Hey, what's up guys? So in this video, we're going to be going
over the Escort Redline 360c which is one of the very best radar detectors currently
available on the market. Now the Redline 360c, it is a high-end radar
detector packed with a bunch of bells and whistles. It's currently the closest thing we have to
an ultimate all-in-one feature pack detector. Now that said, is the Redline 360c perfect? No. Are there other detectors that can do certain
things better than the Redline 360c can? Yeah. Are there other detectors that are cheaper,
that are a better bang for the buck? Absolutely. Regardless, this is the detector that's become
my daily driver because it checks so many different boxes that I would want. For example, it's going to offer a long-range
performance, good false alert filtering, autolockouts, arrows, MRCD detection, RDD immunity, good
build quality, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, easy automatic updates, etc. In short, I can just toss it up on my windshield
and it does just about everything that I need. Now, if you'd like one, I'm going to put a
link in the video description to where you can pick one up. A quick note, Escort is currently having some
supply chain issues due to COVID. Typically the Redline 360c is on back order,
so what I typically recommend is just to order one if you want one, and then when the next
shipment comes in, they'll go ahead and ship one out to you. Current estimated shipping dates you can also
find over on Escort's website, and so you can take a look at the latest information
there. Now when this detector first came out, it
had a lot of issues. You can check out my initial impressions video,
it goes over this in more detail, but this detector actually had a lot of problems at
launch. Since then, Escort has been hard at work at
continuing to update the detector and improve it, fix different bugs, improve the performance,
etc. And you've got to give credit where credit
is due. Escort has been doing a good job here of actually
improving this detector, especially compared to how the detector first looked when it initially
launched. There's still a few other improvements that
I think it could benefit from, but nevertheless, it's definitely come a long way. And in this video, I want to focus on what
it's like now with the latest firmware as a firmware version 1.7. There's going to be a lot to cover here in
this video, and because I don't want to make this an hour long review for your sake and
for mine, instead of going into a bunch of crazy detail about every single point, I'm
just going to touch on the highlights of the different key aspects to know about this detector. So starting off, let's talk about range. That's traditionally one of the things that
the Redline has been known for. I've tested the detector twice, and what I've
found is that the detector performs very well. It competes right up with other top tier detectors,
like the V1 Gen2 and the Uniden R7. For example, on 33.8, the V1 Gen2 beat the
Redline 360c, which beat the R7. On 34.7 it was all super close with, again,
the V1 holding a slight edge. On 35.5, again pretty neck and neck, with
the Redline 360c just barely getting the win. Then after Escort updated the Redline to firmware
1.6, we saw a nice boost in range compared to older versions. @BagNDrag on RDF who also did some testing
and tested with these different firmware versions reported that with the newer software, his
Redline 360c is now outperforming his V1 Gen2. And so now at this point, yeah, the range
here is going to be great with the Redline 360c. It's definitely going to be a top performer. Moving on to blind spot filtering. Overall with this detector, I've been pretty
happy with the BSM filtering. Additionally, Escort has recently released
an update adding K Notch, a new filter that's specifically designed to help filter out some
of the BSMs that you'll get from Honda and Acura as nearby. Even with this new filter though, the detector
is still going to false too, while certain Honda's and Acura's, I see some falses to
your Chryslers, to your GM vehicles, etc. And when I asked about people's experiences
with the Redline 360c on Facebook or on the forums, a lot of people are really happy with
the BSM filtering, but a lot of people were saying, "Hey, I still wish the detector was
quieter." And so I'm seeing a mix of results here, which
I completely understand. The Redline 360c does seem to be one of the
better detectors in terms of BSM filtering, but it definitely doesn't filter all of them. And this is despite the fact that over on
Escort's website, they say that when the detector alerts, the alerts are going to be always
true and never false. This is simply not true here with the detector. It's one of the false and misleading advertising
things we're seeing from Escort's marketing. I brought this up before and I really hope
that they address this, because they're marketing a lot of times is just incorrect. So the detector, yes, it does false just like
every other radar detector out there. But it does do a better job than a lot of
others at actually filtering out a lot of these false alerts. Next, we can talk about autolockouts. This is something Escort has had for many
