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Escort & Valentine are the long range leaders for radar. The Valentine is about twice as bulky so fitting it in a Pantera so you don't get a phoney ticket for "obstructed vision" is a challenge. For the increasingly popular (among cops) laser speed guns, there are other choices. Autoweek recently did a short comparo on both radar and laser detectors and Beltronics Pro 500 did well against some lasers. Autoweek said that if you're willing to pay $300 and up, most radar and laser detectors at that price work well. The problem is, cops are not dumb: they intentionally mis-tune radar guns so they are slightly off-frequency. The gun itself receives the poor signal but not the detectors. And there are now two different laser gun frequencies; what works against one sometimes skips the other. Some police departments buy the latest detectors and test them, too.... A third option is the websites run by both Escort ( ($50/yr) and Cobra (free). There are other sites too- like Trapster and Waze. The war continues as broke cities try to increase funds any way they can- including some found illegal.