Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is my first radar detector and I was pleased with the purchase. We decided to buy this since we wanted one on our month long road trip and this did not disappoint. We did get a few false alerts and I think it would pick up signals from other vehicles having radar detectors, but it also correctly alerted us to not only cops and speed detectors, but also picked up oncoming cops from the opposite side of the traffic. We concluded our trip without any violations.

A really good unit for the price. So far so great! Easy to program and it works well on all types of radar.

Very happy with this product. I had an older, cheaper model and just replaced this and used on a trip from Raleigh, NC to Tampa FL and back and it was just amazing. Picked up every cop, hardly any times could I not find what it was signaling, and the temp mute on the plug is very handy. I also like how initial beeps are loud then immediately softens so it gets my attention but does not annoy the crap out of me. Great buy.

Bought as a gift and they absolutely love it! Definitely would recommend!

I have been a big fan and supporter of uniden. I own the R3, R7, and R8. For an entry level stand point and ultimate range the R3 is great. The negative is uniden is knonw to be a more noisy radar however this does improve with the R7, and R8. My R3 has had zero issues. If you are in the market and looking for an evtry level radar with great capabilities the R3 is simply the best

Bought this just before a road trip. It has already paid for itself. Still getting to know the various alerts and figuring out which ones to disregard, but I have found the range on this detector is incredible. The alerts come a long time before you are even close to being within range of police radar. Identifies the signals and starts alerting well over a mile out even with hills and turns ahead. By far the best radar detector I have ever used.

It’s a great radar detector and the range is very very solid with minimal false alerts. If you get a KA hit you know there is law enforcement somewhere near by. The only thing I’m bugged about is the return policy. I did want to return it because I wanted to get the best of the best so I bought an escort redline 360C and I was going to return the uniden but I was two days outside the return policy. Kinda bugged and it doesn’t get any hits on KSL

As expensive as tickets are, this is a good investment. Great range and it is easy to use. It has great ratings and is several hundred less than the other top of the line brands I would consider. Great product, especially for the money. Directional indicators would be nice, but I can live without them for the savings. I would not be surprised to see them added soon, but it would require a second antenna and would likely add to the cost.

Good radar does the job done Dected state trooper.

This works really good. My husband loves it. He uses it for his car all the time.

Works really well and does exactly what it’s supposed to. The only minor downside is the sounds it makes they can get a little annoying sometimes. Other than that, I absolutely love this thing!

For the price, it's a pretty good radar capraed to other top radars. Detection is pretty good. Long range.

This uniden has accurately alerted me to just about every police radar ive come close to. With 21,000 miles of highway use i can only say how well its performed. Its so sensitive to ka that most times i have that cop on my radar miles before i even see it! Love it and am buying another one today for my wifes car.

Made a one-way trip across the country. Highway mode alerted me miles prior to actually seeing any speed trap. When it goes off within the next 5 minutes, you'll find out why it went off. Way better than my old cobra.

Great for price, detects laser from a great distance. KA band sounded over 5 miles from point of origin on a winding hill country back road.

Works very well. Picked out 2 speed traps in 3 days. Malls, banks, supermarkets have cameras and scanners and it will set those off as well but overall very happy with device.

I’ve had multiple radars ever since i was 16. I recently bought this one about a month ago for a trip down to south Texas and it came in hand so much, it was so accurate with it’s readings I highly recommend this product to anyone it is a little pricey but its still cheaper than a speeding ticket.

Very sensitive and lots of settings. Where there are known X/K band alerts (such as in front of big box stores) you can hit the mute button twice (about 1 second between presses) and tag the GPS location of the false alarm. In the future, the detector will auto-mute X and K (and not Ka or Laser) in that location. I also like that you can turn *off* the button backlights, and you can also black out the display completely at night. I do have occasional false laser alerts in direct sunlight.

I haven't had too much experience with radar detectors or jammers in general, but the time I've spent with the R3 has been nothing but great. It has excellent range and has already paid itself off twice. The only issue I have with it is the number of falses coming from Acura's and other cars' BSM systems. This, however, isn't unique to Uniden as almost every other radar detector has this problem.

This was my first Radar Detector, honestly don’t have any complaints, I’ve had it for a few months now and it’s saved my @$$ more times than I can count. Picks up state troops and sheriffs very well, small town cops you have less of a warning because their k band signal isn’t as strong.