Escort Solo S2 Radar Detector

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: 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: 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: 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: Size, No cord needed, Easy to use
Cons: Need to purchase batteries

This radar detector is one of the best investments I have ever made. I decided to buy one since I usually like to live in the fast lane. With the push of a button, you are in business.

It has plenty of great features. It detects K-, Ka-,...

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: 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: 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: Um...no umbilical cord; reliability; stealthiness
Cons: Visor-clip is extra; time to set up preferences; lacks anti-theft features; LIDAR liability

I've been one of several loyal Escort customers in my family, dating back to Cincinnati Microwave's glory days...they've earned my respect for the quality & performance of their radar detectors. The previous one I owned was the first Solo cordless unit ...

Pros: Cordless, very user programmable & easy to use, virtually no false signals. Good X/K/Laser reception.
Cons: Marginal Ka reception without the optional cord, which makes it acceptable.

The Solo 5110 cordless radar detector has been in both my cars for about 6 months now. You can program this thing to suit your tastes in the areas of volume, automute, 4 brightness settings, 5 radar sensitivity settings, start-up mode, different sounds,...

Pros: Cordless, Sensitive,
Cons: Expensive, Sensitive, No Stealth

This, basically, is a Radar Dectector like any other quality detector. Comes with all the bells and whistles (pun intended). Scans all bands (X, K, Ka) and Laser. Its programmable as all are, and you can set it up to your liking (brightness and...

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: 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: Compactness and cordless operation.
Cons: Weak Ka Band performance, owner must keep spare batteries on hand.

(NOTE: This is a continuation of radar detector opinions I have already written. Rather than have everyone grow tired of watching me repeat myself in each opinion, please read my opinions on the Bel 980 and the Cobra ESD-6500. I’m not trying to drive...

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...