I’m going to trade my Miata in for another vehicle, but before I do so, we need to uninstall everything out of the car! Everything from radar detectors, laser jammers, dashcams, batteries, power cables… everything. 🙂 Here’s the full video of the uninstall so you can see everything that I have been running and where …
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There’s a new set of laser jammers coming out soon called the TMG Alpha-15. (Though they may wind up being renamed once they’re officially released.) What’s special about them is that they’re showing tremendous potential so far in development including being able to jam the latest DragonEye guns while costing a fair amount less than …
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Last week I flew out to West Chester, Ohio to meet up with Escort. Lots of you guys have had questions about their products, updates, and customer service, just like I did, so I met up with them to talk about their different products, how things are going, and how things are going to improve. …
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This past Thursday I installed the Escort ZW5’s onto my wife’s car for a trip that we planned out for this weekend and sure enough, we headed out Friday and had our first encounter with the new setup. We ran into an officer who tagged us with the PL4.
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The Escort ZW5 wireless laser shifters are a unique set of laser jammers. (Escort refers to jammers as “shifters,” but they’re the same thing.) The special thing about these jammers is that they wirelessly communicate to an Escort radar detector on your windshield without having to run any wireless through your vehicle’s firewall. The benefit of …
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Stinger just announced on their website that they’re going to be releasing laser jammers that use fiber optics for not just the transmitters like they do now, but also for the receivers. This is pretty awesome news. Check out how small the fibers are compared to the ALP head (right) or even Stinger’s normal receiver …
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This week at CES, Escort is introducing a new affordable remote radar detector that they’re calling the Escort iX Ci. It’s like a remote version of the Escort iX, but with better performance and filtering, plus the ability to give it arrows with the optional rear antenna. Think of it as the more affordable baby …
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Police laser guns are a common tool that police officers use to issue speeding tickets all across the United States and Canada. They offer many advantages to a police officer over a radar gun and radar detectors don’t actually help against a police laser gun. Laser jammers are required to combat laser guns. How does …
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Laser jammers are designed to prevent a police officer from acquiring your speed when he’s targeting you with his laser gun. It gives you time to quickly slow down as needed, disable your jammers, and let him get a reading off of your car doing the speed limit. Are laser jammers illegal or are they …
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Update: Please see my updated laser jammer comparison guide. Things have changed since this article was first written. Are you wondering what’s the best laser jammer? If you’re looking to protect yourself from costly speeding tickets, radar detectors are excellent against radar, but they’re almost useless against laser. In practice radar detectors are little more …
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Escort Redline 360c
Best for Set-It-and-Forget-It Drivers
Best Performing Radar Detector
Best for Radar Detector Enthusiasts
Best bang for the buck with arrows
Uniden R4
Best non-arrow detector
Best performance under $300
Best under $200
The best performing and top laser jammer on the market
Tiny heads for stealthy installs, great for exotic cars, expensive, poor track record of updates
Best affordable laser jammer (Save 10% with coupon “Vortex”)
High performance radar detector & laser jammer combo
Radenso RC M ($2099, radar only)
Can integrate with ALP, integrated controller/display
Affordable custom installed radar detector, integrates with AntiLaser Priority
