2014 RALETC Lidar Jammer Shootout
The battle of the year took place on September 20th, 2014 between four highly competitive laser jammer companies against 16 different LIDAR guns and featuring the latest firmware from each. This event had a twist as we streamed our results LIVE over the internet. The event boasted over 300 unique online visitors and was averaging between 30-50 visitors hourly. The event pulled in visitors from 12 different countries including the US, Croatia, Canada, Australia, and many others. We had originally planned to test five laser jammer systems, but due to time constraints we had to eliminate one from the shootout. The Escort LSP was excluded as it shares the same hardware as Laser Interceptor and since it has not been updated since its release it was extremely vulnerable to a significant number of new threats in RALETC’s repertoire.
Of the remaining four laser jammers, we began by running each gun twice against the same target. Two runs on the drivers headlight, two on center mass, and two on the passengers headlight. No other targeting points were used to obtain PT’s. The test vehicle was a 2014 Nissan Altima. We started by mounting three brackets two for the jammer heads and one as a control since it is likely you will not be level when installing the next jammer.
Each system was testing for JTG performance using a two head setup. The test course was approximately 1760 ft based on turn around distance to gun. The course contains little signage and offers a 30 ft off-axis shot.
First Up Laser Interceptor
Laser interceptor has been the long time defacto standard in diode laser jammers. They have tackled nearly every gun on the market (US anyway) that was a real threat to the enthusiast. The Laser Interceptor team was one of the few companies that was able to put together new firmware and release it to the public prior to the meet. RALETC would like to thank Ivan from Laser Interceptor Corporate for working to make this release available to us and the community prior to the deadline. LI 8.18 was created to address the DragonEye Lidar guns. These guns are a deadly combination of VPR and excellent optics. RALETC has been focused on these guns from day one as they offer the most difficulty in jamming. This was Laser Interceptors first attempt at jamming these guns. They were met with inconsistent results as can be seen from these HUD videos:
Next Blinder HP-905
Blinder performed as expected basically just below the LI standard but still a very good competitor. Blinder has been plagued for years with lack of updates and this still stands true today. They currently have no support for the Stalker XLR which is a very popular newer gun with a fairly simple algorithm and they have no support for the current DragonEye guns. We continue to purchase the very latest to ensure all of our tests are against the very latest from the lidar manufacturers. Here are just a few of our DragonEye guns we used during this test.
AL Priority
The ALP came on the scene a couple of years ago with one goal. To be the best performing diode jammer on the market. They continue to get the latest guns and are fast to update their firmware to tackle them. ALP was met with a surprise this weekend on the Truspeed SX as it appeared on some runs to be IPT and others JTG. Upon further review ALP has identified the issue and has already started circling a test firmware through their dealer network this week. ALP continues to provide the best protection compared to ALL of the other laser jammers and they are very fast to tackle the latest from the lidar manufacturers. Even the infamous DragonEye guns are no match for ALP.
K40 G5
The K40 has actually been around for a while, but has never been formally tested. It is a led based jammer and similar to the original Blinder M25 systems. The K40 performed about as good as expected considering it is not a powerful jammer and since there is no way to upgrade the software it could not possibly handle newer guns. As you will see from the results, this system needs some serious work to become a real competitor in this market. The top two jammers offer more than double the performance at half the price!
The Results are In:
The scoring was done by calculating a total based on the following formula:
RED ZONE = PT’s > 500 ft OR IPT = Multiplier of ZERO
YELLOW ZONE = PT’s > 100 ft and < 500 ft = Multiplier of 10
GREEN ZONE = PT’s < 100 ft and JTG = Multiplier of 50
After a long day of shooting, we have finally compiled the results.
Conclusion and Discussion:
RALETC performs all tests without prejudice towards any vendor and each year we perform these tests to see which lidar jammer company is staying ahead of the competition. This year we have a clear winner and the winner is AL Priority with a total score of 4170 out of a possible 4800. RALETC declares the AL Priority as the 2014 Lidar Jammer Shootout Champion and approves it for installation on any vehicle. Special thanks to all of the jammer manufacturers for creating counter measure devices for protecting us. We hope that each manufacturer will review these results and work towards improving your product for our next shootout in 2015. If you have any questions or concerns or would like more information please visit us on our home forum (www.RadarAndLaserForum.com). For discussion please visit
- 2014-RALETC-Lidar-Jammer-Shootout-RESULTS on RALF
If you attended the user meet on Sunday those results will be posted in another post at a later date. If you were JTG on two guns and didn’t get your T-Shirt please PM Yellowcab on RALF.
If you missed the LIVE results they can be followed below.
(C)2014 RALETC. No portion of this narrative maybe reproduced or copied without the written consent of RALETC.
