Whistler DE-1710 Radar Detector

Pros: Price, performance and features.
Cons: Really none for the price.

You may have read my review of the Whistler 1730 awhile back, it was a fairly positive review overall. Well I needed another radar detector for another car and decided to get the Whistler 1710, which is a scaled down version of the 1730. I was pleasantly surprised. It has all the same features as the 1730 except for the following…visual band identification, VG2 protection (useless except in Canada, Virginia and DC), rear laser protection (again useless) and auto mute. I miss the visual band identification although you still get the audio band identification and the alarms are such that each band has a fairly distinct tone. I don’t really miss the auto mute because the city feature works almost exactly the same way. Now the perks, surprisingly enough there are a couple with this scaled down version. The audio tones are louder and the LED’s are easier to see in direct sunlight than the 1730’s. Performance of the 1710 was equal to that of the 1730 in all aspects which is adequate, and it’s about 10 bucks cheaper. All in all I like the 1710 better for the above stated reasons.

Pros: Good range.
Cons: No pop mode.

Saved me a bunch of times. decent range. No pop mode, which it what always gets me. Can't beat the price. I traded for an old 12 volt black light so a guy could see his uv fishing line in the dark. Don't like having to turn on the quiet mode every time I start the car to drive past a grocery store. Never seen the safety lights. Over all decent detector.