years, and they've been doing a good job of working on this. Autolockouts, as you guys know, are great
for automatically learning stationary false alerts like automatic door openers and speed
signs. And after a couple of passes, the detector
will learn those, filter them out for you and stay muted when you come by again. Now we can, of course go into the weeds here
about Escort's implementation of autolockouts, but in short, Escort is going to err on the
side of quietness, they really want to keep the detector quiet. I do think that there's some additional room
for improvement that Escort could implement here with their GPS lockouts, but I haven't
really seen people getting tickets with it or anything. So it does seem to be doing a good job here
of keeping the detector quiet. And personally, I love the fact that the autolockouts
are actually built into the detector here, and there's no phone required to give you
the autolockout capability. Next there's going to be low speed muting
with the GPS built into the detector. This again is a very standard feature that
we see in a lot of different detectors. And it's great for helping keep the detector
quiet around town, especially at low speeds or in shopping center parking lots. Now one quirk here with the detector is if
you have the detector connected to Escort Live, it can actually go out to the cloud
and figure out the speed limit of the current road that you're on. And it's going to change whatever low speed
meeting threshold you have set to the speed limit of the road that you're currently on. So it's nice to automatically adjust it for
city and highway muting as needed, but that said, it doesn't take into account things
like temporary speed zone changes due to school zones or due to construction zones. I wish there was a way to maybe disable this
feature if you're connected to Escort Live, but just a little quirk here of, again, all
of these different Escort detectors to be aware of if you're running it connected to
the cloud. Either way though, I definitely liked the
feature, especially just to keep it extra quiet when you're driving around in shopping
center parking lots. Next up, let's talk about the detector alerting
to different red light cameras or speed cameras. Again, Escort's going to do a very good job
here. Their database is really good. Additionally, their alerts here in the detector
are directional, so if you've got maybe a speed camera at an intersection that monitors
this way but not that way, the detector can actually know the difference and only alert
you when you're traveling in this direction, but not in that direction. It's designed to specifically cut out some
of the false alerts. But I know some people get a little bit concerned
because they're like, "Hey, why is there a speed camera here? My detector is not alerting." That's typically why. So they're doing some additional things to
help try and cut down some of those false alerts. Additionally, Escort releases updates for
their database every Monday. So when you hop in the car, if you have it
connected to Wi-Fi, it'll let you know and you can just, boom, go ahead and update the
latest database and download it right into your detector as you're driving. So that's pretty nice. Not every city and state gets an update of
course every week, but it's nice that Escort is continuing to update it and they push nationwide
updates every week. Next let's talk about the MRCD capabilities. This is something that's been updated recently
and has greatly improved the MRCD detection capabilities of the Redline 360c. And so now at this point, it seems like it
does a pretty good job of actually detecting the different MRCD photo radar guns that are
in use, especially in Canada and in certain states in the US. Now that said, I don't have MRCD in my area. And so whenever I turn it on, I wind up getting
quite a few false alerts here to MRCD. I'm not always sure what's causing them to
be honest, but reading about this online, it looks like Ford trucks are a common source,
and there's a couple other vehicles that can also trigger falses here on your detector. And so a lot of people are saying that the
MRCD filtering actually needs some more work to make it more usable, and I would definitely
agree with that. Additionally, when you do get an MRCD alert,
all of the arrows will actually light up on the detector. There is no directional information to let
you know if the signal is ahead or behind, or when you pass the photo radar source. I would also like to see Escort actually have
unique alerts for both MRCD and MRCT. Currently when the detector goes off, it just
says M on the display to let you know that it's a multi radar source. And so I'd like to see some differentiation
to let you know if it's MRCD or MRCT, because those are different technologies. Next up, let's talk about RDD immunity. If you're looking for something that's undetectable
by the Spectre, the Redline 360c is going to be a great choice for that. And honestly, that's not really a surprise. The Redline platform that Escort's been using
here for a while, starting with the M3, that's traditionally been a solid undetectable detector. It's been one of the gold standards when it
