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While the fleece jacket is great for colder climates (like here in the northeast), the sport coat is dressier and more appropriate for a date or holiday dinner. It only comes in black because, let's face it, black goes with everything.

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Plus it has a stylish, classic sport coat shape with traditional three-button tailoring. The SeV sport coat can easily carry your wallet, passport, sunglasses, iPhone and iPad without making you look like a robot.

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The well-concealed pockets are designed so that they don't pull and bulge, giving away your secret passion for portable devices. What makes it amazing is its 23 pockets - enough to store all your gadgets, including an iPad - without tipping off your date or co-worker. Like the company's spiffy fleece jacket (which I reviewed in November), the SEV sport coat is a high-quality garment suitable for fine dining, the annual office holiday party or even a few pints at the neighborhood bar. That's where the ScotteVest Sport Coat comes in. But the reason why we hate it is because we can't bring our iPad with us without looking like, well, a geek.

The Cobra iRadar 230 gets our seal of approval.Even the most self-respecting geek has to go out once in a while. Plus, at only $100, you only need to prevent one speeding ticket to make it worth the purchase. Once you pair the unit to a smartphone, it's a great addition to your arsenal on the road. So what's the verdict? This is a great radar detector for the money even as a stand-alone unit.

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PROS: The Cobra iRadar works with or without an Android or iOS smartphone - the car charger has a USB port to charge a smartphone - the app is free and works well - the iRadar 230 does a great job for the money.ĬONS: There are false positives, especially in a city setting.

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The apps can be downloaded for free here for Android and here for iOS.

Power Cord (works with your car's power plug/cigarette lighter).

One nice bonus for the unit is that it includes a USB port on the charger so you can charge your smartphone along with the radar detector. Then feel bad about yourself for blaming the golden generation for your problems. Again, it's not perfect, but that's not the fault of the radar detector - blame your local Wal-Mart for making it easy for older people to enter their stores. Usually the false alerts come from automatic doors, and the city setting tries to weed those out as best as possible. The highway/city mode (accessible through the app) helps get rid of those false positives as well. When you crowd source red-light cameras and speed traps, you can supplement the radar detector's built-in controls and boost your chances of being made aware of the radar gun before it's aware of your excessive speed. And if other things like automatic door systems at grocery stores are using radar, they'll detect it. If a cop doesn't have his radar gun on, a radar detector can't detect it (it sounds simple, but some people don't get this). At a $99 retail price, it includes a fair amount of bonus features for the cost, especially if you're pairing it with a smartphone.Ĭaveat: if you're new to radar detectors, the first thing to know is that radar detectors aren't perfect. The app also comes with Google maps, music control, a traffic map, and more. And when you run into a speed trap or red light camera, you can upload it to the cloud and share it with other iRadar users. Once paired, the unit uses both the radar detector unit itself, and an online database with real-time speed trap and red light camera notifications.

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The iRadar 230 is the upgrade to the iRadar 200, and comes with built-in bluetooth to pair up with an Android or iOS smartphone app. If our review was based solely on that situation, the iRadar 230 would have our seal of approval, but let's dig in a little deeper.

The cops had him pulled over, and I felt a strange sense of satisfaction. Three-quarters of a mile down the road I waved at him as I passed by. Instead of speeding up like I had planned, I moved into the other lane and saw the tail-rider fly past me. Last weekend I decided to go a different route, and when one of those tail-riders approached my bumper I was ready to hit the gas hard when the Cobra iRadar 230 that I was testing on my dashboard started beeping. Have you ever been driving down the highway, minding your own business, when someone comes and rides your tail? My typical move in this situation is to slow down, since it's a safe move and will really upset the tailgater. Let me start this review off with a story.