Whistler makes two performance levels of detectors, with the CR 65, CR 70, and CR 75 being the base models and the CR 80, CR 85, and CR 90 being high performance models.
I ordered a CR 70 from Amazon Warehouse Deals for less than half the market price, and my detector still had the plastic film on the front and back with the cord still in a sealed bag. This was a new "open box" item.
The performance of the CR70 seems identical with my previous XTR-335, which is the model the CR-70 replaced.
The new unit does have traffic signal rejection and detects newer lasers, and may have other subtle improvements I'm not aware of. But the basic Whistler radar detectors are incredibly capable radar detectors in their own right, just as they have been for several years.
For only about fifty dollars for the CR-65 series (CR-70 adds voice for about $75 and for about $100 the CR-75 adds voice and OLED digital display----but performance is all the same) anybody who wants a radar detector more capable than detectors that used to sell for several hundred dollars a decade or more ago.
The basic Whistlers today will detect Ka band radar on straight roads for at least two miles or more. K band range is over a mile. X band isn't used much anymore, but it's there if your local police still use X band. These units are limited by hills and curves, and by the radar being shot forward,,,,but so are all radar detectors. They still work in those situations but range (and warning time) is reduced.
The CR-80, CR-85, and CR-90 Whistlers may offer improved range and certainly provide more features. For that you pay about $100 for the CR-80 (Base icon display) $135 for the CR-85 (full featured OLED display and $180 for the top of the line CR-90 that adds GPS and a free updateable web based system to alert for red light cameras and to mark locations yourself where speed traps operate. Range on the upper end Whistlers is supposed to be better.
Yet the range and performance of my late model base model Whistlers is excellent. Detection of Ka band at well over a mile on the highway (even "instant on" bursts) is the rule not the exception.
Police radar is much more powerful than speed signs and automatic door openers. In the real world driving experience, the basic under $100 Whistler models give incredibly good warnings of actual police radar, with a minimum of false alerts.
Whistler does not make the best radar detectors. But they do make by far and away the best cheap radar detectors, and they are useful , good, reliable, and attractive units that can be plugged in and go right to work sniffing out police radar.
They are not "cop car detectors". No detector can save you from being the first target of laser or "instant on " radar, either.
They are entertaining gadgets that may save you from inadvertently driving into a speed trap, though. They do work, and work far better than the detectors of only a few years ago.
And you can buy a really good Whistler for about the price of a full tank of gas.
(Ain't technology marvelous?)
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Great detector I pushed it to the limit?
Got reassigned from nc to Alaska and had to drive one of my two cars myself to get there, it was brutal but here is how it worked.my configs: all bands on KA set to maxid, tfsr on, no pop. I traveled at a minimum 10 over max 20 overNC- nothingVA- cops everywhere thing picked every single one of them around corners and hills, had to set it on the dash cause its illegal there much harder to see and it still worked well.WV- nothing meaning didn't see copsOhio- nothingIndianapolis-nothingIllinois- this one was hot cops and traffic cams, first and only full x band from a state trooper, also laser but Chicago traffic was so busy I can't see any cop chasing someone without getting killed.Wisconsin- decided to turn on pop mode big mistake, it greatly reduces the range please use that one at your own risk, don't know why I didn't get pulled over there.Minnesota- only state where I passed cops and nothing went off don't know if they are personally looking for speeders and then turn their radar on as soon as you pass, they all wait in the center median so keep eyes open.North dakota- one cop trying to hide at a gas station it's so open out there the Whistler has unbelievable range, was FLYING!!!Montana- cops use the old Texas technique where they all drive on the other side of the highway clocking traffic passing them across the median, as soon as you speed pass them they 180 around the median and get you. Your range is reduce with this technique but so are theres, your driving 70 the cop is driving 70 the other way with 140 difference, you must be quick here to stop as soon as the cr90 warns you.Idaho- nothingWashington- cops use laser here and traffic cams are EVERYWHERE, still speed through it though most cops use ka. Lots of unmarked cop cars though so be carefulAlaska- few cops open range lots of mountains cops can't really hideCanada- speed limit was 55 for 400 miles of nothing drove 70 and picked off one cop passing me.I say this was a great investment for the price, just because you see the cop in the distance when the cr90 goes off does not mean he has you yet I am a prime example of that for sure. Make sure you mount it mid way on windshield not low it reduces range. The KA-ID is the best feature as well as the custom features selection. Must be careful in metro areas. Don't blare music or wear headphones/blue tooth to the point that you can't hear the system go off you only have a second or two stay alert.
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