ESCORT MAX 360 MKII REVIEW

Updated: 07-14-2025

Overview

The new ESCORT MAX 360 MkII provides the same high performance of its WIFI capable counterpart but priced lower for those not requiring WIFI connectivity.

The Escort MAX 360 MkII radar detector provides full 360 degree protection with colored directional arrows along with the advanced ability to filter out most of the false alerts caused by the anti-collision sensors installed on new cars today

The Escort MAX 360 MkII is also a GPS enabled radar detector and rated as being both a city and highway detector like most GPS based radar detectors.

Our Escort MAX 360 MkII review reveals this Escort model is the best overall conventional dual-antenna detector which provides a better value proposition for those not needing WIFI connectivity you would find in the Escort MAX 360c MkII.

Pros:

• The Escort MAX 360 MkII is currently Escort's best conventional directional radar detector
• New firmware makes performance & filtering exceptional
• Extreme radar sensitivity
• All-digital signal processing (DSP) for extreme long range radar detection performance
• Exceptional at detecting instant-on police radar
• Best anti-collision sensor rejection filtering in the industry
• Escort Live! ready
• GPS enabled
• Builtin Bluetooth for wireless pairing to your smartphone
• Bi-Lingual Voice Alerts - English & Spanish
• Firmware and Photo Enforcement database are both user upgradeable

Highlights:

• Escort's most sophisticated radar detector to date
• K-band segmentation
• Ka-band segmentation
• New improved brighter OLED display

Longest Range Radar Detection

The Escort Max 360 MKII has equal sensitivity than the more expensive Max 360c MkII.

Better I/O Performance

The Escort Max 360 MkII offers the quick detections due to its advanced DSP spread-spectrum processing responsiveness, meaning that you'll have the best chances at detecting instant-on police radar.

Collision Avoidance Sensor False Alert Filtering

The Escort Max 360 Mk II offers the best-in-class filtering of K-band collision avoidance systems found in vehicles, ensuring that you have the quietest ride possible today.

GPS equipped

The Max 360 MkII also has GPS, which enables it to:

• Alert you to fixed photo enforcement cameras as you approach
• Alert you to known speed trap location as you approach
• Alert you to known aircraft enforcement zones
• Automatically block out known false alert locations based upon the exact location and frequency
• Automatically adjust the sensitivity of the detector based upon your speed
• Enable you to mark your own speed trap locations and points of interest

Comes pre-loaded with Escort’s Defender Database, which is the most accurate photo enforcement database for North America, including new MultaRadar speed cameras.

This enables your Escort to alert you in advanced of fixed photo enforcement cameras and known speed trap locations as you approach.

And Escort's patented AutoLearn Technology enables your detector to block out known false alert locations by the exact frequency and location.

And updating the data on your detector online is a snap through the Escort Tools program available for both PC’s and Apple computers.

Escort Live! Equipped

The biggest breakthrough this decade in the speed counter measurement community is the ability to share historical and accurate real time data with other Escort drivers in the cloud.

The Max 360 Mk II has an improved internal Bluetooth chip set, which enables it to connect to the DriveSmarter community through your iPhone and/or Android smartphone very easily.

This enables your 360 MkII to:

• Alert you of real time police spotted alerts
• Alert you of real time radar and laser speed traps in your area
• Alert you of historical speed trap locations including aircraft enforcement locations
• Alert you of fixed photo enforcement camera locations
• Enables you to program the advanced features of your detector through your smart phone

Your 360 Mk II will include a free, 1-year subscription valued at $49 when purchased through our website.

The 360 MkII has a programmable easy to read multicolored OLED display, which includes intuitive icons, to make it easy to identify threats.

Additional display features include:

• 4 different display color settings: Blue, Red, Green and Amber
• Cruise Alert – warning you when you’re exceeding the posted speed limit
• Bar Graph – identifying the signal strength of the threat
• Expert Meter – identifies up to 8 multiple alerts with signal strength at once
• SpecDisplay – identifies the actual numeric frequency of the radar signal
• 5 levels of brightness including full dark mode

Clear Audible Voice Alerts English/Spanish

The 360 MkII has easy to understand voice alerts, which warns you in either English or Spanish of approaching threats, enabling you to keep your eyes on the road and not on your detector.

Online Firmware and Database Updates

Updating your 360 MkII's firmware and Defender database is a snap directly through its WIFI connectivity to your WIFI hotspot

User Preferences Programming

You can access the advanced programming features of your detector either by pressing the buttons on your detector, or though your smartphone enabling you to adjust/program the:

• Sensitivity – City, Highway, Auto, AutoNoX, AutoLoK
• Language – Spanish/English
• Color of OLED display
• GPS speed display
• Cruise alert speed settings
• Overspeed setting
• Display meter options
• Audible tones
• Automute – On/Off
• AutoLearn – On/Off
• Voice – On/Off
• GPS – On/Off
• Auto Power Settings
• Radar/Laser Bands
• Ka-band segmentation and RDR On/Off
• Mark and/or Clear locations

Included Accessories

Your detector comes shipped with everything you need including:

• Quick Attach/Detach Mount
• 12 volt USB Smart Cord
• Travel Case
• Getting Started Guide instruction booklet

Additional Accessories

You can also accessorize your 360 MkII with these additional accessories

• Basic Direct wire
• SmartCord direct wire
• Dash Mount
• BlendMount mirror mount

Escort MAX 360 MkII Downloads

• Escort MAX 360 MkII User Manual
• Escort MAX 360 MkII Firmware Updates

Q: What are the different radar detector bands?

