Review: BEL GX65 GPS-enabled Radar Detector
GPS-enabled high-performance radar detector
Like all BEL and Escort GPS-enabled radar detectors, the BEL Pro-Series models not only issue early voice and tone alerts of red light camera-monitored intersections, they display the distance to the danger, counting down in 100-foot increments until the intersection is reached. |
Beltronics (BEL) Pro 500 GPS-enabled radar detector—cloned Escort Passport 9500ix with identical performance, lower price |
See our review of the BEL (Beltronics) GX65's replacement, the superb Beltronics (BEL) Pro 500.
This BEL clone of the fabled Escort Passport 9500ix, has a nearly-identical feature set, performs identically—and costs over $100 less. Not a bad combination.
Just as the BEL Pro GX65 was a cloned Escort Passport 9500ix, the model we christened "..the best GPS-enabled detector on the planet", its replacement, the BEL Pro 500 is likewise a cloned Escort 9500ix. Aside from one fewer feature, AutoLearn, the Beltronics Pro 500 performs identically, sports a housing that better resists windshield reflections and costs substantially fewer bucks.
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