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HomeCars & MotorsportsRadar DetectorsWhistler DE-1610 Radar Detector
Opinion Summary
Waste of Money DO NOT BUY!!
by boranethf | Oct 21 '01
Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: Sensitive to almost everything but police laser/radar

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Product Rating: 1.0



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Radar Ignorant (Reply to this comment)
by jonbmw
You obviously don't have a clue how radar and radar detectors work. First of all, the majority of police cars don't have radar units in them. Second, the ones that do don't necessarily have theirs on all the time. Therefore just because you passed a cop and your detector didn't go off doesn't mean the detector is bad. Many cops (like the ones you encountered) use instant-on radar which doesn't transmit until you're up close, that way they can surprise you. That would render any detector useless (including more expensive ones). As for false alarms...all detectors suffer from them (that includes the $40 and the $200). All a detector does is listen for noise on certain frequencies which radar operates on. Whenever you are nearby an automatic door opener, it is going to go off (it uses radar to know when someone's walking in). A more expensive detector would get you slightly better sensitivity and a longer range, but does that make it a better value? You can't say a product is bad when you don't know what's better.
Mar 09 '02
2:43 pm PST

You're wrong!!!!!!!!!!!! (Reply to this comment)
by ilove1610
I love the 1610.
It works every time!!!
You're stupid ffor buying a $200 one over the internet. I hope you get caught by evry single cop out there!
Jan 04 '02
1:10 pm PST
   

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