Meet the radar-detector group's brain-damaged member. Its seven-character display can't show units of measure, so when the screen reads "30," for example, you don't know whether you're going 30 miles per hour or there's a camera 30 feet down the road. You'd have to memorize the owner's manual to decode all the possible readouts. One redeeming feature: It knows which way the cameras point, which minimizes false positives. But its database seemed smaller than those of the other models tested.
Review: NavAlert Alert System
Meet the radar-detector group’s brain-damaged member. Its seven-character display can’t show units of measure, so when the screen reads “30,” for example, you don’t know whether you’re going 30 miles per hour or there’s a camera 30 feet down the road. You’d have to memorize the owner’s manual to decode all the possible readouts. One […]
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WIRED
Sleek design. Magnetic dashboard mount is sturdy but offers a quick release. Cheap.
TIRED
Tinny voice pesters you to fasten your seat belt every time you start the car. Crappy interface for online updates works only on PCs.