Radar Detector Experts

Escort 8500 Refurb detecting 34.7 Ka band radar from the Mandeville Police in a school zone

Speedophot is a low emission radar. The radar is located in the white car that appears at the end of the video. I was doing 50 km/h. The detection is very good for this type of radar.

This video compares the K band sensitivity of Escort's Passport 9500ci remote installed radar detector and Beltronic's sti Driver windshield mount radar detector. The sti's K and Ka band sensitivity is excellent compared to other windshield mount radar detectors, and its K and Ka band performance is nearly identical to all other current production model Beltronics and Escort windshield mount radar detectors. Only one other windshield mount radar detector has slightly better K and Ka band sensitivity. That radar detector is the Valentine V1. Yet the sti and the V1 perform rather similarly in real world testing due to the sti's excellent firmware detection algorithms. On the other hand, the 9500ci has K and Ka band sensitivity which quite simply is superb. The 9500ci's K and Ka band sensitivity is significantly better than any other radar detector model available on the market today, with the exception of the Beltronics sti-R which offers identical performance and which is the remote installed version of the sti. So, in a nutshell, the 9500ci and sti-R are without a doubt the two topmost performing radar detectors available today from any manufacturer. And no, I do not work for Escort or Beltronics, nor am I affiliated with Escort or Beltronics in any way. So, please enjoy the video. Yeah, I know that I need to get a real video camera.

Some long range detection on K-band.
Horrible ramp up, first time it’s ever happened.

Duration : 0:2:29

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I temporarily installed my 9500ci’s antenna to the right of my RVM, and have my STi installed just above the left side of my RVM. This test shows how much more sensitive the 9500ci is on K band compared to the STi.

Duration : 0:1:24

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This test between the STi and the 9500ci starts from behind the adjacent shopping center next to the Lowes store which has several K band door openers. You will see that the 9500ci has considerably more K band sensitivity compared to the STi.

Duration : 0:7:40

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This test is against one of my favorite K band door openers. In this case I parked such that the distant K band door opener was blocked or occluded from being visible via straight line-of-sight by both the STi and the 9500ci. It will be obvious that the 9500ci has significantly greater K band sensitivity.

Duration : 0:3:44

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early flashing headlight warning, instant-on K band detection, and pull-over (not me). courtesy of Escort 9500i radar detector.

Duration : 0:2:24

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