A radar detector is necessary to warn the car owner that the speed of vehicles is being measured on a specific section of the road. The radar detector will notify the car owner in advance, and it is possible to have time to reduce the speed to the permitted traffic rules.
To choose a model, you need to understand what characteristics a radar detector should have, and only then make a purchase.
Radar detectors differ in design, these can be:
- Monoblock design is the most common model that is made in one body. Radars of this group are easy to use and can be easily installed in any car. They are small in size and do not take up much space.
- Radar detectors, 2 in 1, combined with any other car device, for example, with a car video recorder. Due to the combination of two devices into one, the quality and characteristics are several times inferior.
- Radar detectors for separate installation - such a radar must be installed in a service center. Such a radar is not removable, it is constantly in the car.
Radar detectors have additional functions:
- Display;
- The ability to reduce the brightness of the display;
- Sound signaling;
- Automatic reduction of the sound signal when approaching the traffic police;
- LED indicators;
There are also different ranges in which the radar detector works:
- X (10525 MHz);
- K (24150 MHz);
- Ku (13450 MHz);
- Ka (34700 MHz);
- Laser.
The price of the device cannot be ignored either. It is not worth stopping your choice on cheap devices, and it is not always possible to purchase an expensive one, and as for products of the middle price range, you need to pay attention to it. Radars of the middle price category also have additional advantages: good detectability, impulse noise filter, convenient menu, large viewing angle of the laser sensor, storage of personal settings in the device's memory.
