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As a police officer, I love radar detectors because people that have them tend to drive within reason. That being said, almost no departments use handheld radars anymore, it's either moving radar that is almost always on but can be set to stationary mode or handheld infrared lasers, or lidar, such as the Pro Laser Iv. These units will give you warning for moving radar but they won't for lidar. The cone for the laser is 3 feet at 1500 feet, and it doesn't bounce around down the road like radar does. The return speed is less than a second and we aim it at your grill area, not your windshield. I may shoot a laser at you and it doesn't even register on your detector.
That being said, people with detectors tend to be safer drivers, definitely driving slightly above the speed limit but not below the speed limit which is statistically more dangerous to a large extent. This deal seems good and the brand is reliable.
Anyone who wants the R3 over the R4 is crazy. I own both and the R3 has way more false alerts than the R4. I love the more advanced warning of the R4 over the R3.
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I was there returning a switch and saw one on the shelf behind the return counter. I asked the girl to check the price and it rang up 379.99. This was on Nov. 17.
Yeah it's back up on BBcom too. UNIDEN maybe discontinued a previous version at $180 or something and now has the newer one back at full price idk.
TBH, I would rather have the R3. I have an R4 and it alerts at such long ranges that the constant beeping is just annoying. It's literally beeping for well over a mile. I know you can hit mute, but I would rather be alerted slightly later. I do not like muting because we do not know if the threat has moved later on. Improving on distance is no longer an improvement.
True, but R4 is also much better around curves and with 90 degree detection.
No. Buy the time you get the alert, the officer will already have your speed recorded. This is for radar detection only.
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Selling knife is illegal, but this is legal, right?
Can someone tell me one legal usage case for this product, please?
Radar detectors are perfectly legal in most states. Even if you're not speeding it's good to know if there are police vehicles around to make sure you don't give them any excuse what so ever to pull you over and get on with their fishing expeditions.
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TBH, I would rather have the R3. I have an R4 and it alerts at such long ranges that the constant beeping is just annoying. It's literally beeping for well over a mile. I know you can hit mute, but I would rather be alerted slightly later. I do not like muting because we do not know if the threat has moved later on. Improving on distance is no longer an improvement.
You can reduce the sensitivity which I believe would make it alert later on. I can't remember if you can reduce the ka band or only k and x
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"Just drive slow" crowd, save your breath and move on to the next deal.
That being said, people with detectors tend to be safer drivers, definitely driving slightly above the speed limit but not below the speed limit which is statistically more dangerous to a large extent. This deal seems good and the brand is reliable.
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That said, I ordered this one.
That said, I ordered this one.
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Can someone tell me one legal usage case for this product, please?
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I've had to replace two speakers in my R3's, and they aren't nearly loud enough.
I've had to replace two speakers in my R3's, and they aren't nearly loud enough.
Also ymmv but laser jammers are almost always illegal.
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