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(15 customer reviews) 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
The best with some issues,
June 10, 2011 James J. Marino - See all my reviews
This review is from: Escort Solo S3 Cordless Radar Detector (Electronics)
Passport still reigns as the top brand of detectors. This was my third one over the years. I have had cobra as well as iradar . What was obvious at first glance , that when an alert sounds ,you might think that's it's false, however a few miles ahead there is the radar. In other words, the passport gives you more than enough time to adjust your speed. The flaw is that I have noticed a slight reduction in sensitivity with battery models over the wired units. Also, carrying extra batteries on trips is a pain. Once I was caught off guard because the units batteries were so weak, that it didn't notice the radar. in another instance, the batteries were dead and I wasn't warned to replace them... However, that said, it's still the best portable out there and even on the front seat picks up the radar..overall, I would give this 5stars simply because it's the best out there.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Escort Solo S3 Cordless Radar Detector,
December 30, 2011 Larry Stivers (TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Escort Solo S3 Cordless Radar Detector (Electronics)
I gave this Solo S3 four stars rather than five because of the wholly inadequate suction cup mounting system. I had my previous detector on a visor mount, which worked well for me, however, this mounting would obscure the rear-facing antenna on the Solo. The suction cups on this Solo stuck securely to the inside of my windshield for only about a week. One of them will not remain stuck even without the weight of the detector. Yes, I diligently cleaned the mounting area of the windshield before applying the suction cups.
The detector itself seems to work well, although I have no sophisticated equipment with which to test it. It does seem to produce far fewer false warnings than the Bel cordless unit it replaced, and it has several times alerted me to a police cruiser well in advance of his appearance.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Not great but it's all relative,
April 26, 2012 J. Charles "General tsao" (Newton, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Escort Solo S3 Cordless Radar Detector (Electronics)
I used this for a few weeks until I had a valentine 1 hard wired into my car. I thought I would test them both side by side just to see if there was a difference. The valentine 1 beat the escort by at least 5-10 seconds on both X and K bands, however the real problem was with the ka band, which is really the only band that cops use in the northeast (not including laser). The valentine 1 was at least 10 seconds ahead of the escort and the escort only picked up the ka signal when I had visual confirmation of the cruiser, which would have been useless at that point. I really wanted to like the escort because I remember when my dad got his first detector about 20 years ago which was an escort passport, but this unit was not worth the cost since the ka detection is so poor. I also tried an escort 8500 but it kept having laser faults which drove me crazy. I actually like the s3 better but it has nothing on the valentine 1. I would rather spend the money on the valentine than take a...Read more
