Super Stealth 9000
With over 20 years of law enforcement experience and with over five years experience in the counter speed measurement industry, Radar Roy is still amazed with the outright scams that different companies use on the motoring public.
The latest scam that Radar Roy exposes is a company based in Henderson Nevada called RDR Enterprises and markets a product they call the "Super Stealth 9000" radar and laser jammer from their website best-radar-jammers.com
 Radar Roy purchased one of their units to test during the 2004 "Radar Roy's Radar Detector Rumble" held in April of 2004. Upon inspecting the unit, Radar Roy immediately recognized this unit as being a MRD-2000 radar detector manufactured by Microline Co. LTD based in South Korea . This detector was one of many that were tested at the 2003 Speed Measurement Laboratories Radar Detector Shoot-Out that Roy participated in.
Through overseas contacts Radar Roy learned that RDR Enterprises purchased 200 MRD-2000 radar detectors and that Mircoline had not made any modifications to them to jam either radar or laser.
The Federal Communications Commission requires that all radar detectors along with other electronic goods, sold within the USA be type accepted and certified by their department. Once type accepted the manufacture is required to label their product with this certification code. To sell such a product within the USA without this certification and/or the proper label is a federal crime under Section 2.803 of FCC Regulations.
Radar Roy checked with the Federal Communications Commission, and neither Microline MRD-2000 or the Super Stealth 9000 had been approved for sale or certification, nor was any product id issued. Also the Super Stealth 9000 did not have the required label.
During the testing of the Super Stealth 9000 by Radar Roy, he received constant false alerts from the detector in any vehicle he placed it into. The operator manual explains these constant false alerts this way:
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"You will hear lots of activity from the SS-9000 when in use (especially in the city environment). May are false alerts from other radar sources. We suggest turning the volume down as low as possible as the alerts can sometimes be overwhelming. At night, you may choose to turn the volume down to zero since you will easily be able to see the LED alerts." |
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In an attempt to rate the range and jamming capabilities of this unit, Radar Roy took out his arsenal of radar and laser guns and the Super Stealth 9000 to an old abandoned Air Force base located in the middle of the Arizona desert, miles away from anything that could cause a false alert. However even miles away from any other radio transmitting devices, the Super Stealth 9000 continued false alerting and he was unable to properly perform a range test of this radar detector.
So with this unit on, and placed into a Ford Windstar van, Radar Roy shot the Super Stealth 9000 with his Kustom Falcon K radar gun, his Stalker Ka radar gun, his MPH X band radar gun and his Stalker laser gun as the vehicle approached his location from a starting distance of 1000 feet. Roy was able to maintain a solid speed reading with all of the speed measurement devices throughout the tests and none were ever jammed by the Super Stealth 9000.
On April 16th Radar Roy telephoned RDR Enterprises and spoke with Jay regarding the return of the Super Stealth 9000. When Roy explained that he wanted to return the item and asked what he needed to do, Jay replied "all you have to do is talk to me, are you having a problem with it?" Roy told Jay that what was sold to him was not a radar jammer but a product made by Microline. Jay then responded "Its the Mircoline 2000 radar detector, a modified version." Radar Roy related that he had tested the unit and found that it didn't work and wanted to return it. Jay said sure, that they would accept the return.
The unit was shipped back on the 16th via UPS overnight. On April 26th we were issued a full refund from RDR.
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| If you purchased one of these devices Radar Roy recommends that you consider doing the following: |
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Contact RDR Industries and ask for a full refund, their contact information is as follows:
RDR Enterprises
1348 Calle Cantar
Henderson, NV 89012
888-438-1678 |
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Contact your credit card company and file for a refund of the monies you spent purchasing this item. Most credit card companies will issue a chargeback if the company fraudulently misrepresented their products and/or services. You are welcome to print out this page and submit it with your application for a refund to your credit card company. |
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As the company is based in Henderson Nevada, you can file a complaint with the Nevada Attorney General's Office for consumer fraud. A complaint form for their office is available here. |
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Contact the Attorney General's Office in your state and file a complaint against the company. |
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File a complaint with the FCC regarding RDR's selling of non compliant electronics goods within the USA. Their address is as follows:
Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Consumer Complaints Division
445 12st SW
Washington, DC 20554
You can also file a complaint via their website by clicking here |
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