Great detector. Works just as well as the Escort ...
588973
Great detector. Works just as well as the Escort 9500 I have I my other vehicle at a fraction of the price.
3847125
This is an amazing detector. I have a whites treasurepro that I absolutely love and bought this as a backup and for the girlfriend but I swing this detector a lot!!! The coin mode is equivalent to the high trash mode on my treasurepro so when hunting parks this thing is a coin retrieving monster. It will beep here and there but it tells the operator absolutely when there's a good target. If the beep isn't repeatable and tight, it's garbage and move on. The vdi numbers on good targets are so tight they barely move. The target id stays the same it moves maybe one number up or down. My treasurepro can jump around five or more numbers on the scale either direction but repeat enough to confirm a good target, but the bounty hunter (and another fisher detector I own which is also by first Texas) is just amazingly tight with lightening fast recovery speed. The photo is a couple hours spent at a supposedly hunted out park, including 2 wheat back pennies at about 5 inches.
4862334
Works great, but too bad the detector is not water-proof.
3612037
Comes with a travel case, extra windshield mount and extra power cord. I can set up 2 vehicles and move the detector between them.  The mute button on the power cord was the main reason I bought this model, but it is one helluva detector. I don't typically speed on purpose, but from time to time I look down at the speedometer and realize I'm going faster than smoky would prefer. This detector starts to beep long before you ever see the cop car and saves you from those accidental tickets.
2998771
I used this for several weeks mounted next to a more than 10 year old Valentine One radar detector. The Valentine had many false alarms and this detector had almost none. When there was an actual threat the Beltronics picked it up slightly sooner. The latest Valentine may be better but you will not be disappointed with this RX65: It only has a windshield mount and that is illegal in many states. I have mine mounted outside of the windshield wiper swept area right now and will soon buy either a mirror mount kit or a dash mount pad.
1197676
so far, so good on this detector. very easy to use. easy to block things that are simply annoyances.
4233705
Radar detectors have come a long way from the last time I had one.  I decided recently that I wanted some extra insurance against tickets.  After reading lots of reviews, I decided to go with the Escort Max.  I imagine all the top models are very good these days.  But I have been very satisfied with this one.

I use this detector primarily on I-70 in Western Colorado.  Range is outstanding.  When I see Ka band, it's pretty much always CSP.  Maybe the radar bounces around canyons, but this detector invariably alerts me long before I am in visual range.  Always.

The other amazing feature is how few false alarms I get.  It "learns" via its GPS to disregard stationary radar sources such as road signs or the like.  What is left over is usually a legitimate police radar.  Occasionally it gets confused by the lane-change radar on newer luxury vehicles.  But this doesn't happen often, and it is pretty easy to discern once you get the feel of it.

I tried the crowdsourcing phone app and didn't find it very useful for my purposes.  But maybe it's useful for some.  Just too fiddly for me.

After I bought it, I was really worried that I spent so much money on a frivolous item.  But this device has now saved my rear end numerous times. Recommended.
525274
Works just as advertised. Do wish they had a model with 2 sockets so that both GPS and radar detector can be used at the same time.
70488
This is my third Escort Radar Detector. I did a lot of research on the top of the line radar detectors and almost bought the Valentin but it has some issues with in town false signals. I like the arrows showing where the radar is coming from as that helps when driving and you can't see the police car from behind. I highly recommend this radar detector to anyone that needs to know when radar is around!
4506706
Its been about 2 months now since I purchased this and I have never been disappointed since then. It picks up all bands as described and lets me know of cops with "ON" radar guns wayyyyy before they are in visual. I have never missed a cop-car after installation. I have never regretted purchasing this detector especially when I KNOW that I got the best that there is in the market.

LASER: The unit will alarm you no matter what kind of laser beam it detects in 360 degrees, and often it is not from some cop, but from some modern cars, or private home/shop alarm systems.

X,K,Ka Band: Surprisingly, even in city mode, where it is supposed to cut-out innocent store alarm systems(like kroger, walmart, gas-stations), it always chirps/alarms, which can get irritating if you pass through the same route everyday.

