| | Escort Passport 8500 X50 Radar and Laser Detector (Red Display) |  | Brand: Escort
Category: CE
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New (18) Used (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  123 reviews
Color: red
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 6 x 2 x 3
MPN: 8500X50RED
Model: 8500-X50-RED
UPC: 737795085027
EAN: 0737795085027
ASIN: B00028D778
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 I just love this product. April 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I bought 8500 X50 (red display) radar detector, my wife was against it, saying all stuff to make me return it. (But now, I once told her that I wanted to return it "just to see what she was going to say" and she said NO :) )
I love this product, it is just an amazing piece of technology. I've had it for almost a month and it already saved me from getting speeding tickets twice. It even saves me from illegal u-turns or road crossings. (if it beeps I don't cross) It will definitely help you save money, it is accurate and I don't regret paying $250 for it at all.
Just get it and you'll see it yourself, if you "DON'T" like it then you'll just return it. What's to lose?
I recomend not to spend more money because of the display (blue VS red) There is no meaning to it.
 Buy anything else - You'll be glad April 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Escort Passport 8500 was terrible right from the start. The display stopped functioning after a few weeks. We sent it back to Escort and they claimed to have repaired it. Once again, it worked for a few weeks and then the display failed again. It had now broken twice less than three months after we bought it. The service technician said that they would replace it. So once again, we paid to ship it back to them. But instead of replacing it with a new one, they simply fixed it again. When we called to find out why they did not keep their promise to replace it, the customer service agent was completely indifferent and rude. He said that they will decide whether or not to replace items and they were not obligated to keep their promises. So all I can say is that Escort is worthless. They have defective products and poor customer service. We have now purchased a Whistler and we are completely satisified. I'm sure there are lots of other units that provide great performance for less money than this one. Don't waste your cash on this overpriced and poorly built piece of garbage.
Excellent, but not awesome. April 21, 2008
It is a very good detector, don't get me wrong, but here is my experience:
The detector arrived dirty, scratched, and parts of the inside box were broken. It was a factory sealed item purchased new from Amazon. Now, I assume that Escort just mistakenly repackaged a return or something so I sent it back for a refund. No big deal. I am just relaying this as part of my personal experience; I did not factor this into my rating of 4/5 stars.
The 4/5 star rating is a result of the following performance: perfect performance when you are just about to be caught. There really isn't much advance warning here. We're talking seconds. In one case I didn't hear anything until the radar was on me (I know he had instant radar but I still wish I would have got a warning a mile or so back when presumably the cop was gunning someone else with instant-on) but luckily I wasn't going quite fast enough for it to be worth his trouble to pull me over.
There were 2 times on my most recent long road trip where this detector saved me from a ticket for a 100% fact. So, that's great. Hey, it already paid for itself, right? Well, yes, but each of the two times I got the warning literally one long second (seriously, one second) and it took my lightning quick reflexes to slam on the brakes. The next second the cop came into view and his gun was on me. So, I mean, you have to be like me and be quick draw Mcgraw or you are toast. I am only 29 years old. I'm not sure if I could act so quickly if I were, say, 59 years old.
In 99.2% of the other cases where this detector goes off it is a false alarm or some unknown device somehwere off the highway setting it off. The other .7% of the time it is real cops but they are not engaged in speed-trapping (could be already pulling someone over, working a wreck, giving a trucker a hard time, etc) and .1% of the time it is legit like I addressed in the previous paragraph.
Oddly enough I have experienced far more false alarms (like 10 to 1) in the country than in the city. This thing is virtually silent in the city and hardly ever goes off. In the middle of nowhere, however, it throws false alarms at least once every 5 minutes. Seriously. It gets to where you learn the different pitches and know which ones to take seriously. Most cops don't use the old school radar anymore, but things that use that band still set the detector off every few minutes. This can actually get annoying at times, but thankfully virtually all of the false alarms are announced in the high-pitch "standard old-school" radar tone which I have never seen a modern cop even use to catch speeders. So you learn what to ignore by pitch but I still wish I had less to ignore.
So, was it worth the money? Absolutely. Could it be better? Absolutely. 1 second warning time is not enough. It was enough for me but like I said I have a hair trigger on the brake pedal. I kept thinking of the cordless model that everyone says is slower response than this model. If that really was true I would have gotten 2 tickets in the past month. This one barely did the job as a mentioned. So on paper in a purely technical sense it was 2 for 2 which means perfect. I just think it could be a little better for the reasons I laid out.
Remember to unplug your detector and put it in the glovebox when driving through Virginia. Simply unplugging is not enough. They are illegal period, even if not turned on. You will also encounter this in most Canadian provinces. Sorry for the long review but this stuff is really interesting to me and if you have read this far evidently it is to you, too.
Drive safely and observe all posted speed limits!
Good detector so far April 19, 2008
I drive alot for work, so not having a detector is stupid, in my opinion. Most people simply say, don't speed, but sometimes you do without realizing it. I've had a few detectors in my life, and this one seems to have the best range. It does have false alarms every now and then,as they all do, but it does'nt bother me. For example, the pop alarm will go off for no reason sometimes, but very seldom. I guess that's why it's turned off in default mode. As stated in other reviews, the suction cups could be better, and it would be nice if the smart cord had an on/off switch, along with the alrady had, mute button. The instant digital ka band the cops use will beat almost any detector, so a radar detector is not 100% effective. I'd say it works 80% or more of the time, which makes it well worth having. You can also turn off the x and pop band,if you know it's not used in your area, to have fewer false alarms. Few cops around here use the x band, at least from what i've seen with my detectors. I've never expereinced a pop(at least one that came from a cop) either, but i've only had it a couple weeks. Overall, well worth the money, if you stay on the road. That is, if it keeps working. I have read a few reviews that stated, they(this detector), quit working and had to be sent back. If this one keeps working, it will be the best i've had. Some reviews also state that the detector did not go of when they passed a cop. Uh, only a few percentage of cop cars have radar/laser. Duh.
Great Radar Detector April 15, 2008
Have nothing but great things to say about this radar detector..me and a bunch of guys in my car club have this radar, red or blue LED's and it's great. Only flaw I'd say is a few too many false alarms, but that's probably because we live in NYC.
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