Anyone have a radar detector and/or jammer - how is it mounted?

[armoredsaint]

Currently, I have an old school Escort 9500ix hardwired and mount at the top of the windshield, wondering if it's worth it for the new 360c Max with the arrows and a blend mount bracket to mount it on the rearview mirror

I use Waze all the time since I am in sales and drive a lot

 

[Artie]

Good question. I still run the 9500i and I’m too cheap to pony up for a new model if the one I have gets the job done. I will say that the mount mine uses is garbage but it works.

 

[AKentPhoto]

I'd say you are pretty well protected and the upgrade isn't really worth it...
It really depends on what the police in your area are using. If they have lazer/lidar it would be worth the upgrade if you sprung for the jammers... but then you are in the $800+ install range. Using waze, a rabbit with any radar detector and that is about as good as you are going to get against radar. Having had a V1 for 20+ years the arrows are nice, and when used to them you do feel naked without them, but its not earth shattering. I have yet to see a single cop near me use anything other than KA so I feel pretty confident with the 9500 and Waze.

 

[Artie]

I’ve mine ping ‘Laser’ from time to time but it’s rare. I feel better about keeping my old, but reliable, escort.

 

[armoredsaint]

I went ahead and bought the new Escort 360C Max from Amazon this morning, it'll be here tonight

 

[Gumby]

Still using my ol V1 no blend mount, just suctioned to the windshield.

 

[nobrainer]

Have a max 360 (not the one with the wifi), using a blend mount and a mirror tap. The detector comes with a few years of the escort live subscription which was decent... not great, but after the 3 years (mine just ran out) it's like $50 per year for it + the defender database updates (which I'm often too lazy to do).

Not specific to the Expy, my Max360 does have a weird variance in reported speed of about 1.5mph from my actual speed. I figure I just need to send it in to get recalibrated, but I'm lazy.

Bottom line, is the Live App is only as good as the number of people utilizing it, if you live in an area that doesn't have a lot of people with the app on then it's not going to provide much advanced warning - and then placing it into a subscription model just ensures fewer people will utilize it.

The app also configures your device, but it's a little confusing, and doesn't do a very good job of explaining things, and sometimes, the settings would reset and I'd have to go back through them.

 

[armoredsaint]

I just got it a couple of days ago the Escort 360c Max, used the Live app previously with my 9500ix and wasn’t impressed. Seems like not a lot of people use it since Waze is free and more people are on it.

Still debating if it’s worth the $650, it seems cheaply built and it’s not from Canada, but made in the Philippines. it still uses an old school Mini b cable that they don’t even include if you wanted to update database and firmware instead of WiFi. Also the packaging is not impressive either, the voice is very muffled and the app is glitchy as my saved settings revert back to default. Very annoying.

 

[nobrainer]

Still debating if it’s worth the $650, it seems cheaply built and it’s not from Canada....
Also the packaging is not impressive either, the voice is very muffled and the app is glitchy as my saved settings revert back to default. Very annoying.

Good point(s), I forgot my speaker is blown on it too. still works, but obviously but the audio, in particular the voice prompts, are wonky and scratchy.
Also, it seems to forget I have everything set to low, it still BLARES out randomly when detecting things before it remembers it's supposed to be on low volume and then goes quieter. A few times it's woken the kids/wife up when driving if they were napping.

 

[TobyU]

I just got it a couple of days ago the Escort 360c Max, used the Live app previously with my 9500ix and wasn’t impressed. Seems like not a lot of people use it since Waze is free and more people are on it.

Still debating if it’s worth the $650, it seems cheaply built and it’s not from Canada, but made in the Philippines. it still uses an old school Mini b cable that they don’t even include if you wanted to update database and firmware instead of WiFi. Also the packaging is not impressive either, the voice is very muffled and the app is glitchy as my saved settings revert back to default. Very annoying.

Made in Philippines! You are kidding me!
I live 30 mins from Escort (use to be Cincinnati Microwave) and though they made everything there. Maybe they just assemble them there.

Lousy company BTW. Products OK as far as cutting edge and detection range but....NOT reliable.
They are arrogant and don't like the truth and neither do their fanboys on THEIR forum.
Yes they have their own forum and they WILL (been there done that) KICK you off and ban you for griping about the GPS errors or "calibration required" errors.

A special breed of kool-aid drinkers there.