The only practical problem, and it is not any Radar Detector's fault; is that  if some cops choose to keep their radar guns off, then it can't detect such cars, which happens in my area very often (mine is a relatively small town with easy going life compared to Houston nearby where most cops have their guns ON most of the time).
3904578
A great detector all around with notch/disc and v break adjustments and you can't beat that price.
22099
I've had Escort and Beltronics (Escort's sibling company) for years.  Recently, my wife's Beltronics detector gave out - not the electronics but the part inside the detector that locked it to the windshield cup.  I replaced it with the Escort Passport Max.  This has a good combination of use "straight from the box" with nothing else.  Or you can plug into Escort's database and update information as needed.  You can also use the optional cord to connect to an Apple/Android phone to use Escort's online expanded services.  Since I was looking for a good stand-alone detector, I chose the Passport Max (rather than the Max2) and have been satisfied so far.  Two quibbles:

QUIBBLE #1 - AMAZON "BUNDLE"
On Amazon, you can opt to get a "bundle package", which doesn't seem to increase the purchase price.  Since the description at the time was unclear what this included, I selected the bundle.  Well, I think most people won't need it.  The bundle is a "second car kit" consisting of a second lighter cord and a second Sticky Cup windshield mount.  The Base Model contains these items (again, the description wasn't clear), so in my case, the bundle was really not needed.  Now if you move your detector between cars, maybe this is for you.  The Base Model comes with the detector, a Sticky Cup mount, a lighter cord, and a soft travel case.  I suspect for most buyers, that should be sufficient.

QUIBBLE #2 - ESCORT'S SOFTWARE
The other quibble is Escort's Detector database software.  Now, since I have no interest in paying an annual subscription for this "service" (around $20/year), I was just curious to see how this worked.  Well, Escort's software is wonky at best.  It doesn't work at all with my PC running Windows 7 (all Service Packs are current) and the detector is not recognized on any USB port - and there seems to be no drivers to be found.  Read some forums (even on Escort's own website) and you'll see there's a big problem with this.  It works for some people, seems to work better on Macs than PCs, but it certainly is not reliable.  So if you are buying this specifically for this database update feature, do not assume it is a simple "plug & play" installation.  For me, it definitely was not.

So, if you are looking for a higher-end detector that works well right out of the box, this is a good choice.  You probably won't need the bundle unless you switch cars (or travel) a lot.  But if you are also thinking you need the database, do some online research and see what others have gone through.
2533418
I had the Beltronics V8 previously, and where I live there are lots of automatic doors, K and X band. So I decided to go for broke and get the top of the line with the GPS filtering. I absolutely love this thing. My drive to work/school/store anywhere in town is completely free of false alarms from automatic doors. I can't directly compare it to the V8 as far as range/accuracy but from what I can tell it's the same or a bit better than the V8.

To mute the signal just press the mute button on the power cord or detector itself 3 times when you want to lock it out. Once to mute, once more and it will say "Lockout this signal?" and once more to confirm the lockout.

I also tried the Escort Passport 9500iX (same detector on the inside) but it was obnoxiously big and the buttons were pretty cramped compared to the Bel. And the sound alerts sounded almost exactly the same on all 4 bands (K, Ka, X, and Laser). You can find the 9500ix on ebay for 200-300 but I recommend the Bel over the Escort completely. It's much smaller, better looking, and much easier to use.
1039509
Great detector, but it picks up everything. never sure if it is a radar gun or something else? Might have to read up on it a little more
4278079
The Beltronics RX65 Radar Detector works really well.  I get very few false alarms and it seems to be sensitive to police radar and gives me plenty of warning.  I very much like this radar detector.
93820
This is one of the best radar detection devices I have ever owned. The price was amazing! My sister has the exact same radar detector and she paid way more than I did. Great job guys. Love it. Would definitely buy more devices from you.
934330
This radar detection system is by far one of the best i have ever used. The detection distance is unbeatable for a stand alone system, as well as it's amazing ability to avert false alarms. Recently hard wired one into a friend of mines car and we went for a test run. the red light detection is very on point even gives you distance warnings to red light cameras. Would strongly recommend this product to anybody looking to avoid cops getting in your way of a fast drive.