Whistler XTR-695

did some online research about a decent radar detector for under $200. this one and one from beltronics came up. i've owned both bel and whistler before and, after careful deliberation, i chose the… whistler. it seems like it picks up everything; alarms, garage door openers, you name it. in about 4 weeks of use, i've had about 400+ false alarms and only 2 actual radar detections. tried the filter, but that only filters x band. the other bands (including the "pop" alerts) still go crazy on a regular basis. i suspect that i'll end up getting a ticket not because the detector failed to detect the radar, but because it will be mixed in with a zillion false alarms and i'll just ignore it. i'm wishing i had my old beltronics detector now (got stolen from my car awhile back). it was very simple, but worked great...

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I've had this for a couple of weeks now, and took it on a long trip from South Florida to Orlando. Worked well and alerted me to police radar in sufficient time to adjust speed. The voice alert is a great… feature: tells you the kind of radar signal being picked up. The display is a bit hard to see during the day, but OK at night. I actually set my unit up to flash different colors for: K, Ka, POP, etc. And that helps to visually identify the signal. I did a lot of research before buying this unit, and I did not want to spend hundred of dollars for a Escort or Valentine. I'm very happy with my purchase and the performance of the unit. I'm not a speed hound -- but I do drive fast at times -- and so far, the XTR-695 has done its job and kept me out of trouble. For K and Ka, the unit appears to have good range as I've picked up signals more than 1 mile away. Have also picked up police radar around bends at approx. 1/2 mile.

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I purchased this radar detector 3 months back and its not working now!! contacted amazon and they told me that they cannot issue a refund or replace the item since its over 30 days and told me to contact… the company and they dont even have a phone number!! I searched the company site and got their email and send them an email about this and nobody responded!! now amazon told me they cannot refund the money ,their warrenty is only for 30 days!! Now I am hoping that the manufacturer atleast will respond,anyway no more purchase from amazon!!

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