Customer Reviews

Whistler 1793SE All Band Laser-Radar Detector

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Good product. Alittle difficult to set the compass. City mode is the best mode to use. It does pick up some of store motion sensors but all in all its great for the price.

I have only had this product for a few days so I can't address many issues with the radar, but I can warn people about the display. I've had another whistler detector for around 7 years now but the speaker has given out and I can't find a new speaker to replace it. My previous detector used the same LED display as this one but was sunken inside the housing to shade the display somewhat. This one does not so I find it harder to read in bright sunlight (even on the brightest setting). A detector does not do you much good if you can't read the display clearly.
I liked my previous detector so I stayed with Whistler, but looks like I made a mistake.

I purchased this detector as it seemed like a great deal for the price. It did actually perform fairly well, I never had a problem with it detecting, only issue is the display. As others have mentioned, the display is very hard to read during the day, especially in sunlight.

This is one of the best budget buys in radar detection, but that's exactly what it is, a budget buy.

A laser/radar detector is exactly what it says it is and not a cop detector. If the laser/radar is not turned on, this machine wouldn't pick it up. When it did detect properly and accurately for 5 times since I had it in 2 months, I had plenty of time to slow down every single time although I wasn't even speeding.

The X band does pick up unwanted warnings from garage door openers and other signals. Since all 5 of my accurate dectections were K or Ka bands, I turned off the X-band completely, which is a nice feature to have.