• Reviews around alarm (1.55 of 5)

    Whistler XTR-130 Laser Radar Detector: 360 Degree Protection, Icon Display, and Tone Alerts

    • and I haven't noticed any false alarms
    • I turned it off for five minutes as I got annoyed by a false alarm OOps
    • Outside the occasional false alarms it gets the job done.
    • Overheats within 20 min of being plugged in and gives a steady false alarm.
    • I believe the unit gave very few false alarms.
    • The quiet button feature is nice when driving by grocery stores and banks that tend to set off false alarms (as they do with any radar detector).
    • and it does not put out frequent false alarms
    • False alarms were frequent
    • Does get a little annoying sometimes with false alarms, but I keep the volume all of the way down.
    • Love the product, minimal false alarms depending on mode and where you drive
    • False alarms with auto doors, but you'll have that.
    • I will however say that it does give a lot of false alarms caused by the motion sensors and now by the variety of auto sensors
    • But for some reason it gets too many false alarms at night time
    • it works although it gets some false alarms but hasnt fail to announce that a cop is far in front of me that i can't see him
    • Some false alarms but its a good reminder to keep your speed under control
    • It does give off a few false alarms, but it is worth it as it causes to slow down, which isn't a bad thing
    • It false alarms on car radar and
    • The only thing I don't like is the false alarms, it'll pick up the sensors new cars have, and grocery store motion sensors, but you'll learn which ones are false alarms pretty quick
    • Lots of false alarms
    • I do get occasional false alarms, but so do more expensive units
    • The first instance was over the crest of a small hill in a residential section (virtually no false alarms here), and the advance warning was no more than a a few hundred feet.
    • working excellent - no unreal alarm.
    • working excellent - no unreal alarm.
    • Have used radar detectors since they came out in the 80's and they all give false alarms
    • No false alarms yet:
    • With collision avoidance radar standard on many new cars, my previous detector false alarmed constantly.
    • A lot of the reviews said that you get a lot of false alarms from garage door
    • Since my commute is always the same, I know where all the false alarms go off, and if this thing beeps when it usually doesn't I know there's a man in blue just waiting to jack my insurance way up
    • There were scattered false alarms from the automatic doors (switching to City II mode, which doesn't detect X-band -- more on that later -- helps cut these false alarms), but a quick burst of the K/Ka alert gave me a 1/2 mile warning about a cop car tucked away in a speed trap.
    • Some false alarms but still does the job
    • pretty good - few false alarms and range could be better
    • Lots of false alarms
    • False alarms way too often
    • It does notify you of airport radar, and door sensors and other false alarms.
    • In fact, I only received one alert in a 13 hour trip and more false alarms that I can count
    • False alarms in urban areas are common and are a reality in my
    • pretty good - few false alarms and range could be better
    • This unit isn't obnoxious at startup and even when it gets false alarms it doesn't really bother me much
    • Downside is moderate false alarms, but you get what you pay for and better safe than sorry.
    • Security systems to the new collision protection devices on cars cause false alarms
    • The only thing I don't like is the false alarms, it'll pick up the sensors new cars have, and grocery store motion sensors, but you'll learn which ones are false alarms pretty quick
    • There have been maybe a couple times when ti has gone off without there being an officer nearby, however I would rather err on the side of false alarms than no alarms.
    • All it have false alarms
    • it works although it gets some false alarms but hasnt fail to announce that a cop is far in front of me that i can't see him
    • The "city" mode is effective in muting the majority of the "false alarms" when in town but they are still displayed on screen
    • You will still get the open highway alerts that it was originally designed to detect from speed tracking radar devices, but you may need medication for the anxiety created by the many new false alarms from the newer cars with lane-change radar emitting options
    • Love the product, minimal false alarms depending on mode and where you drive
    • but will receive some false alarms, as usual
    • Lots of false alarms
    • Overheats within 20 min of being plugged in and gives a steady false alarm.
    • False alarms occasionally, always in the same spots
    • Also, has an obnoxious alarm when it thinks that emergency vehicles are nearby, when they're not, meanwhile does nothing when emergency vehicles ACTUALLY go by.
    • I've been using it for around 6 months and it has saved me multiple times, and it has warned up to 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile in advance and has very few false alarms
    • Always gives false alarms (when there is nothing) or keeps quiet (when there is a radar).I did several tests when I found one hidden radar and the thing never made a beep
    • Hospitals and some businesses close to the road will give weaker false alarms
    • Lots of false alarms, picks up radar emitted by modern vehicles that have blind spot monitoring, parking assist sensors, adaptive cruise control, etc
    • For $40 it is a good detector, lot of false alarms tho make sure it's in city mode when your in the city highway mode works fine
    • Xtr-265 was being too sensitive to every single, mostly are false alarms
    • Yes it does pick up some false alarms
    • Too many false alarms, even when set to city mode and driving in the middle of rural nowhere-ville
    • Lot false alarms in town but for price paid I would buy again
    • Really good product, I guess there should be better ones but this one is pretty good, some false alarms but is pretty decent
    • Really good product, I guess there should be better ones but this one is pretty good, some false alarms but is pretty decent
    • The product is good for the price,but while driving in the city it will give you lots of false alarm.
    • The options do not eliminate false alarms.
    • Returned back, too much false alarms
    • but you have to filter K band because you get a lot of false alarms but other than that the unit is very good.
    • Soon after, the display would turn off as soon as it picked up anything whether it be a false alarm or not
    • If you really don't like false alarms then I recommend you invest in something that has an "Auto-Learn" feature
    • Just how much and how soon are you willing to pay to avoid the annoyance of false alarms created by an obsolete technology in the a once-super radar detector
    • Can’t really tell what’s a false alarm or what real
    • It throws off so many false alarms
    • It definitely works well, it does give off a lot of false alarms and picks up anything from electronic doors to other peoples devices in there vehicle
    • Too many false alarms!!
    • You quickly get accustomed to ignoring the alarms when they're constantly sounding.
    • My only complaint about this specific unit is that the periscope light is not as bright as on other Whistler models.
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    • fast shippng will buy from selldr abiam.seems to work as it should great price
    • It alerted almost as well as the much more costly one I am used to using, and easily picked up on stationary and moving radar/laser, as well as on all the speed cameras
    • My only complaint about this specific unit is that the periscope light is not as bright as on other Whistler models.
    • JUST REMEMBER IF YOU LIKE A
    • fast shippng will buy from selldr abiam.seems to work as it should great price
    • It alerted almost as well as the much more costly one I am used to using, and easily picked up on stationary and moving radar/laser, as well as on all the speed cameras