Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 Radar Detector
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- Mute: With Mute
- Detection Mode: City / Highway modes
- Detection Area: Front / Rear
- VG-2/VG-3 Alert: VG-2 Alert
- Detection Bands: X Band K Band Ka Band Laser
- Alert type: Audible
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Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312: Is It Really Better Than The Passport 8500?
Pros
Expensive Enough So People Choose Cheaper And BETTER Detectors
Cons
Expensive, Horrible Performance, Cheap Build Quality, Ticket-Happy
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
The Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 is by far one of the worst radar detectors ever built... Look elsewhere, I beg you!
Rocky Mountain Radar is known for offering some of the worst quality anti-police products on the market for outrageously expensive prices. Also, they make claims that these products are capable of jamming radar/laser, and oh my lord... But yes, they say that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 outperforms the Escort Passport 8500 flat down. Well, here's what I found with the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312:
-What's It Like?-
*The Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 is very small... Small indeed. It's smaller than almost any competition. It detects X, K, Ka, and laser bands. It has a Highway/City Mode which can be switched by pressing the button. There's a mute button. The screen isn't an LED, unfortunately... And even significantly less expensive models from Uniden, Whistler, and Cobra have LEDs. There is only a single light to indicate K and Ka band. That's a big downside since Ka threats can approach at greater strength at a higher rate of speed because it's harder to detect Ka. Still, that wouldn't make a difference since the performance completely sucks except for X-band, but any detector can pick that up.
-Price-
*My friend Bobby was so excited to buy a Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 for around $179.99 after he was told that it is capable of jamming radar and laser! Oh my golly gosh, that obviously means that I must have been a complete idiot to spend $400 on a Valentine One radar when it won't even jam radar and laser. Well anyway, I decided to compare the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 to the top-of-the-line Valentine One at $400, and a lower-end Whistler 1753 that my friend purchased for $99. Overall, the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 suffered completely in performance against the Valentine and Whistler. The Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 can be pruchased for around $140 online, but a detector around $100 such as a Whister 1753 or Cobra ESD-9110/9210 can easily annihlate it in battle.
-Performance-
*The detector blows... Horribly. The first test that I decided to perform was against my Valentine One. The test was done on a silver 2001 Nissan Pathfinder SE with both detectors mounted at the same time. As the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 was plugged in, my V1 began to signal Ka-band which meant that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 was emitting Ka-band signal, which is a sign off a poorer quality radar detector. I began the test out in K-band territory which is around my house and the surrounding suburbs to the west. Well, as I made a turn onto Deerfield Road which is a road known for having many speed traps, my V1 went of with K-band warning. The Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 remained silent. Finally, I got a visual on the cop, and I the V1 was blaring with full strength, and already had been for quite some time. Then the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 started to go off with K/Ka-band warning. If I was speeding with the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312, I'd already have a big and fat ticket. The next stop was Riverwoods, Illinois where there are Ka-band guns in use. I received Ka warning on the V1 on a straight road, and the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 managed to pick it up once again at close proxomity. Later, I tried out the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 against the Whistler 1753 in a 1998 red Mitsubishi Eclipse. The Whistler had dramatically less range than the V1 regarding K and Ka, but it still outperformed the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 very well. I can't say if the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 beats the Escort Passport 8500 because I don't own the 8500 and haven't used it in a test, but it's a ridiculously funny joke to say that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 would outperform it.
-Jamming???-
*Rocky Mountain claims that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 is a radar and laser descrambler. Hahahahahaha... Hahahahaha!!! Sorry, I can't control my laughter. But my friend believed it, and pulled his red Mustang 20mph over the speed limit on US-12 and got pulled over by K-band radar. So it's a joke to say that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 scarmbles radar. I think anyone would fare better with almost any detector, and as for jamming... A tissue box on the dashboard would probably fare just as well.
