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I am a college student that takes both city streets and the highway back and forth from school, work, and my home. All the features on this radar work great. The 360 degree protection is convenient so that you are aware of speed traps on the return trip. It detects speed traps with ample time for you to slow down and avoid a ticket. The reason I did not give this radar a five star rating was because of the limited range it had on radar guns. I have been to close for comfort when the detector when off. Clearly officers have seen me hit the brakes pretty hard when they had their radar guns on. But I still have avoided many tickets with this detector and it was a great deal for the amount of money I paid. Also make sure to set your own settings because the factory settings were to basic. Overall this is a great radar detector.

I bought this product from Amazon about a month ago. I would not recommend this after my experience. I passed by several cop cars on the highway that clearly had radar turned on and the cobra did not alert me. Initially I thought the cop cars did not turn on their radar. However, I passed several electronic speed displays that are setup in neighbourhoods and highways that display speed based on a radar. I saw my speed displayed on the sign but this detector did not go off.

I have a Whistler in my other car and that works very well.

Radar detectors have gone down in price over the years. A few years back I bought one for 200.00 dollars but if I had to do it again I would. Just like computers the price has dropped significantly but the technology is much better. The Cobra does go off near automatic doors, from my understanding these doors have a radar which tells them that someone is coming. However I also noticed the Cobra catches radars from several miles away so at times it seems like it's going off for no reason but I trust it when it does go off and slow down.

Don't bother getting a different radar detector this one does the trick. Plain and simple don't drive more than 10 (15 if you're a risk taker) and hit brakes as soon as the cobra starts chirping. Do this and you'll never get a ticket again.

I bought this product because the old one was stolen. So far, It's been good, it detects all, the cops as well. The shipping was very fast and secure.