Rating  - Exceptional value and radar
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.
Rating - Pro-73 Spend a little, save alot.
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.
Rating  - fair but there are better options
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.
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