-The Verdict-
*There's nothing to say except that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 is a horrible waste of money. It doesn't jam anything at all. There is no way that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 can ever have performance anything close to the Escort Passport 8500 or just about any detector in general. The Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 was outperformed in my radar tests by the expensive, and also the cheap. If you don't want to spend a lot of money for a detector, I'd highly recommend a Whistler. But if you're willing to pay well over $100, then a Beltronics Vector 985 can be purchased for only ~$215 and is a far cry from this piece of junk.
-What's It Like?-
*The Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 is very small... Small indeed. It's smaller than almost any competition. It detects X, K, Ka, and laser bands. It has a Highway/City Mode which can be switched by pressing the button. There's a mute button. The screen isn't an LED, unfortunately... And even significantly less expensive models from Uniden, Whistler, and Cobra have LEDs. There is only a single light to indicate K and Ka band. That's a big downside since Ka threats can approach at greater strength at a higher rate of speed because it's harder to detect Ka. Still, that wouldn't make a difference since the performance completely sucks except for X-band, but any detector can pick that up.
-Price-
*My friend Bobby was so excited to buy a Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 for around $179.99 after he was told that it is capable of jamming radar and laser! Oh my golly gosh, that obviously means that I must have been a complete idiot to spend $400 on a Valentine One radar when it won't even jam radar and laser. Well anyway, I decided to compare the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 to the top-of-the-line Valentine One at $400, and a lower-end Whistler 1753 that my friend purchased for $99. Overall, the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 suffered completely in performance against the Valentine and Whistler. The Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 can be pruchased for around $140 online, but a detector around $100 such as a Whister 1753 or Cobra ESD-9110/9210 can easily annihlate it in battle.
-Performance-
*The detector blows... Horribly. The first test that I decided to perform was against my Valentine One. The test was done on a silver 2001 Nissan Pathfinder SE with both detectors mounted at the same time. As the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 was plugged in, my V1 began to signal Ka-band which meant that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 was emitting Ka-band signal, which is a sign off a poorer quality radar detector. I began the test out in K-band territory which is around my house and the surrounding suburbs to the west. Well, as I made a turn onto Deerfield Road which is a road known for having many speed traps, my V1 went of with K-band warning. The Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 remained silent. Finally, I got a visual on the cop, and I the V1 was blaring with full strength, and already had been for quite some time. Then the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 started to go off with K/Ka-band warning. If I was speeding with the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312, I'd already have a big and fat ticket. The next stop was Riverwoods, Illinois where there are Ka-band guns in use. I received Ka warning on the V1 on a straight road, and the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 managed to pick it up once again at close proxomity. Later, I tried out the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 against the Whistler 1753 in a 1998 red Mitsubishi Eclipse. The Whistler had dramatically less range than the V1 regarding K and Ka, but it still outperformed the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 very well. I can't say if the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 beats the Escort Passport 8500 because I don't own the 8500 and haven't used it in a test, but it's a ridiculously funny joke to say that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 would outperform it.
-Jamming???-
*Rocky Mountain claims that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 is a radar and laser descrambler. Hahahahahaha... Hahahahaha!!! Sorry, I can't control my laughter. But my friend believed it, and pulled his red Mustang 20mph over the speed limit on US-12 and got pulled over by K-band radar. So it's a joke to say that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 scarmbles radar. I think anyone would fare better with almost any detector, and as for jamming... A tissue box on the dashboard would probably fare just as well.
-The Verdict-
*There's nothing to say except that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 is a horrible waste of money. It doesn't jam anything at all. There is no way that the Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 can ever have performance anything close to the Escort Passport 8500 or just about any detector in general. The Rocky Mountain RMR-DLS312 was outperformed in my radar tests by the expensive, and also the cheap. If you don't want to spend a lot of money for a detector, I'd highly recommend a Whistler. But if you're willing to pay well over $100, then a Beltronics Vector 985 can be purchased for only ~$215 and is a far cry from this piece of junk.
