Escort Passport 7500

Price Paid:  $0.00 from friend

Year / Model Reviewed:
2001 passport 7500

Summary:
perfect in every way ticket count 2 yrs before was 12 and in the past 2 yrs i havent gotten any it goes off long before i can even see the cops

Strengths:
extremely good range

Weaknesses:
alot of falsies but you begin to recognize them after a while

Similar Products Used:
multiple cobra models

Price Paid:  $199.00 from hoopers

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2001

Summary:
i dont know if this was left in the sun or if all the troopers are upgrading to digital Ka, but ive been hit a few times lately by digital Ka and had almost zero warning. a friend of mine said that all troopers are going to digital Ka. when i first bought this however, it was NICE. Nowadays, i'd say it's obsolite technology.

Strengths:
excellent on the old X band, good enough on typical Ka

Weaknesses:
almost zero digital Ka. DONT buy this if you expect to actually speed. its more of a "warning device" than it is early warning with new technology

Similar Products Used:
just this one, for 2 yrs

Price Paid:  $200.00 from Best Buy

Year / Model Reviewed:
 Escort Passport 7500

Summary:
An average detector. I would not buy it again had I known the VG2 shielding is a farce.

Strengths:
Seems to work fairly well as compared to other detectors.

Weaknesses:
The "VG2 shielding" is a joke...as I found out first hand courtesy of Va State Police. When Escort was questioned about it, they stated that this only "reduces" the emissions. This is a far cry from what they portray in their literature.

Similar Products Used:
Radio Shack (old) Road Patrol XK

Price Paid:  $169.00 from Best Buy

Year / Model Reviewed:
 Passport 7500

Summary:
I think this is a quality radar detector. No problems or complaints yet. A bit pricy since the technology is now outdated by the 8500. A good buy if your motivation is to cut down/eliminate the cost of speeding tickets.

Strengths:
The quality is there.

Weaknesses:
X goes off quite a bit but I would rather it go off too much than not enough.

Similar Products Used:
N/A

Price Paid:  $200.00 from best buy

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2001 escort passport 7500

Summary:
sorry it stinks on ka. my town uses one of those radar traliers ka band so i can do multi passes and i can be sure the radar is on. ( great test device ) i found the ka range to be about 500 feet.. multi passes on diferent days range about 500 feet. town also has 2 radar cars they transmit all the time. i find the escort can detect one car at about +1000 feet the other -500 feet as band is so wide, escort 7500 may not work well at ka band edges. i would need the counter in the 8500 for that test.

Strengths:
x band fine k band not sure only found at some toll booths in area so far

Weaknesses:
ka ... my radio shack is a bit better

Similar Products Used:
radio shack uniden owner of two x band radar units (mph kustom) extra class ham radio op