerts, usually around trucks, the safety warning is usless and hasnt gone off once. A little research on that told me why, no city spends the 1k per unit the transmitters costs) I also used it for a few trips to vegas, same results, cop is usually in my line of site when this goes off, again anytime a truck is near the x band goes nuts, so much so I turn off the voice and mute the unit. I would sugguest buying the valentine 1 over this, yes its a lot more expensive 400 bucks, but what it the cost of this unit + ticket+ insurance premium increase= more then 400 bucks! a few features this unit doesnt have: 2 radar sensors (sorry only one) direction of radar (you have to guess!) how many are being shot ( you have no idea) all of these the valentine has. I will most likely sell this unit on e-bay, if I cant get a decent price I will send it to a friend of mine but tell him not to expect it to work at speeds much over 70.

This detector has already saved me at least 3 tickets since purchased, also get a cobra cb radio with good antenna and you have a great setup to avoid those expensive slips of paper.


Has good range around curves and over hills when placed high near rear view mirror.

Quiet feature is nice, after the first low level alert which is usually auto door openers, it goes into quiet mode which lowers those annoying continuous beeps.

I read all the reviews and tests on the Whistler Pro-73 before purchasing and they were right, it is defiantly worth the money.

Well after getting popped taking the kids to Disney World by a new unmarked Dodge Charger and having to give an Attorney some money to rid the fine and points, I started looking. I was not in a position to buy a $300-$400 detector, but wanted a great one. I looked everywhere and in the end this is the best of the best (price class) in every radar/laser shootout on the web. It will detect every laser/lidar on the cops market today. Every Radar band too. Cops mostly just using the K and Ka,Ku bands now anyway. This has it all. Beautiful display and overall nice quality. Like with any detector you have to be smart about speeding. It works and well before I saw the squad car in my experiences (1 month). This is Radar Roy's top pick in class along with several other sites. Do your homework,Whistler is better than any Cobra or Uniden and even better than my old retired Bel Vector. Overall I would say this is the 4th best on the market today next to Passport,Valentine One, and Bel. Very satisfied!

One more thing, placement of your detector is soo important. I drive an 07' Camry and it is recommended to mount it directly center of windshield and halfway up the window. NOT behind rear view mirror. High=Bad! If you are in a taller vehicle such as SUV mount it center windshield and as low as possible, but NOT behind windshield wiper or laying on the dash either. It's suggest about 2-3" above wipers on taller vehicles. This all makes sense because of where laser/lidar is aimed low on the front of your vehicle and unlike radar is only about 3 feet wide for detecting.

Do your homework and agree this is a great product.

Got this for Christmas and it has already saved me from two potential tickets. On City-2 mode it gives zero false alerts. Highly recommend it for anyone looking at detectors under $150. Top rated in its class on almost every review site!