Whistler DE1793

Pros: Band Defeat; feature pack for the money; POP mode

Cons: poor visual daytime brightness; band detection selectivity (falsing)

The Bottom Line: Does the Whistler 1793se operate provide adequate warning, YES. Would I recommend the unit, YES, though for highway but not for the high rollers.

Review: Today all radar detectors provide the Standard (USA) X, K, Super-wideband Ka. The X band (10.5 GHz) is 95% fazed out, only New Jersey and select few counties ran X band. K band (24.150GHz) makes up roughly 50% of the radar used today in the USA. Both X ...

Pros: Features, Decent performance

Cons: Expensive, Lacking compared to other detectors

The Bottom Line: The Whistler DE-1793 SE offers a lot of features, but lacks range compared to other units in the price range.

Review: The Whistler DE-1793 SE is the top-of-the-line radar detector offered by Whistler. It shares the same frame as the Whistler DE-1748/63/83 detectors. It's larger in size than the Whistler DE-1733/43/53 detectors. Well, with the increase in size, ...