A:

• X-Band 10.525 GHz +/- 25 MHz
  • An older band, mostly used by automatic doors in supermarkets and rarely used by law enforcement anymore. You can eliminate this band by turning off X band in the menu.
• K-Band 24.150 GHz +/- 100 MHz
  • A potential radar strike that could also be a non-radar law enforcement. Know the area as many police still utilize this band.
• Ka-Band 34.700 GHz +/- 1300 MHz
  • Alert! It’s the police. One of the most common used bands by law enforcement today.
• Laser 904nm, 33 MHz bandwidth
• Alert! It’s the police. Higher law enforcement such as state troopers often use laser.

Q: Are radar detectors allowed in my state?

A: Radar detectors are currently banned in some states in the U.S. Enclosed is a list and link to American Auto Association AAA, which keeps an ongoing list of permitted states.

ALABAMA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

ALASKA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

ARIZONA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

ARKANSAS — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

CALIFORNIA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

COLORADO — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

CONNECTICUT — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

DELAWARE — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA — Radar detectors are not permitted.

FLORIDA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

GEORGIA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

HAWAII — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

IDAHO — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

ILLINOIS — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

INDIANA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

IOWA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

KANSAS — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

KENTUCKY — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

LOUISIANA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

MAINE — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

MARYLAND — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

MASSACHUSETTS — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

MICHIGAN — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

MINNESOTA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

MISSISSIPPI — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

MISSOURI — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

MONTANA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

NEBRASKA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

NEVADA — Detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

NEW HAMPSHIRE — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

NEW JERSEY — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

NEW MEXICO — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

NEW YORK — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

NORTH CAROLINA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

NORTH DAKOTA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

OHIO — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

OKLAHOMA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

OREGON — Radar detectors are permitted but are prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

PENNSYLVANIA — Detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles, but prohibited for commercial vehicles.

RHODE ISLAND — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

SOUTH CAROLINA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

SOUTH DAKOTA — Detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

TENNESSEE — Detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

TEXAS — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

UTAH — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

VERMONT — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

VIRGINIA — Detectors are not permitted.

WASHINGTON — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

WEST VIRGINIA — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

WISCONSIN — detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

WYOMING — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

PUERTO RICO — Radar detectors are permitted for passenger vehicles but prohibited for use by commercial vehicles.

Q: What is the difference between HIGHWAY and CITY mode?

A: Radar detectors operate with various sensitivity levels. These levels determine the types of signals and signal ranges (bands) detected. Highway mode is the most sensitive level while City mode is the least sensitive. If the X band is left on in City mode, a radar detector can pick up many X band signals (such as garage door openers) that generate false alerts.

What is included with the Escort Max 360 MkII?

The Max 360 MkII comes complete with a soft-sided travel case, NEW magnet "Sticky Cup" windshield mount feature, NEW 12-volt SmartCord® USB, and quick reference guide. If you would like a more permanent installation for your Max 360 MkII, check out the DirectWire SmartCord® or the more basic DirectWire kit for hardwired installations.

What if I don'f have WIFI?

The Max 360 MkII can still pair with your smartphone using Bluetooth.

Does the Escort Max 360 MkII have band segmenting and an RDR toggle?

The Escort MAX series of detectors use what Escort calls UltraDSP which is lightening quick at processing detected signals without the need for band-segmentation.

Can special athermic windshield adversely impact detection performance?

"Athermic" windshields have a metallic coating which will severely impact a radar detector's performance. Most have small areas to mount detectors and GPS nav units. GPS signals will also be blocked by this coating.

What is the Defender Database?

Defender is a database of North American red light and fixed speed camera locations that can be updated weekly.

What is the USB Port Used For?

This Escort detector is web ready and the USB port can connect to a PC for software downloads and Defender Database updates.

What is variable speed sensitivity?

The Escort Max 360 MkII is able to increase sensitivity as your traveling speed increases so when you are driving at slower speeds the likelihood of falsing will drop as you do not need fully sensitivity.

Can this Escort detector be used outside of North America?

Escort does not monitor what frequencies are used overseas, but many customers travel abroad with their Escort.

What is Expert Mode?

Expert Mode will show you up to 8 radar signals at the same time and will show relative signal strength and associated Band of each signal.

What is the Warranty Period?

Escort's products ordered from RadarBusters come with a full one-year factory warranty. Extended Service Plans are available on select models that will provide two additional years of warranty for $29.95.

I already have GPS in my car. Why do I need it in my Escort detector?

The GPS feature is not used for navigation. The Escort Max 360 MkII allows you to Mark locations of interest, Block false radar and laser alerts, tracks vehicle speed in real-time, and allows sensitivity based on the vehicle speed.

What is its memory capacity and can it run out of space?

This Escort detector has more than enough memory to hold all your locations as well as the camera locations used in the US.