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Passport 8500 X50 Red designed for the driving enthusiast, the Passport 8500 X50 delivers the best possible protection in its class. In test after test, the Passport 8500 X50 comes out on top. Digital signal processing (DSP) provides maximum range, with minimum false alarms.
Product Features
Frequency Band: K-band 24.15 GHz ± 100 MHz, Ka Band 34.70 GHz ± 1.30 GHz, Laser, X-band 10.53 GHz ± 25 MHz
Laser Wavelength: 0"
Operating Mode: City, Highway
Detection Area: 360°
Display Type: Ultra-Bright Matrix Display with 280 LEDs
Posted by: sd24 from San Antonio, TX on 05/21/2013I have had my 8500 x50 for 5 years, and it has saved me from tickets on a long commute dozens of times. Most times I can detect a radar 60 to 90 seconds before I can see it.
I've gotten two tickets while using this unit. The first, I was driving in the hill country and when I came over a hill the trooper turned on his radar once he saw me. The device had nothing to detect as his radar wasn't on until it was too late. The second time I was driving I35 between San Antonio and Austin and the trooper got me with a laser. Once again, the x50 had nothing to detect until it was too late.
The 9500 has the GPS, but I personally don't need the added features or the added price, so this is the unit for me.
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Good detector for the budget minded
4
Posted by: Cadman10 from Adrian, MI on 05/17/2013Overall good unit. Like the adjustability in the windshield mounting, coiled cord seems a touch short so I had to order a long wire cord to hide the wire (was going to do this anyways) and I like the mute button on the plug, really convenient.
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Peace of mind for a worry free drive.
4
Posted by: Winston25 from Tiverton, RI on 05/08/2013Found this product at a lower price but Best Buy compensated with a BB gift card.
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very poor range
1
Posted by: ndpsvt from Phoenix, Az on 03/29/2013Used it on a road trip from Phoenix, Az to Oklahoma city it has been the worst radar detector I've ever owned wouldn't pick up police till I was a few hundred feet from them... maybe I got a defective one but I won't be trying another. ..
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Best detector for the money!
5
Posted by: BigJ904 from on 03/22/2013Only this missing is the GPS but for me that is nothing I would need. Has the same radar as the GPS model just not $500.
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Everything I was looking for.
5
Posted by: MTBjr from San Antonio, Tx on 01/25/2013Easy set up, easy to use. Has a mute button on the plug so I don't have to reach for the detector to hit mute. Picks up radar at a far distance.
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Excellent radar detector
5
Posted by: sorjal from on 11/02/2012Overall a decent radar detector with decent range and sensitivity. There are some false signals that occur due to the increased sensitivity. You will need to adjust your driving habits, but I've have no situations where the radar location was not detected with some warning.
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Great radar detector, Plug it in and use it.
4
Posted by: KCCLongBall from Cincinnati on 09/06/2012Overall very good product. Easy to use made of quality materials
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What can I say--it is great!
5
Posted by: tellingit from Cedar Park, Texas on 04/11/2012Works like a charm. Easy set up and use. No down side at all
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Great Product but Get the 9500ix
4
Posted by: Zach123 from Framingham, MA on 03/14/2012I've owned the 8500 X50 for over 5 years now and it has served in the 4 cars I've owned in that time (and still does). It's rather basic, but it's supposed to be. I leave it on highway (highest possible) sensitivity all the time so as to get better warning, but even in city mode it gets false hits galore.
My positive hits have come from as far as two miles out in the right area and I always get radar hits before I'm in the sights of the radar operator. In terms of radar detection the 8500 works as it should and it does get 360 degree hits.
The only serious drawback to this unit is the false hits. On the highway or in the country these are a non-issue. In town they'll drive you nuts. The extra $200 for the 9500ix gets you GPS-based tuning out of false hits after it sees them 3 times. I can't tell you how worth while that is. Save $200 more and get the 9500ix. If you absolutely can't, this unit is still worth its price.
I advise picking up the $20 suction mount from Escort. The factory mount works fine but it's cheap, allows the unit to bounce around a bit, and occasionally falls off on a really hot day.
Amateur users beware! Instant-on radar guns are hard to defend against. This unit will absolutely pick up an instant-on hit when the officer pulls the trigger, but if you're the only car on the road he's already got you by the time you hear the hit. This isn't a limitation with this unit, it is a fact of police radar. No detector can protect from IO radar if there isn't traffic ahead of you to get hit first (if there is, you hear them getting hit before you get in range).
ALSO, laser cannot be defended against with any detector. It is a narrow beam detection unit, which means you will only hear the hit if the laser gun is aimed directly at your car. By the time the alarm sounds, it's already too late. Only a laser jamming unit can help you with laser. The point is, if you have this and you're driving along and see an officer aiming what looks like a radar gun at traffic and you don't get a hit, it's probably laser/lidar and he just never aimed it at you (or you were close enough that he just hit your license plate and not the detector). I have received confirmed laser hits on my 8500 but in every case would have received a ticket if I'd been speeding.
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