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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 675 reviews

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    Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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94%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers admire the R8 Radar Detector for its impressive range, overall performance, and radar detection capabilities. Many find it accurate and appreciate its ease of use, GPS functionality, and clear display. While some find the price a bit high and have noted false alerts, others consider it a bit bulky and boxy in design. Overall, the R8 Radar Detector is well-regarded for its features and functionality.

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  • Cons mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Nice Detector!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great overall detection of speed traps even caught laser at one point! Although its on the expensive side, it does it job.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    False alerts

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    State of the art

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Top notch detector. Very few false alerts. State of the art unit and now works with new app.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Radar detection

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Quality Unit

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    Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Probably the best portable radar on the market. Plenty of customization and regular updates.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect gadget

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    Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Perfect gift for sports car lover "Excellent radar detector! Detects signals from a distance, user-friendly interface, and long battery life. Highly recommend!"

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Range

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Worth every dollar

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Paid for itself in a week. Highly recommend it. Picked up the state police over 2 miles away and hidden.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome Device

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This device is a easy to use on an everyday basis. You can customize the settings to meet your driving needs, and it does a great job of dismissing fans alarms.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great detector

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great device, gets the job done! Highly recommended by others as well.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Radar detection

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fantastic radar

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great radar detector, saved me many time in gorgia

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Radar detection

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Worth the price

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Safe my life multiple times and continues to it reaches quick and far

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Ok when it works, but unreliable build quality

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is my second R8 purchase in a year and this one crapped out after three months. Screen went completely dark and volume dropped in half while driving. Contacted Uniden support and was told to return unit to them. Cost me $50 to return detector which was randomly returned with NO type of communication about two weeks later. A note from the repair dept stated the screen was "turned off" and set to "dark mode". If that's the case, the unit has the ability to do this and turn the volume down "ALL BY ITSELF" and also Uniden support has "NO IDEA HOW TO TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN" or that this is "EVEN A THING" or "A FEATURE". Since I'm product bashing, I bought these R8's to replace three Escort MAX360 which the screens become so dim after two years you can't see them even at night, they will cost $150 each plus shipping to repair. Uniden R8 is not a reliable product, their support is apparently clueless and worthless, Escort is the same and I think both are junk. I have a Valentine V1 probably 20-25 years old still works with about the same range and arrows respond much faster than these new units. Time to give the lower tech Valentine V2 a try. That said, the R8 when it works has much better range than the 360 or V1 but needs help filtering K band (too sensitive) The V1 has slightly better range than the 360, but the arrow response is much faster than both(just old tech with limited filtering). The 360 is filtered too heavily and can ignore radar sources that should be alerted.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Detector

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Most amazing straight out of the box, buying another.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Range

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best radar to buy!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Best thing I’ve ever bought it helps me get to places faster.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Range

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love it

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love the union all right wouldn't want any other detector picks up everything

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Radar detection

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Uniden R8

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great radar! Would definitely recommend to others.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Range

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best Radar Out Their

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Best Radar on the market to buy! Excellent range and always reliable!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Range

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Very good product!!!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent product!!! Would suggest to anybody looking for the best long range radar detector!!!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Way better than the Escort Redline 360c

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I 1st bought the Escort Redline 360c and notice it was very laggy and the signal meter was useless on the Redline, everything is full signal even when the radar is far away, I just don't know what I pass the radar source. So I switch to this Uniden R8 and I can tell you its a way better detector. Much faster repsonse and the signal meter fades up as you get closer to the source gives you penlty of time knowing how far you are from the radar source.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love it!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love it really functional and the best it’s that it doesn’t take a lot of space

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Nice detector

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very accurate radar detector. Never had issues with it

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    BIGS

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love it Would definitely recommend this radar detector for anybody who is looking for a radar detector ease-of-use and better than the passport escort

    I would recommend this to a friend