I’m pretty satisfied with my Beltronics RX65 radar detector. I’ve had it since March and it has served me rather well so far, helping me avoid quite a few speed traps. Granted, I did get two tickets while using this detector, but that was due to the police using LIDAR, which no radar detector in the world will help you spot in advance.

However, there is one thing that bothers me about the RX65. It seems that, if the unit gets hot, it will start to make a constant (and very annoying) noise followed by a message on the LCD that reads “Service Required”. With the Texas heat in full swing, I find myself getting out of the car for a quick trip through a store, only to find my radar detector screaming bloody murder once I get back to the car.

Granted, there is a really easy solution to this problem: just turn the damn thing off on your way out of the car. I tend to forget about this quite a bit, so I frequently return to an angry radar detector. I’ve also learned that “Service Required” does not necessarily mean that service is required. When this happens, I simply turn off the radar detector, remove it from the mount, and hold it against an A/C vent for about 2 minutes. That always fixes it.

Even with this annoying issue, I still recommend the RX65 to anyone who’s looking for a top of the line radar detector. Great unit, relatively cheap, has very nice features — can’t go wrong with the RX65, as long as you remember to turn it off on your way out of the car!