comes to undetectability. Now that said, that's strictly, when we're
looking at undetectability with a Spectre. It's different if you're looking for something
that's not visible, if somebody looks in your car. I mean, if you're looking at a detector like
this, it's actually a pretty large detector. Plus the mount itself, it's also big too. If we were to compare it to something like
the Radenso Pro M here, you can see this is a much smaller detector, both the mount as
well as the detector itself. And so size-wise, the Pro M is definitely
going to be a much more compact detector having in your windshield, and it's going to be much
less visible to anybody looking in your car. That said, if you really need something stealth,
I think something custom installed might be the ideal choice. That way you have nothing visible on the windshield
at all. Now one cool trick I've seen to maybe make
this detector a little bit more visually hidden, is you can actually pop off the detector from
the mount here, and maybe just toss it into a hidden sun visor pouch that way. The detector hides in a little pocket and
is not visible to anybody. Additionally, because you're not going to
be able to see the detector or maybe press the mute button, you can run a remote hardwire
cable, like Escort SmartCord, and have a remote alert LED, which will flash when you get an
alert. Plus you've got a remote mute button that'll
let you mute the detector or manually lock out alerts and whatnot. So that can be a useful accessory too, if
you wind up going for the sun visor option. Now speaking of the EZ Mag Mount here, I actually
really liked this mount overall. I think it's a nice, solid and sturdy mount. It's one of my favorite mounting options,
it's available for any radar detector. This magnetic mount makes it really easy to
mount the detector or unmount it very quickly and easily, even one-handed. One of the downsides is yeah, it is going
to be a little bit bigger and bulkier than some other mounts, but that's part of the
design. Now something to be aware of is the way that
it works with mounting and unmounting the detector, you actually need to lift the detector
up a little bit and then pull it off like that. And then you put it back on, there's a little
bit of a lip right here. Put it back on the front and lower it down. And this needing to raise it up and down can
potentially be an issue, depending on where you mount it in your car and the design of
your car. For example, here in my car, when I have it
mounted, I'm not actually able to lift the front of the detector and pull it out. And so the detector is not removable unless
I pop it off with the suction cup mount altogether. In my wife's car on the other hand, I can
mount it in the exact same location and I'm able to pop the detector on and off, no problem. So again, depending on the design of your
car, it may or may not be an issue as far as how easily you can mount your unmount the
detector. So long as the detector fits in your car,
no problem. I think it's a great mounting option. Now, something else you can consider in terms
of mounts, there's also the BlendMount, which is an excellent third-party mount that allows
you to mount the detector directly under your rear-view mirror instead. And when you mount it here again, you've got
a nice, solid mount, and you don't have to worry about maybe some of the removal issues
like I mentioned before. Plus you don't have to worry about maybe the
sticky cup failing and the detector falling off the windshield. Something that I've seen happen, especially
with more extreme temperatures. And if you'd like to pick up a BlendMount,
I've actually got a discount code for you down in the video description. Next, if we take a quick look here at build
quality. Overall build quality here with the detector
is excellent. And you would hope it would be when you're
spending top dollar on a detector like this. So I'm a fan of the button feel, plus the
feel of the detector itself. It's nice and solid, and definitely feels
like it's worth the price in terms of build quality. Next, let's take a look at the arrows on the
face of the detector. The arrows are pretty easy to read, even in
direct sunlight. They're also pretty customizable with different
colors, depending on the band or direction or different signals and things like that. In terms of the arrows' performance, I find
them to be pretty good overall but they're not yet perfect. I know this is something that Escort is continuing
to work on and improve upon and it's improved since, again, the detector was initially launched,
but it's still not yet completely perfect. So something to be aware of here. Next taking a closer look at the multicolor
OLED display at the center of the detector. I actually really like the display here too,
it does a good job of presenting a lot of really useful information for you. You'll be able to see things like band, signal
strength, frequency, how many signals are present, your current speed, as well as the
speed limit of the current road that you're on, again, when you're connected to the cloud. The only real issue that I've got with the
display is the fact that the ambient light sensor doesn't do a very good job, especially
