Look Who it Was Random video

Passport Max Radar Detector Review

2,166 views · Published 12 February 2015 · 4:30 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: Radar Busters · 2015 · Autos & Vehicles

Watch on YouTube

Review of the Passport Max Radar Detector

Do you want the very best in radar detection without having all the bells and whistles?

Then consider the Passport Max from Escort.

The Passport Max has the same exact performance as the Max2, however it does not include the internal Bluetooth chipset which would enable you to connect directly to the Escort Live community.

However it does have its own internal GPS that enables it to block out known false alert locations and the ability to warn you in advance of approaching fixed photo enforcement cameras.

The main reason however you should consider the Max or the Max2 as your detector of choice is their ability to detect these new low power digital radar guns and their ability to block out false alerts from the adaptive cruise control sensors installed on many new cars.

Here is the problem, police departments across the US are updating their old analog radar guns to these newer digital radar guns, which are much harder for most radar detectors to detect.

These digital radar guns use a lot less power and measure a cars speed based on a 12-inch travel distance rather then a 10 or 15 car length distance used by analog guns.

This enables the officer to target your car at greater distance and in some situations over 2 miles away!

Because of this the engineers at Escort have borrowed technology developed by NASA to communicate with their equipment in deep space called digital signal processing and integrated it with their newer radar detectors.

The result is that Escort’s newest radar detectors such as the Max and the Max2, are able to sniff out real police radar based on the DNA profile, while also filtering out all those annoying false alerts.

This enables the both the Max and the Max2 to have over 8 times the capture distance of a police radar gun!

Now here is another big benefit of Escort’s patent DSP technology.

Many of the newer cars today come equipped with Adaptive Cruise Control, which uses the same K-band spectrum police radar uses.

Because of this most of the radar detectors that are being sold today are useless because of the over abundance of false alerts.

Here is an example.

This past year Car and Driver Magazine did a comparison test of the Valentine One and the Max radar detector.

This was their comment regarding the Valentine One:

“One annoyance is incessant false alarms—the Valentine’s filtering isn’t very effective. On our 22-mile loop, the V1 called out 53 threats”

Think about that for a moment, that’s over 2 false alerts per mile.

Now here is their comment regarding the DSP technology used by the Max.

“The Passport’s near elimination of false alarms provides a higher level of real-world protection. It’s user-friendly for a first-time buyer but powerful enough for the most hard-core user.”

And another advantage the Max it that it has is it’s own internal GPS, which enables you detector to do two things.

One it’s ability to automatically filter out known false alert locations based upon the exact location and frequency of the false alert.

And it comes equipped with the Escort defender photo enforcement database, which alerts you when approaching fixed photo radar and red light camera locations.

And updating your Max is a snap, just download Escort Live to your computer, plug in your Max using a USB cable and your detector will be updated with the newest firmware and photo enforcement database.

Now if you’re watching this video on YouTube there is a banner that just appeared on the top of this page.

Click on it and it will take you to our website RadarBusters.com where you will take you to my full review of the Max along with other radar detector testing videos and reviews.

This is Radar Roy, thanks for watching and remember drive safe, drive smart but most of all drive protected.

http://www.radarbusters.com/Escort-Passport-Max-Radar-Detector-p/passport-max.htm

More from this channel