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BETTER TO JUST SLOW DOWN. ALL THIS DETECTOR WILL DO IS SOUND OFF ONCE YOU ARE STOPPED BY THE POLICE AND YOU ARE RECEIVING YOUR TICKET. SAVE YOUR MONEY - SLOW DOWN.
This device overheats and continuosly beeps after 15 minutes. It was suppose to give 360 degree coverage but I passed a police officer with radar on and it did not go off until I was side by side. When I got in front of him it went off. With coverage like that you may as well rely on oncoming traffic flashing their lights.
I kept getting tickets with my RMR "scrambler" until I finally figured out that it only detects, it doesn't scramble. I would not have bought this company's product if I had read these independent test results first! Below are just excerpted quotes. Please follow the links for the complete, often juicy, stories.
An Owner Speaks
"I made a big mistake buying and relying on Rocky Mountain Radar's radar/laser detector/scrambler products. That's right, 'products' is plural. I've owned three...none of them worked."
Full article: "My Seven Costly Mistakes Involving Rocky Mountain Radar Products" http://www.radarbusters.com/support/jammers/
--Radar Busters
Test Results
"The bottom line is that during our testing of these units we have NEVER found one unit to work. The RMR-C302 had no noticeable effect on our K band gun...and with the laser the RMR-C302 had no effect."
--Roy Reyer, retired cop and certified radar trainer.
http://www.radar-detectors.com/products/jammers/
"I tested Rocky Mountain Radar devices on two occasions... I can tell you without a doubt -- the jammers did not work at all! They did not jam radar, confuse radar, block radar, scramble radar, nor did they render a car invisible to radar. The same goes with police lasers: the jammers had no affect. Rocky Mountain Radar is ripping off consumers for millions of dollars and no one is doing anything about it."
--Tom Martino, Troubleshooter.com
http://www.troubleshooter.com/data/columns/radar_jammer_part_1.html
"The [RMR Phazer and Phantom] score of "0" means the device had no jamming effect on laser guns what-so-ever!" --LaserRadar.com
http://www.faqtapes.net/laseradar.com/laser_wars.htm
"In reaction to past stories we've written for Automobile Magazine, the BMW Roundel, Mercedes Star, AutoTronics and Car Audio & Electronics, among others, the resourceful [RMR founder] Churchman quickly renamed these same boxes--the new appellations include Illusion, Shadow, Eclipse, Patriot and Avenger among others--and continued doing business without missing a beat. He's also produced several private-label versions with names like Barrier-RDR and Barrier-LSR. Except for the Phantom, which contains rudimentary radar-detection circuitry, each is essentially an empty box with a 12-volt power cord, a cheap cast-plastic waveguide assembly, one or two front-mounted LEDs, a basic power-supply circuit and a button or two. Press the button and an LED lights up, accompanied by a tinny bird whistle. We've tested these products a dozen times against every front-line police radar gun and laser, finding all of them utterly worthless."
--Craig Peterson, RadarTest.com
http://www.radartest.com/JOS.html
I purchased this a few months ago. The RADAR detection is great, but the so called LASER detection is a joke. I just got a $140 ticket this morning by a police officer who was using laser (lidar). The detector didn't even pick up the laser, let alone scramble it. As for the ticket re-embursment...it doesn't apply to this ticket because I was doing 54 in a 40. If I had been doing 52, I'd be fine. All in all, it's my fault for speeding, but it still sucks that it doesn't do what Rocky Mountain Radar says that it should do.
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