In honor of our old friend Brock Yates, the impresario of the legendary Cannonball Run, we use a system of one to five cannonballs to rank the detectors.

* * 2 Cannonballs


Whistler XTR-560

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Pros: Somewhat similar to the Whistler XTR-690. Even this is generally considered a somewhat lesser model compared to the XTR-690, for some strange reason this has the European Ku band while the XTR-690 doesn’t. Somewhat theoretical, considering it’s not used in the US anyway.

Cons: Again, quite similar to the XTR-690, but the good folks at Whistler have deleted the compass from this model. We’re devastated.

Bottom Line: Not quite the range or filtering of the XTR-690, but not too bad when factoring in the modest cost.