Customer Ratings & Reviews

If like to get somewhere a little faster than the daily cruiser. You'll need some coverage, sincere someone will be looking out for you! This does well all round for a peace of mind. Exceptional range! A bit pricey! No over the air updates.

Let’s qualify this statement! I have played around with radar detectors since the early 80’s. So I have a R7 and it’s just ok-so with all of the Utube reviews and comments lately it’s always stay away from Escort as they do not alert fast enough. That is not good BUT if you are not trying to enter the CanonBall Run, with Escort your probably good. Here’s the deal if alerting to the same garage doors or motion detectors etc etc and “attempting” to lock them out everyday for 2 years and alerting everyday to the same crap- Is ok- then buy the R8. I drank the koolaid and went for the R8 for the range and “better” lockouts than my R7. In hindsight that was not a brilliant move. Bottom line the R8 has slightly better range under the right circumstances but DO NOT believe it’s lockouts are better than R7 because they are not! So I would recommend the Escort for being quiet. I would have bought the Escort if BB would’ve had it in stock. Plus Escorts new software is supposed to help with delays! So unless Uniden can update its software and make the fake lockouts work, don’t waste your money with R8 over a R7. If you do not have a Radar Detector and not experienced buy the R8 it’s good but noisy!

amazing radar! long distance, all angles. very accurate and easy to operate

This radar detector is excellent. This has saved my life more times than I can count (not a rule follower). My only complaint is the auto mute function, I love it when I am driving through town between all the stores, however it has muted a couple of police cars and when I try to unmute them, it just mutes again. So I turned that function off and have just had to deal with the noise in town.

has saved me 10x the cost in speeding tickets. highly recommend

Best unit i ever bought, works very well long distance, and in city false Alarms are thing of the past very impressive Radar detector

This thing will pick up the popo miles ahead of you! It's expensive but if it saves you from just 3 tickets, it's paid for itself. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to radar detectors so do yourself a favor and buy the right one the first time!

The most accurate rada i ever had...it works 360 degrees

Used this and a Redenso Pro M side by side. Still need to dial this unit in as it had a few more falses than the Radenso that I've been tweaking on for a few years. Better range than the Radenso tho.

Detects signals almost 10 seconds before my older radar when I run them side by side. The distance on this is crazy and to date I have not gotten any speeding tickets.

Amazing! Have had a valentine 1 and gen2. Have had the escort 360. This radar detector beats them hands down picks up over a mile and half has saved me several times and would recommend to anyone!

this thing is very accurate and has alerted me many times, definitely nice to have in your vehicle, especially on road trips.

Detector works great! I was due for an upgrade the the R8 did not disappoint.

According to me Detecting range is 7 to 8 miles. Shape of R8 is different than R7 and attractive. it has so many features, Mobile app is also available to on/off functions. Like it

Great device sofar. Good price .i got it on sale and prixed match it with Amazon. Always shop best buy to keep the best stores open for business. Nothing like going to bestbuy and seeing the items in person. Low price is great.

Great radar saved my bacon a few times. Highly recommend for those looking for a top end unit.

When it comes to the “best radar detector,” this one definitely makes the list. The Redline 360c is also a strong contender, but I can confidently say that while the Redline costs $100 more, this Uniden outperforms it by a wide margin. It also blows other radar detectors on the market out of the water.

Honestly, the radar performs exactly as it should. The fasle alerts are extremely minimal and will get the job done. Highly recommend if you take long road trips or have a need for speed. Just make the purchase, trust me. It's worth it.

Replaced Valentine V1 gen 1 (latest update). Testing side by side saw a big improvement! WAY less constant K falsing due BSM and other K devices. Within one week the R8 twice detected single long range Ka pulse and the V1 did not. Police had pulled over a car 1+ mile ahead. The Ka 99.9% guaranteed police "whistle" tone on the R8 gets your attention vs the V1 where you have to squint at the display due to same tone. V 1 26 software added Bluetooth. The auto mute memory is improved. Auto mute is not available the V1 since it has no GPS. Finally got tiered of waiting on Valentine's now non-existing customer loyalty upgrade. Have two units for 24 years with updates. They did me a favor. Now own a superior R8. Use Vortex Radar settings for imprive results.

Great product. Easy to use and it is very helpful when driving around and detects radar from a great distance.