Whistler XTR-550 Radar Detector Reviews

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This radar detector is well worth the money. I run mine in HIGHWAY mode with auto mute (auto quiet) engaged. POP detection on. SWS on but I think I will turn it off as it is not used here in the US much. I set the display to full illumination (dim off) du...

I bought this for $49.99 + $5 shipping during a recent Woot sale. X and K band reception are wonderful. Ka is nice. I have not had any Laser encounters (knock on wood). POP K and POP Ka detection. Other features include nice and clear female voice alerts,...

I am not sure if it is immune to detection from Spectre III/IV/IV+ but I would doubt it. Other than that, no cons really. I would like to know how well this model does on Laser but hopefully by not being the target of a Laser attack. The buttons are brigh...

I currently own 4 radar detectors, a very old Cobra (6 band), a Bel E795, an older Whistler ($30 cheapo) and now the XTR-550. I bought a Whistler because of the price point and feature set and my experience with my el-cheapo $30 Whistler special from the...

Nice feature set (e.g. voice alert, text display, POP detection, auto mute, setting saver, Whistler reputation etc.), also very inexpensively priced unit for the feature set...

Falses galore! Beeps at EVERYTHING all the time, even in City1 mode... It's either way too sensitive, or not very "directional" in its detection... I wondered why such a good deal, Now I wonder if the reason its so cheap is because its so bad...