Home > Consumer Reviews > Cobra XRS 9345 14-Band Radar/Laser Detector with POP-Mode Radar Gun Detection and VG-2/Spectre Alert I Surveillance Immunity

i researched many sites and this seemed to be the best deal. i bought this for my boyfriend, who by the way has had plenty of speeding tickets. since he had gotten this product he has not gotten one and has avoided getting one when he was speeding and his detector went off. he really likes the city/highway setting. he sometimes drives around to find cops to make sure that it works. it has gone off everytime!

I bought this radar detector for both local and long distance use. It works great with our local sheriff's dept and police. But I have noticed that it does not seem to work at all around our state troopers, which is one of the reasons I bought it. I don't get any reading when they're around - not even when they already have someone pulled over. So, I still have to be very careful on trips. I don't feel as confident as I wanted. However, it has saved me many times on the way to work with our locals. Maybe I do have to spend hundreds of dollars to cover them all.

This radar detector is not sensitive enough. I see the police cars as the radar detector alerts me. I got a ticket in Alabama on I-20 near Talladega, the unit alerted me as the Officer turned his lights on. The Officer was about 200 feet away at the time.

So if your looking for a cheap radar that kinda gets the job done, well then this Cobra is for you.
I found it to work ok for awhile then, it thinks on-coming traffic (headlights) are radars. A ton of false alarms, wouldn't even count in one 30min trip to work.
I would agree around state patrol vehicles it doesn't work. I would pass trooper and maybe pick up KA-1 at most.
TIME for a upgrade jumping over to Beltronics Radar's, Cobra has let me down twice now.

Overall review 2.5 out of 5 stars "not worth the time or money"

It works good but when you first start your car it will beep constantly and show KA band 2 for about 5 minutes until it warms up.