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The battle of the year took place on September 20th, 2014 between four highly competitive laser jammer companies against 16 different LIDAR guns and featuring the latest firmware from each. This event had a twist as we streamed our results LIVE over the internet. The event boasted over 300 unique online visitors and was averaging between 30-50 visitors hourly. The event pulled in visitors from 12 different countries including the US, Croatia, Canada, Australia, and many others. We had originally planned to test five laser jammer systems, but due to time constraints we had to eliminate one from the shootout. The Escort LSP was excluded as it shares the same hardware as Laser Interceptor and since it has not been updated since its release it was extremely vulnerable to a significant number of new threats in RALETC’s repertoire.
Of the remaining four laser jammers, we began by running each gun twice against the same target. Two runs on the drivers headlight, two on center mass, and two on the passengers headlight. No other targeting points were used to obtain PT’s. The test vehicle was a 2014 Nissan Altima. We started by mounting three brackets two for the jammer heads and one as a control since it is likely you will not be level when installing the next jammer.
Each system was testing for JTG performance using a two head setup. The test course was approximately 1760 ft based on turn around distance to gun. The course contains little signage and offers a 30 ft off-axis shot.
First Up Laser Interceptor
Laser interceptor has been the long time defacto standard in diode laser jammers. They have tackled nearly every gun on the market (US anyway) that was a real threat to the enthusiast. The Laser Interceptor team was one of the few companies that was able to put together new firmware and release it to the public prior to the meet. RALETC would like to thank Ivan from Laser Interceptor Corporate for working to make this release available to us and the community prior to the deadline. LI 8.18 was created to address the DragonEye Lidar guns. These guns are a deadly combination of VPR and excellent optics. RALETC has been focused on these guns from day one as they offer the most difficulty in jamming. This was Laser Interceptors first attempt at jamming these guns. They were met with inconsistent results as can be seen from these HUD videos:
Next Blinder HP-905
Blinder performed as expected basically just below the LI standard but still a very good competitor. Blinder has been plagued for years with lack of updates and this still stands true today. They currently have no support for the Stalker XLR which is a very popular newer gun with a fairly simple algorithm and they have no support for the current DragonEye guns. We continue to purchase the very latest to ensure all of our tests are against the very latest from the lidar manufacturers. Here are just a few of our DragonEye guns we used during this test.
AL Priority
The ALP came on the scene a couple of years ago with one goal. To be the best performing diode jammer on the market. They continue to get the latest guns and are fast to update their firmware to tackle them. ALP was met with a surprise this weekend on the Truspeed SX as it appeared on some runs to be IPT and others JTG. Upon further review ALP has identified the issue and has already started circling a test firmware through their dealer network this week. ALP continues to provide the best protection compared to ALL of the other laser jammers and they are very fast to tackle the latest from the lidar manufacturers. Even the infamous DragonEye guns are no match for ALP.
K40 G5
The K40 has actually been around for a while, but has never been formally tested. It is a led based jammer and similar to the original Blinder M25 systems. The K40 performed about as good as expected considering it is not a powerful jammer and since there is no way to upgrade the software it could not possibly handle newer guns. As you will see from the results, this system needs some serious work to become a real competitor in this market. The top two jammers offer more than double the performance at half the price!
The Results are In:
The scoring was done by calculating a total based on the following formula:
RED ZONE = PT’s > 500 ft OR IPT = Multiplier of ZERO
YELLOW ZONE = PT’s > 100 ft and < 500 ft = Multiplier of 10
GREEN ZONE = PT’s < 100 ft and JTG = Multiplier of 50
After a long day of shooting, we have finally compiled the results.
Conclusion and Discussion:
RALETC performs all tests without prejudice towards any vendor and each year we perform these tests to see which lidar jammer company is staying ahead of the competition. This year we have a clear winner and the winner is AL Priority with a total score of 4170 out of a possible 4800. RALETC declares the AL Priority as the 2014 Lidar Jammer Shootout Champion and approves it for installation on any vehicle. Special thanks to all of the jammer manufacturers for creating counter measure devices for protecting us. We hope that each manufacturer will review these results and work towards improving your product for our next shootout in 2015. If you have any questions or concerns or would like more information please visit us on our home forum (www.RadarAndLaserForum.com). For discussion please visit
- 2014-RALETC-Lidar-Jammer-Shootout-RESULTS on RALF
If you attended the user meet on Sunday those results will be posted in another post at a later date. If you were JTG on two guns and didn’t get your T-Shirt please PM Yellowcab on RALF.
If you missed the LIVE results they can be followed below.
(C)2014 RALETC. No portion of this narrative maybe reproduced or copied without the written consent of RALETC.
Protected by CopyScape