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Uniden R8 Extreme Long-Range Laser Radar Detector w/ GPS & Voice Alerts

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Amazon has Uniden R8 Extreme Long-Range Laser Radar Detector w/ GPS & Voice Alerts on sale for $601.72. Shipping is free.

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  • All new platform with unsurpassed range and sensitivity
  • Dual Antenna allows the R8 to detect threats from all four directions, with voice alerts for the direction of the threat. It even shows the band and signal strength for each.
  • Can remember and automatically mute false alerts (such as retail store doors) along your routes so you never have to listen to the same false alert twice
  • Preloaded Red Light and Speed Camera locations with Free Database and Firmware updates ensures your detector will never be out of date
  • Large Multi-color OLED display is easy-to-Read and allows for more useful information to be displayed at once
  • Voice Alerts are programable to fit your style so you can keep your eyes on the road with no distractions
  • The R8 has the Best K/KA Band filtering with the Least Amount of False Alerts from blind spot monitoring & Collison avoidance systems in other vehicles

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $98.21 lower (14.04% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant, with prices starting at $699.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • This item has a rating of 4.6 stars out of 5 based on over 165 customer reviews on Amazon
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Amazon has Uniden R8 Extreme Long-Range Laser Radar Detector w/ GPS & Voice Alerts on sale for $601.72. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Slick_deals_only for sharing this deal.

Product Information:
  • All new platform with unsurpassed range and sensitivity
  • Dual Antenna allows the R8 to detect threats from all four directions, with voice alerts for the direction of the threat. It even shows the band and signal strength for each.
  • Can remember and automatically mute false alerts (such as retail store doors) along your routes so you never have to listen to the same false alert twice
  • Preloaded Red Light and Speed Camera locations with Free Database and Firmware updates ensures your detector will never be out of date
  • Large Multi-color OLED display is easy-to-Read and allows for more useful information to be displayed at once
  • Voice Alerts are programable to fit your style so you can keep your eyes on the road with no distractions
  • The R8 has the Best K/KA Band filtering with the Least Amount of False Alerts from blind spot monitoring & Collison avoidance systems in other vehicles

Editor's Notes

Written by Brynn
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $98.21 lower (14.04% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant, with prices starting at $699.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • This item has a rating of 4.6 stars out of 5 based on over 165 customer reviews on Amazon
  • About this store:
  • Additional Note:
    • Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.

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Yes you are correct that they are useless against lasers. However police in a lot of places heavily depend on radar versus laser. Cops actually prefer radar for a bunch of reasons.

- can use in the move (you have to be stationary with laser)
- can use it from inside their car with the windows closed (can't shoot laser through glass)
- can set it and forget it (laser has to be actively shot while looking in a viewfinder at the target car)
Wow. It's been about 5 years since I last checked radar detector prices. I had no idea these had gotten this expensive.
couldn't tell you how many times I've passed a cop with radar on that wasn't on my waze and I was the one who had to add him to waze.

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Difference between R7?
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Difference between R7?
R8 I think will have support for laser jammers next year.
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Beware of fake sellers.

https://youtu.be/_2vrbC5lTB0
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Careful. I'm not sure if the issues have been resolved yet. Many people having issues with the R8. Strongly advise you read the forums on it. Went with an R7 recently because of it. Lots of screens going blank all of a sudden.
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Quote from fdiaz005 :
Beware of fake sellers.

https://youtu.be/_2vrbC5lTB0
Make sure you get sold and shipped by Amazon at $601.70

Others have been scammers.
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Careful. I'm not sure if the issues have been resolved yet. Many people having issues with the R8. Strongly advise you read the forums on it. Went with an R7 recently because of it. Lots of screens going blank all of a sudden.
"Uniden R8: Display Failures Fixed"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zcL7CO5ag8
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Difference between R7?
Dual LNAs, bluetooth (not yet functional), faster processor, more memory
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Great deal on this product, OP. That said, and as an owner of 2 Uniden radar detectors, including the R7... damn, this is expensive.

I wasn't even aware the R8 was even out, yet, but has anyone seen side-by-side test with this and the R7? If so, what was the outcome?

My personal opinion is that this really needs to drop to at least $500 to make it attractive to more consumers. Also, those of you that live in states that heavily use laser... there's no good defense against laser except for jammers (which are illegal as anyone looking at a $600 radar detector probably already knows).
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Wasn't this on price mistake few weeks ago?
For 149?
Maybe 3rd party?


https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/t/16171939
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Quote from GimmeYoTots :
Great deal on this product, OP. That said, and as an owner of 2 Uniden radar detectors, including the R7... damn, this is expensive.

I wasn't even aware the R8 was even out, yet, but has anyone seen side-by-side test with this and the R7? If so, what was the outcome?

My personal opinion is that this really needs to drop to at least $500 to make it attractive to more consumers. Also, those of you that live in states that heavily use laser... there's no good defense against laser except for jammers (which are illegal as anyone looking at a $600 radar detector probably already knows).
Radar jammers are illegal. Laser (LIDAR) jammers are not in many states. One is handled by the FCC, the other with the FDA.
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Wow. It's been about 5 years since I last checked radar detector prices. I had no idea these had gotten this expensive.
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Quote from DEALGUY315 :
Wasn't this on price mistake few weeks ago?
For 149?
Maybe 3rd party?
There are a ton of fake 3rd party listings that are shipping other items and causing headaches for returns.
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Quote from GimmeYoTots :
I know what you're saying in general... but, yes, laser, aka LIDAR, when used by a police officer as a speed detection device - the jamming of it, would most likely be considered illegal in most (if not all) states. Again, we're talking Active jammers, not passive stuff like coatings you spray over your license plate to make the laser less reflective (police are trained to aim at the front license plate).

The above said, what state do you believe laser/LIDAR jammers are legal?
It is legal in most states. https://www.escortradar.com/blogs...ammer-faqs
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Useless against lasers
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