in overcast weather like this. It tends to make the detectors display too
dark. And so a lot of times for that reason, I have
to go in and manually adjust the display's brightness and make it brighter in the daytime. And then at night, I'll have to go back in
and reduce the brightness manually. And so for that reason, I don't find that
the automatic display brightness does a very good job, but this is also true of a lot of
the other Escort detectors too. So something to be aware of there. Next, let's take a look here at the connectivity
capabilities of the Redline 360c. The C stands for, well, connected as in connected
car. So yes, this is a connected detector. And it offers connectivity capabilities both
with Bluetooth and with Wi-Fi. First, starting off with Bluetooth, you've
got Bluetooth here that allows you to connect your phone to the detector and then run the
Escort Live app to add some additional useful features to the detector. Escort has been doing this kind of stuff for
a while now with many detectors, and it's going to be same idea here with the Redline
360c. With your phone you're going to be able to
go in and make it a lot easier to adjust settings to the detector and configure the detector
the way that you want. It's a lot easier to go in and do it with
your phone than it is to go into the detector's menu manually and adjust the settings that
way. Additionally, when you're connected to the
cloud, it's going to allow you to display the speed limit of the current road that you're
on. That database is not built directly into the
detector, that information comes from the cloud, so you're going to have to be connected
to the cloud to get the speed limit information. And then the big feature of course, is the
fact that the detector can share its alerts in real-time with other drivers, and you can
get alerts from other drivers' cars too. Now, I haven't gotten a lot of saves with
these Escort Live alerts, but regardless, I do like it as an additional layer of protection
with you sharing alerts with other drivers and you benefiting from other drivers' alerts
too. Something important to note though, is that
Escort does not offer an open API so they're not making it available for other third-party
developers to create other apps to add additional functionality, the way that seeing with us,
some of the other detectors like the V1 and the V1 Gen2. I really wish Escort would do that, but it's
just not something they seem to be interested in creating. Moving on to Wi-Fi. Th C in the name really means the fact that
it's got Wi-Fi built into the detector, which adds a lot of the same features that you've
got here with Bluetooth. Things like the real-time alert shared with
other drivers, or the speed limit information on screen. When you're connected over Wi-Fi, the speed
limit will actually show up in white, as opposed to in Bluetooth it will be the same as your
traditional display color. Now that said, there's actually two main advantages
when you have the detector connected over Wi-Fi, as opposed to using your phone with
Bluetooth. The first is that I find the automatic connectivity
when you get back into your car to be much better over Wi-Fi. You don't have to worry about having the app
running on your phone, and sometimes it doesn't do a good job of reconnecting automatically
on your phone. If you've got a Wi-Fi hotspot in your car,
I find the detector does a much better job of automatically connecting every time you
get in the car. The second advantage is the fact that the
detector can automatically update itself over Wi-Fi, something that's not available over
Bluetooth. And so whenever there's a new firmware update
that's available or red light camera or speed camera updates that come out every Monday
like I mentioned, when you hop in your car, the detector will let you know there's an
update available. And then you can just say, "Yes, go ahead
and update." And it'll take a couple minutes to update
the detector while you drive, which makes it super easy to do. Just while you're driving, no more having
to bring the detector home and plug it into the computer to update. So in terms of the updates as is probably
the easiest detector to keep updated, again so long as you have a Wi-Fi hotspot in your
car. Something to note is that detector doesn't
continue alerting to radar while it's going through the update process, which makes sense. So you may have a couple of minutes of downtime,
especially for firmware updates, which do take longer than the red light camera database
updates. Now, another quirk to note is the fact that
the Redline 360c only supports 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi. There's no 5 GHz Wi-Fi available. And so if your car, for example, has a Wi-Fi
hotspots but it only supports 5 GHz Wi-Fi, your detector will not be able to connect
to it. A lot of cars offer both, but I know some
newer cars only offer 5 GHz Wi-Fi, so something to be aware of. And I really hope that Escort, maybe with
their future detectors, they start adding 5 GHz Wi-Fi support too, because that's becoming
much more common these days. Next let's talk about laser jammer integration. Escort offers us several different laser jammers
