Escort Solo S2 Radar Detector

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: 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: Readable display; Dim Settings
Cons: Power Cord; Memory?; Sensitivity!??; Price

Escort, aka Cincinnati Microwave, has been producing a wireless Detector for sometime. The first wireless too was a called the Solo. The unit used a 9 Volt battery and a Security Key to operate. The Original Solo Detected only X and K band, and was good...

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: 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...

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: 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: 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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: It's cordless
Cons: Cheaply built, you'll read the cop's badge number before it detects his radar

I wrote to Escort and tried to contact them several times regarding the unacceptably poor performance of their Solo radar detector but to no avail. This was one letter:

Dear Sir or Madam:

I have been a long-time owner and fan of...

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: 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: 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: 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: no cords hanging conspiciously in the windshield
Cons: inconsistentcy

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three years ownership.......I still feel hesistent with solo onbroard.

never feeling quite ok with batteries not at full charge. new batteries run down from 5 to 3 on a scale of 5 to 1 at a rather quick...

Pros: Superior detection capabilities. Loaded with customizable features. Nice design.
Cons: None

Basically the Escort S2 is the best cordless detector you can buy. I've owned the Escort S2 for a few weeks now and I must say I am quiet impressed. The unit gives LONG range warning so that it does what its designed to do, eliminate speeding tickets. The unit has tons of features overall and I am happy to say its well worth the money, you will not be sorry you purchased this product.

Pros: it works well for me
Cons: none i can think of.

This is a good unit. It took me a little while to get used to the different tones or pitches the alerts use for the various bands, but its very helpful. I drive in a familiar area, where the false alarms are common to me and I know when to ignore alerts and when not to. I will tell you, I have been saved many many times with this little machine.
As far as the unit itself, it has volume control and the display can be dimmed so as not to be so obvious in the dark. It has auto mode or can set it to highway or in town. I just use auto.
I'm sure this has paid for itself tenfold - with all my savings on tickets! (Now if i could just stop getting tickets for not stopping all the way...:-)

Pros: Cordless, Good range on fresh batteries, Upgradable
Cons: Week signal with week battery, display hard to see, easy to steal, Useless laser detector

I bought this radar detector from Sharper Image, and it works great. I was not to crazy about the fact that it is cordless. Being cordless the signal gets week with the battery life. Also the LCD screen makes the Escort Solo hard to see. It lights up at night, but not very well. I do reccomend this product, but only if you want a week signal with battery life. The laser defense is also useless, unless you add the optional Escort Shifter to it. All in all it works great, but sadly I traded it in for the corded version after about fifteen days of ownership.

Pros: its cordless.
Cons: Can't read the display..

Not knowing which one would be best for me . And reading all the reviews don't help a whole lot I purchased both,put them side by side in my truck window.. and after about three weeks i put the solo S2 back in its case and back in the box and hardwired the V1 Anybody wanna buy a slightly used Solo s2??

Pros: convenient, easy controls, looks good
Cons: lousy range, performs like detectors half the cost

This is not a good detector, a surprise considering it is an Escort. They screwed up this time, which is why they came out with the Solo 2 so quickly following. Very poor range, first alert within eyesight of the cop. Got two tickets with this, one on a busy interstate with cruiser parked on the shoulder, other with cruiser coming in opposite direction in broad daylight. I started slowing down before the detector alerted!

Avoid it

Pros: no wires, can be mounted more conviently
Cons: shorter range than other escorts

I got the this detector. It's nice not to have a cord hanging in the way, pulling it off the windshield. But, it's range is definately less than the other escort detectors.

On the positive side, I haven't noticed a problem with battery life.

Pros: Cordless, many functions, detects all bands/laser.
Cons: Can be a little too sensitive for door sensors. Pricey.

The Solo S2 is very easy to use. At first, I was worried about learning to use all the different functions, but I have found that the factory settings are the best so I didn't need to change anything. The range is very good for a cordless but works even better with optional power cord. It has detected every speed trap I have come across. The only problem I see is that it will detect the occasional automatic doors at gas stations or walmart. Other than that I should have got one long time ago and saved myself some tkts.

Pros: Loud alert, Multiple modes,Programable, skinny styling, on light notification,Quick notification
Cons: No voice warning small buttons annnnnoyyyying notifications display hard to read Cost

I bought the solo for the convinience, and that I got, I can take it from car to car, but my goodness, the battery life, let me tell you...Those batteries better be full juice in the winter, or it's a no go. I suggest taking it inside when it gets cold. If it gets too hot in your car, you can't read the display. It turns black. I think on average I change the batteries once every two to three weeks, so stock up and leave some on hand, unless you buy the cord, which is seperate, and hard to find in retail stores, if not possible at all. Overall, I think it's a great product, but I'm SURE you can get something comparable for way less, WAY less. I wish I shopped around more.

Pros: cordless
Cons: poor range, poor warning time.

I had the unit for 6 months. It completely failed to detect a radar trap on I95 in Virginia. Expensive ticket and nasty consequences. The range seems very limited, i.e., I could visually spot Loss Enforcement about the same time it would beep. Not real useful as a warning device!!

The unit went off *as* the !@#$ cop blasted me from his little ambush spot - totally useless. no warning whatsoever.

I am ditching this POS for a wired Valentine One unit. at least they will pay the ticket fees if you net nailed!

Great little Detector,Would recommend although I think they are no longer in production. Can no longer be purchased through Escort, but a limited supply is available through various dealers

if it wasn't for the noise it makes it would be a great little detector. but it is very annoying and drives my wife crazy...if you have good (doesn't have to be great) hearing don't get it..i talked to the company when it was new to see if it was defective, and they said it was normal...