Escort Redline Radar Detector Review

Radar detectors are only good on STAIGHT HIGHWAYS!… i have an 8500 x50 and its sucks ass in the city/ suberbs…..it only pics of laser from the front…. so if you are driving on an outer road and your speeding and there is a rade perpendicular to it (lets say on your left) Then the radar dectector will pick up up right when you cross the road perpendicular to you……Which then its to late becuase the cop already got you speeding and you had no notice…

@wsteagall They are not built on the same platform the Redline is built on the STi platform not the 9500ix. On range the Redline beats out the V1. The only thing that the V1 beats out all Escorts on are Instant On

Roy, I have a question??? If the redline and escort 9500iand ix are all made on the same platform in testing. What makes you think its better than the other escorts in detection. Lets do alittle research here. Go back to 1992 to 2002. Just in those 10 years the V1 has beat every escort model made, in superior radar detection. V1’s software is just flat out better. You ready for a test to prove your redline is better???? I will mail you my V1!!!!!

Blackbeltrk,

Your are so right about instant-on radar the escort 9500i, doesn’t even alert have the time. I have video of this on youtube. Look under valentine one vs escort 9500i by “blindermanvideo” Like craig peterson, Roy feels the escort redline is better than the V1. Truth be told, my V1 3.826 version spanked a brand new 9500i on instant-on and forward facing radar. My unit was made in 2001. I’ll bet it can beat a redline anyday of the week..

Let’s get down to the point here. Why do you buy radar detector’s to detect police radar. The ix and the 9500I and redline are really bad at picking up instant on radar. Sometimes they don’t even go off and if they do it’s to late. I have the 9500 ix and i really hate this radar the lock out feature is crap. And like i said before ix can’t pick up instant on radar like the V1 can. Go with the V1 the V1 is the only radar anyone should ever buy !!! i have the ix, redline and v1 . V1 is the best

Ok Roy,

Every year that escort comes out with a new radar detector you always say it out performs the V1. The V1 has shown to out perform the redline on K band by a hair and equal it or has been one beep behind the redline on Ka band. These radar detectors are still close in performance. The redline’s performance does not justify it over priced tag.. It way too over priced and over hyped! V1 has owned escort since 1992 in performance test. Escort has finally won the battle. By a hair!!!

anyone knows how to work with a laser jammer in illinois ??? chicago city is killing us with lidar guns and i read its illegal to own a laser jammer
anyone have a clue ?

Radar detectors are worthless as u said when it comes to lidar guns (((

After using the 9500ix I feel it’s a better detector than the V1 even though I really like the v1, the falses are killer. If you turn off GPS on the 9500 on highway it’s better than the V1

Well Blinder is coming out this week with a new laseer jammer, however I have yet to test it

What is your best tested jammer? If you don’t mind me asking for Georgia? Also,Does your test cover the new laser atlanta laser that state patrol is using now? just curious, before I buy.

I basically have the viewpoint that laser in a radar detector is pretty much worthless, you need to jam laser not detect it

Roy, I was wondering if you were able to test the redline with it’s laser capabilities? How does the laser within this unit compare with the valentine & STI?

Thxs, if you like the GPS than the 9500ix or 9500ci. The CI has this same range

Different platform then the GPS detectors. The Redline is based on the M4. If they included GPS wouldn’t be stealth

Why didn’t Escort include GPS in the redline? I mean even for a premium?

Nice vid, so the Redline is better for highways b/c of range but I like GPS!?!

They are both very good, the Redline however has better range

so what would be better for a local cdl driver a bel sti or the redline

If the system autolearns something I don’t want it to, I delete it, no big deal

Great review RR…

Now I’m debating weather buying a RedLine or a Valentine 1, I was also considering the 9500IX but with the AUTOLEARN problems I don’t know what to do =x

Thanks for your review!