that you can install in your car that integrate with your Redline 360c. And so your detector now becomes the controller
and the interface for your laser jammers. And so you can hook it up to the Escort ZR5
or the ZW5, if you like, which is cool, I guess. But honestly, for most people I still say,
just go get an ALP instead. It's a much better jammer, much more capable,
more effective, better updates. It's just a better all-around jammer. I guess maybe if you want to get something
like the ZW5, that's a cool option. It's a wireless option, so it makes you installer
simpler and quicker and easier, and there's no cable to actually run through your firewall,
just like there is with all the other laser jammer options. So maybe in that case, that's a cool option
to get the ZW5. But for most people I say, just go get the
ALP. For more information about all this laser
jammer stuff, take a look at my recent video, going over the very best laser jammers and
I go over all of this in way more detail. Next let's go ahead and take a quick look
at how the Redline 360c compares to some of the other top options. Both to give you a better idea of what the
Redline 360c itself is like, as well as just to compare it to maybe some of the other detectors
that you might be considering. First, let's take a look at the Max 360c versus
the Redline 360c. Now the Redline 360c, it's $100 more than
the Max 360c, and fundamentally there's going to be two main advantages. One, you're going to be getting longer range
and two, you're going to be getting the RDD immunity. Now for a lot of people this would actually
work just fine, especially if you're in an area that's maybe super flat, you've got a
lot of constant on. I mean, this should be great. This will give you plenty of advanced warning,
compared to something like this, which is going to give you the longest range possible. Additionally, for most people in the US we
don't need RDD immunity, that's not a big deal. So that's not really a compelling selling
point here. For a lot of people, this could be just fine. However, we are seeing some alerting issues
with this one. Sometimes the detector may actually stop alerting
temporarily when you get really close to a radar source and then resume alerting. Additionally, we've started seeing some situations
to where it just goes to sleep and doesn't alert properly to radar signals at all. And for that reason, a lot of times I actually
prefer running the Redline 360c. I've got more confidence in it, and I trust
it more than I do the Max series detectors. I know it's something that Escort's been working
on for a little while and they've improved it, but they haven't been able to completely
resolve the issue with the Max 360 or 360c. So it's not something that I've seen a lot
here with the Max platform, but it is still something to be aware of. Next, let's take a look at the V1 Gen2 versus
the Redline 360c. So this is going to be a great option too. It's $250 cheaper than the Redline 360c is,
and it also offers great performance and great BSM filtering. Additionally, the detector you'll notice is
going to be more compact here than the Redline 360c is. As far as differences though, this doesn't
have GPS built in the way this does. And so you're going to be reliant on a phone
to get a lot of the same GPS features, like autolockouts, for example. But those apps are actually really, really
good, and some of those features like the autolockouts can actually work better here
when you pair it with a phone, as opposed to something like this, that has it built
in. That open API that I mentioned, that's something
that's available here on the V1 so there's a lot of really cool third apps. As opposed to Escort, who doesn't seem to
want to make that available. And so this is a good detector on its own,
but it's a great detector with apps. Now, something though the detector can't add
just with the apps is your MRCD capabilities for your mobile photo radar. I mean, the Redline 360c has that capability
already built in, does false to be fair, but it's also doing a good job of detecting it
when you need it. That's not something I think that the V1 could
add just with a software update. It's possible, but I don't think it's very
likely. And so overall I think the simplest way to
explain it as I wind up finding this to be a really great choice among enthusiasts, who
love diving into all the details in terms of customization and apps and stuff. Whereas this, I think just has a wider appeal,
because everything is built in. It's much easier to use, you just plug it
on the windshield and you're good to go. It just does everything the box. Next, let's take a look at the Uniden R7 versus
the Escort Redline 360c. This is an interesting comparison. I mean, this offers a lot of the same functionality
for almost half the price of the Redline 360c. This detector also has great range and has
also recently added autolockouts. But those autolockouts still don't quite work
properly yet, there's more tweaking that Uniden needs to do on those. That said, in terms of the fundamentals, I
mean the R7 seems to be pretty great there. You've got great range, great BSM filtering,
