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1. robm425 Says:
   October 1st, 2008 at 5:03 pm

   It is the best cordless detector available but the detection and sensitivity of cordless detectors is far less than it’s corded counter parts. The battery powered detectors shut off for milliseconds here and there to save batteries limiting their detection ability.

   Do not go cordless unless you absolutely have to. A good RD that is corded with excellent results is the Escort 8500 X50.
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   Cordless Detectors

   Although you will be free of dangling cords, Radar Roy says that if you can stay with a corded detector instead of going cordless, do so!

   In order to conserve battery life, cordless radar detectors turn themselves off and on in milliseconds. Because of this you will be sacrificing:

   · Range and sensitivity: Cordless radar detectors typically have 30% less range than a corded radar detector
   · The ability to detect POP radar: As POP radar transmits in a burst of 67 milliseconds, current models of cordless detectors are not able to detect POP radar. A new cordless radar detector from PNI, that will be introduced during the second quarter of 2005, is being developed to be the first cordless detector to detect POP radar.

   Because the detector itself is designed to operate on batteries, plugging it in will not increase the range or sensitivity.

   If you want to free yourself of the power cord that plugs into the cigarette lighter, Radar Roy recommends that you consider a direct wire cord for your radar detector. This will allow you to plug your detector into the fuse box of your car and then you can conceal the wire by tucking it under the molding.

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