Whistler Wireless In-Helmet Display for Cruisader Motorcycle Radar Detector (WIRELESSINHELMET)

by Whistler

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B0014KRVP2
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Product Description

Optional Wireless In-Helmet Display (WIHD) works exclusively with the Whistler Cruisader Motorcycle Radar Detector.

Discrete installation inside of helmet

LED provides warning of detected signals

Bright and Dim settings for day and night "Cruising"

Auto shut off feature - unit "sleeps" when the Cruisader is off

Long battery life

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Whistler Cruisader: Ultra-Mega-Fail, October 2, 2009

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Dr_Adequate - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Whistler Wireless In-Helmet Display for Cruisader Motorcycle Radar Detector (WIRELESSINHELMET) (Electronics)

I ordered the Whistler Cruisader, and also ordered this, the wireless heads-up display. Strangely enough, what arrived on my doorstep was a box with the complete Whistler Cruisader in it, and a couple of days later, another box with a complete Whistler Cruisader *and* the wireless heads-up display doo-dad.

Score!

Until I installed the first one on my motorcycle the night before a week-long cross country trip. As I noted in my other review, despite testing the complete set on the bench, it failed after it was installed. As in utterly didn't turn on.

Returning from my trip, I installed the second Whistler Cruisader and installed the heads-up doo-dad in my helmet. The very first time I went out on the road, it failed too.

As others have noted in their reviews, the Whistler Cruisader is finicky and prone to a "Com Error" after installation. That's what happened to me, halfway through the trip. After seemingly working fine the first part of the day, after lunch it started reporting a Com Error. This made the wireless heads-up doo-dad blink very rapidly at full intensity right in front of my eyeball. This was pretty distracting.

I tried turning the Cruisader and the heads-up display off, then back on, and they would work fine for about five minutes before reporting a Com Error again. This repeated all afternoon until I gave up, and left them both off so I could focus on riding.

So this is why Amazon is blowing out the complete set with the Cruisader and the Heads-up display so cheap - it is utterly worthless.

Oh, and the replacement battery: Not just any brand CR-2450 battery fits in the wireless heads-up display. I bought two different brands of batteries before I found one with the right diameter to actually fit inside the module.

My recommendation: Do Not Buy! Spend the money on an Escort 8500 and get the Screamer sound module instead. 100% reliability out of the box, and the test-winning performance of an Escort.

Final Verdict: If I could give this zero stars I would. Negative stars, in fact, for the time lost installing it, re-installing it, buying batteries that didn't fit, and finally giving up. Negative five stars. -* -* -* -* -*