as well as a lot of the other features like the arrows. The arrows could still use a little bit of
work here with the R7 too, just like they could on the Redline, but I think the Redline's
actually work a little bit better than they do on the R7. But regardless, I mean, yeah, you've got a
lot of the fundamentals here available on the R7. That said, there's also going to be some features
that are missing here from the R7, things like there's no Bluetooth available, there's
no Wi-Fi. Most people don't necessarily need that, but
it is a nice extra thing that you'll get from the Escort that you won't get here from the
Uniden. Additionally, it has MRCD capabilities, but
the latest firmware update 1.35, actually broke MRCD detection. So again, that's something that Uniden is
going to need to work on. Additionally, these suction cups right here,
they just don't do a very good job of sticking to the windshield. They fail on me a lot, and I've run a lot
of other reports online of people having issues with the suction cups failing. I think one of the biggest downsides of the
detector though is the update process. I mean, some people are able to update no
problem, but man, this is probably one of the most problematic detectors for people
to update. It's wild how many people have issues getting
their R7s updated. Price wise, this detector's price has been
fluctuating wildly. It's been like watching the price of Game
Stop. Now you can find the R7 on Amazon for about
$400, plus minus. I mean, sometimes you'll see it for $450,
sometimes $375. So it definitely fluctuates wildly. Either way though, the R7, it's definitely
going to be a much better buck than this Redline 360c is. That said, the Redline 360c also offers more
features here that the R7 doesn't have at all. Additionally, the Redline 360c is much easier
to keep updated over time, which is also something very important. And so the Redline 360c I think in many ways
is a better detector than the R7, plus it offers a lot of features that the R7 doesn't
have. But at the same time, I think you're starting
to get into the law of diminishing returns here with the Redline 360c. Now speaking of getting a good bang for the
buck, the last detector that I want to compare the Redline 360c against is another Escort
detector, the custom-installed Max Ci 360. This costs $2,400 for the front and rear radar
package, as opposed to $750 for the Redline 360c, so it's less than a third of the price
of the Max Ci 360. Now that said, custom-installed is always
going to be way more expensive than a windshield mount, but something that's interesting is
the Redline 360c, it's a newer detector that has some features that aren't available here
on the Max Ci 360. For example, the Redline 360c has added the
K Notch feature for the better BSM filtering. You've got your MultaRadar detection for your
photo radar. Plus you've got the Wi-Fi built in to make
it a lot easier to get your detector connected to the cloud. Now Escort could add some of these features
here, like K Notch would be pretty easy to do, and hopefully they can add MRCD as well,
but it seems like Escort is currently really focused on the Redline 360c. They've been spending a lot of time and energy
updating that, and they honestly haven't updated the Max Ci in ages. And then some of the other stuff like Wi-Fi
would actually require some sort of physical change, whether it's a new detector or some
sort of accessory that doesn't exist yet to add it in, it would require a hardware change. And so, I mean, I run both of them here in
my car that Redline 360c or the Max Ci 360, and honestly, a lot of times I wind up just
running the Redline 360c because you get the K Notch for the better BSM filtering and the
Wi-Fi. It just makes it a lot easier to keep your
detector connected to the cloud. And then this brings me back to the point
that I made at the very beginning of the video, is the fact that there's a lot of other detectors
that can do many of the same things that the Redline 360c can, but there's no detector
that offers all of the capabilities of the Redline 360c. And so yes, it is the most expensive windshield
mount radar detector on the market at $749. But in return, what I think you're getting
for that price is the closest thing that we currently have to the ultimate all-in-one
windshield mount radar detector. And that's the reason that the Redline 360c
has become my daily driver detector. Pop it on the windshield, and it has just
about everything that you could want. Of course it has its pros and cons just like
anything else, but overall, I think it's a pretty solid option. And so with that said, yeah, thanks so much
for watching. Let me know if you have any questions. You can just ask down in the comment area
below. Additionally down in the vendor description,
I'm also going to have additional links for things like your setup guides after you purchased
the Redline 360c, which will help you with learning how to use the detector, programming
it, configuring it, all that kind of stuff there. You'll find some additional information down
there too. So, awesome. Thanks so much for watching. I hope you're doing well, and I'll see you
in the next video. Bye.
