Video – Escort Passport Radar Detector Review
Do you want the very best entry model radar detector to help you avoid speeding tickets?
During our 2015 radar detector and laser jammer shootout we hosted over 45 radar detector manufactures and enthusiasts for a 3-day event where together we tested over 15 radar detectors.
During this event the new Escort Passport radar detector was tested and found to have over 4 times the capture distance of instant on police K-band and Ka-band radar placing it in the three star category.
The biggest difference in comparing the performance of the Passport to all the other radar detectors in its class is that the Passport has the newest digital signal-processing algorithm, DSP for short, enabling it to filter out most of the false alerts caused by the adaptive cruise control sensors and blind spot sensors that are being installed in new cars today.
These sensors operate on the exact same K-band frequency as police use and because of this these sensors are rendering most radar detectors useless.
As an example here is a quote by Car and Driver regarding the filtering characteristics of the Valentine One during their recent test.
“One annoyance is incessant false alarms—the Valentine’s filtering isn’t very effective. On our 22-mile loop, the V1 called out 53 threats. Because of this determining what’s a cop and what’s not is left to the driver…”
And here is a quote from Car and Driver regarding their review of the DSP filtering characteristics on the Passport Max.
“Passport uses a new type of digital signal processing (DSP), which can reduce false alarms from some non-police-radar sources. Think of DSP as a pair of Bose noise-canceling headphones for radar reporting. By reliably identifying noise, the Max can focus on real police-radar threats, leading to faster and more accurate warnings.”
Another benefit of Escort’s new DSP technology is that it is able to detect even the
low power digital radar guns police departments are now using.
Because of this we rate the Escort Passport the best radar detector in the three star category, even above the higher priced Escort 9500ix and Beltronics Pro 500.
Now another unique benefit of the Escort Passport is that is alsoincludes an internal Bluetooth chipset that enables it to tap you into Escort Live where your radar detector will share real time alerts with other Escort and Beltronics radar detector users.
As an example your detector will alert you to police spotted alerts, speed trap alerts, air patrol alerts and will even share with you Ka band and laser alerts from other users in your area.
Now here is a tip that will save you over $39 on your purchase of your Escort Passport.
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