Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great price, fast/free shipping, and my son says that the detector works just great.

this is one of the best i have used.its pricey but worth it.its better then paying tons for whatever tickets you might get

Finally, a dectector that works like it should! For the price you can't beat it. On one trip I easily would have spent more on speeding tickets than on the price of this wonder...not that I'm a habitual speedster or anything.

I have always had radar detectors but I always bought cheaper models and/or cobra models. I bought this model the other day and the long range detection is superior to any other detector I've owned. Would definitely recommend if you understand these devices.

Ive had different radars before and this one byfar has been the best one. It gives you more than enough time to slow down which is the reason i purchased it.

I used this detector for a few weeks and then returned it. It was constantly giving off false alarms in the city and on the highway. It did do a good job of actually detecting police radar and laser at a good distance away, but after so many false alarms, one begins to ignore its alerts. I think that is the nature of these machines... there are too many radar sources putting off junk that it is hard even for the best of these devices to tell the difference. In the city, this machine is useless. I realized the best way to avoid getting a ticket was not to speed. The laser detector works, but by the time it beeps and says laser, the police already have your speed locked in. Don't waste your money on this device.

Traveling more and needed some warning to slow down. Works perfectly

I had a 500 mile road trip for work so I picked one of these up after researching detectors. I've had Valentine 1's in the past but the New escort live was really intriguing. Went to my local store and the shelf marketing material reflected the 8500x50 Black model which was released Q3 of 2011. I used it on my trip, picked up 8-10 traps on my trip. In some cases the instant on barrages would have been too late if I was speeding. When I returned I called Escort and they verified that it was not the Black model. The sensitivity is supposed to be greatly improved in the Black model so I returned it.

This is a great radar detector, has worked flawlessly for me for over a year now and saved me numerous times. The only feature that would have improved it would be voice alert option, vs. the tone alert, can be kinda annoying on LOUD and not noticeable sometimes on NORMAL volume.

I have used escort radar detectors since the 80's. I have always had great success with them. Quality has never been an issue. Speeding tickets have never been an issue. I really like their products. I also like to straight wire into my fuse box. I recommend this unit it works great with plenty of notice to slow down.

This by far is the best radar detector I have ever owned. The warning distance is longer than detectors that i have owned before even by this maker. It does not have an annoying alert, very good feature.

Good detector. Actually it works great however it just is not as informative as the V1 so I returned it and got a V1 instead.

this radar detector has kept me out of a few tickets already, and ive only had it for a month. this product picks up lasers from almost a mile away on highways. for someone who drives alot and has kind of a lead foot this is a must have to keep away the tickets and give you enough warning to slow down before its to late...

This detector is the best one I have ever owned. It has very little to no false alarms works great on highway and in the city. Detects from almost 1/4-1/2 a mile away! very loud volume setting, you can hear it with the radio blasting!

I used this on my commute all the time! Saves me from the unwanted tickets!

I bought this detector for my wife's 08' Mercedes C350; she has already received 2 tickets! I personally have the Escort 9500ix and love it, but I thought my wife would need basically something to let her know when to slow down! However, the accuracy and value fall just a tad short with the 8500. Although, it has done the job and has saved my wife's heavy foot from another ticket or two!

Works like a charm. Easy set up and use. No down side at all

This radar detector works, but it also has way too many false positives. It's great for the highway and interstate travel, but would not recommend this for in-town use. The Escort 9500 is much more accurate and remembers gps locations for false positives.

Works great. Make sure the convienence outlet is ignition key controlled or you will have to turn the unit on and off manually.

I purchased this Escort850 after owning an older escort a few years ago and never had a complaint. I decided its first test was to be on our drive from central michigan to indianapolis for the indy500, 250 mile 3 hour trip. Not even 1 hour into the drive I was surprised by seeing a michigan state cop hiding behind a bridge with radar gun out and the Escort only beeped a very dim warning signal, thankfully i wasnt speeding so I brushed off the warning. A few minor warnings went off before arriving into indianapolis but they were usually weak and it also failed to warn me of another cop car. the worst part of it all was on our way back I saw cop lights on my rear view mirror about half a mile back, i never though he was coming for me but as the cop car got closer.... YUP! pulled me over and he had clocked me at 87 on a 70mph zone, gave me a long talk and let me off with a warning, WHERE DID HE COME FROM?!! I DID NOT SEE HIM VISUALLY AND THE ESCORT850 NEVER WARNED ME! about an hour and a half later, I was in a pack of speeding cars when we saw a cop car going the opposite way on the highway, we didnt think much of it until a mile after there were 3 cop cars ambushing us and signaling us to pull over, thankfully there were about 6 speeding cars and 3 cop cars, some cars pulled over and some didnt.... I DIDNT and i was FURIOUS at the fact that my $300 dollar Escort radar detector was officially USELESS. I RETURNED IT AS SOON AS I GOT BACK AND I AM PURCHASING A VALENTINE 1 FOR MY ROAD TRIP FROM MICHIGAN TO TEXAS IN 2 WEEKS ! (its only $100 more than this one) BEWARE OF THIS POOR RADAR DETECTOR !