Escort Solo S2 Radar Detector

Pros: Great range, portable
Cons: Expensive, alerts could be louder

For a cordless (even for a corded model), this Escort satisfies even the most daring of speeders and car enthusiasts.  The selectable alerting capability (Highway, City, Auto) allows the user to avoid many of X band's alerts caused so often by ...

Pros: Cordless, fewer false alerts than others, has earphone jack built in
Cons: Low volume(not an issue with earphone)hard to see display sometimes No POP alert

So, having used a V1 for some time and acknowledging it is an excellent detector, I felt the need to go cordless mostly for use on my motorcycle. I had a Beltronics 945 once (not a good radar detector at all!!)and for bike use it was handy. I had used ...

Pros: Small, sleek styling, above average performance with conventional radar.
Cons: Does not detect photo radar effectively.

The Solo S2 is a good, tough, reliable radar detector which keeps false alarms to a minimum and provides good versatility and performance on X, K and Ka radar bands. Distance seems to be equal to or better than a corded Bel model with fewer false alarms. ...

Pros: Cordless (no cords); Visual layout
Cons: Cordless (batt life); night operations; price

Escort, after years of trying to get a Cordless model to operate efficiently, finally aspired to having a Highly workable Cordless unit. Since the Technology merger with Beltronics years ago, Escort has been producing Top contending models (8500 & ...

Pros: Good detection range and the back light and programmable features are convienent.
Cons: The controls are too small and no detection arrows like the Valentine 1.

I purchased a radar detector from Radio Shack about 6 months ago for about 100 dollars. I thought that it was a decent radar detector at that time. But after using it for a couple of week i began see that the detection range was horrible. When i ...

Pros: Excellent range and good sensitivity. Attractive appearance and display. Easy to mount anywhere
Cons: Less range than the Escort 8500.

I recently purchased this detector after extensively researching it's abilities and weaknesses. Here's my opinion: - I already own an Escort 8500, so I have an excellent detector benchmark to compare it to. I purchased the S2 because I was reluctant ...

Pros: EXCELLENT detection range, good control & display layout, cordless, beautiful.
Cons: Eats batteries fast (about 25 hours of operation per pair of AA)

My last radar detector was an X-Band only Uniden about 15 years ago. I'm impressed with how far they've come since then. We just got back from a 3,000 mile road trip through Oregon, California and Nevada including several major cities. The Solo S2 was ...

Pros: Cordless which makes it easy to move from car to car, includes nice carrying case.
Cons: Poor display, poor placement of mute button, shorter detection range than Valentine One.

Over the past 18 years, I've always driven with whatever the "best" detector was at the time. For the past 12 years, I've used nothing but a Valentine One. And while I love the V1, I really wanted something that I could easily install in my new car ...

Pros: Nice design, ease of use, somewhat small could be smaller, great battery life.
Cons: WAY TOO many false alarms, VG-2 Radar Detector Detector Immunity is the WORST!! Expensive.

I purchased the S2 Cordless because of its convenience and supposed features. Well, I live in Canada and I get tons of false alarms in city mode all the time to the point where I just turn it off it is that annoying...worse than a wife!! Secondly, it ...

Pros: Confident detection range; large, clear LCD display; ease of use; smart design; programmability; Escort pedigree
Cons: Pricey; audio alert volume could be louder. Not much to complain about here...

I’ll admit it...I’m often guilty of coveting thy electronic store’s new things. Even if I already have a fairly new gadget I like and use, I’m green with envy about a new product I wasn’t warned about that’s much cooler and much ...

Pros: Cordless, Better than older Solos, Nice performance for cordless
Cons: Expensive

I have previously written a review on the Escort Solo S2 and it got moved to a different category, plus I was less experienced then so found my review to be very unsatisfactory. Times have changed, and I've decided to try this incredibly popular and ...

Pros: The Escort Solo is cordless and allows some programmability (volume level, brightness, etc.)
Cons: High battery consumption; Very poor durability; Highly overpriced.

ESCORT markets this unit for having the following key features that set it apart from other detector ...

Pros: Great range, covers all bands, gives option of corded or cordless operation
Cons: At $329.00 it's a little pricey.

There seems to be a lot of debate as to whether or not the cordless Escort Solo S2 delivers the same ...

Pros: Cordless
Cons: Sucks

The Escort Solo is Escort's older model, not the new extremely expensive Escort Solo S2. The Solos came out with a variety of models. They were known for providing decent X-Band coverage, but time eventually catches up... The Escort Solo is ...

Pros: Light weight, Convienient, good display, easy to understand features/buttons
Cons: Range, Range, Range! Alerted w/in close eyesight of police radar units- too late!!

I purchased this detector because I'm in and out of different cars and wanted something I could use on my motorcycle with out having to hard wire it in. It's battery operation is very convienient and it has the ability to be powered by hardwire or...